January 15, 2017

Long time no posting.  It's been a year of getting back to quilting and other fabric projects.  A couple weeks ago I started a quilt for myself.  I have twelve blocks pieced and am posting a picture to record my progress.

Dragon pillowcases

one of the pair of dragon pillowcases I just finished

What I've been doing this year. Pieced a small wall hanging, zipper bags, and pillowcases.

It's been several days since posting but I've been busy with quilting and Lego construction.  I had the misfortune of thinking I had placed the completed Lego bank in a safe place for a minute while I did something else.  While I was in another room I heard a terrible crash and there was the bank, upside down and tiny pieces all over the place.  I couldn't even look at it for an hour or so but I finally gathered the pieces and will assess the damage this weekend.  

I've finally been sewing on the wonderful machine I bought almost ten years ago but didn't use much.  It's a joy to use.  I made a bunch of nine patch blocks and I'm in the process of arranging them.  I haven't gotten to the AHA moment yet but it's fun to be able to arrange them and to take a picture with my iphone so I can compare the different patterns the blocks make.

Another night up too late.  I've gone back to working on the Lego Parisienne Restaurant.  It was my first kit and the hardest of all that I've done.  I've taken it apart many times and am putting it back together one last time.  The novelty has worn off plus I'm waiting for two new kits to arrive.

Tomorrow is back to quilt group.  It's been three weeks since we've met.  I have a new project in mind and will be starting it then.  I should have something to photograph tomorrow.  We'll probably spend a lot of time visiting which is always fun and interesting.

I went to the senior lunch today and was pleasantly surprised at how good the hearty vegetable beef soup tasted.  I could have had another bowl but I showed restraint.  Doris was there, at the other end of the table, as was Elaine and Bob.  It was a nice way to spend an hour.

I'm truly tired so, good night.

Good evening from North Sutton where we had temperatures in the single digits at the start of the day.  It did get up to twenty degrees but it wasn't the kind of weather that beckoned one outside.  The snow has become very crusty and inhospitable.                                 On a creative note, I have put together two sets of fabrics for my first project.  I'll be strip-piecing nine patch blocks from each set.  There is one more fabric I want for the top set up it's on back order.  I'm thinking 2 inch strips with quarter inch seams.  These are meant to be small projects because I want to play with color and pattern scale.  Modern quilting is quite different from the way color and pattern were used when I started quilting. There are so many looks I'd like to try, I need to keep the scale small so I have the satisfaction of completion.                                                                  On the guilty pleasure side of my life (TV), last night was the first night of The Bachelor.  As with other shows that I have on during the day, I don't watch every minute of every show but have it on as background.  I need a radio, a good one that will pick up at least the Manchester stations.  I'll work on that after I get the lights for the studio and the cabinet credenza for the kitchen.                                 I think I'll go to the Slusser Senior Center for lunch tomorrow.  The menu is not the most interesting but it will be nice to see all the people again.  It should be a full day tomorrow and maybe, just maybe my Lego bank will arrive.                                                       Good night.

Good evening, blog.  The eleven o'clock news is almost over and we are in for more cold weather.  I'll have to be brave tomorrow and at least get to the post office.                                                                                                                                                                   I accomplished things from the top part of my daily compass.  Better than nothing but a kind of low energy day.   I spent time this evening stacking and re-stacking my Kaffe Fassett fabrics looking for inspiration for a quilting project.  I think I have one, a nine patch, low contrast, in shades of yellow and gold.  I don't usually work with those colors but that's part of the plan.  The piece will be small enough to complete this month, piecing, quilting, and binding.  If it's smooth sailing with that I may do another with the dotted fabrics I have.  They are high contrast fabrics but the scale of the pattern is the same so that will be interesting.  This should be fun to do small projects in a variety of styles.                                    Good night.