Thursday, April 5, 2018

As usual, I did a bit of cross stitching before getting started on my day. It is amazing how quickly this first cross stitch block is coming together; I work with just one strand of thread (split into three strands) each morning while I have my coffee. I can hardly wait to get the block finished and try out the fabric version. I haven’t confirmed this yet but in my mind I have a stash of one fabric line that just might work together for these blocks.

Tonight is the Guild business meeting so I had to get my reports ready. I had a few new Guild library books to get ready and a month’s worth of mail to get through and report on. After I finished that I went on to clear out my personal e-mail and I ran through a couple of loads of laundry. I should really have carried on and got a start on my Cranberry Hall meeting notes but decided I’d get a bit more done on Fat Cats and Dog.

Last night, before I quit, I ran out of bobbin thread just before making the final turn on the border. So I filled up the bobbin and finished the stitching around the border. I wasn’t sure what I would do in the border for quilting but I knew I wanted it to be simple. I thought diagonal lines would work so I started marking. I was having a heck of a time getting the right measurements and the diagonals going the right way so I could do a continuous stitch; finally it occurred to me that if I just turned the pointy ruler over the lines would be going the right way and there would be no measurements needed. I re-marked one side and managed to get it stitched before lunch.

Thursday afternoon is another sewing bee for me; all three of us are working on our Supernova quilt. I managed to get all of the blocks sewn into the ten rows I need. Next week I hope to get all the rows sewn together. I sometimes leave my machine at Gail’s but this month I seem to be needed to have all three of my machines at hand. I have one machine I need for my April challenge, one machine I need for my Tuesday project and my home machine, which doesn’t go anywhere, will be busy with quilting projects. I decided to leave my Thursday project in a bag at Gail’s so there will be one less bag for me to carry next week.

Until it is time for supper I’m going to sit and do some more cross stitching – all this crafting is addictive, but in a good way!