Wednesday, October 7, 2020

I had a couple of things that needed to go out in the mail today so I walked up to the letter box to post them and I stopped at the fabric shop on my way home. Based on my earlier experience I had my rain hat on for the journey. As it turned out today it was just mist and there wasn’t any rain at all.

I started work on some Christmas cards today. I am following a table runner tutorial online but I decided to re-draft the blocks to a smaller size and they will work as Christmas cards. The hope is that by starting in October I won’t be panicking at the end of November. I often start my Christmas projects at the Texada Retreat around mid-November but the retreat, of course, has been cancelled. I ordered a couple of Christmas gifts today as well.

One of our quilters from Texada had a bad fall and I volunteered Pat to take her some flowers when he goes back over. His turn-around time will be tight; he’ll come back tomorrow morning and go back tomorrow night. He has sold some equipment and he’s going to have to get the packages sorted out with the post office, and he’s hosting an online session tomorrow afternoon. Since I volunteered him for my task I told him I’d go out and get the rest of the groceries we need for our Thanksgiving dinner – mainly vegetables and whipped cream (for the pie). I’ll go just before the store closes and I don’t expect it will be very busy.

The mist that was out there this morning had burned off by lunch but it has rolled in again worse than ever. The ferries are sounding their fog horns this afternoon and that is a sure sign that it is thick out there.

I’m ready to sew tomorrow – a new blade in my cutter, three bobbins filled and my cutting table cleared!