After the pandemic shutdown I am just not accustomed to having so much to do! Yesterday especially, I actually had four things on my calendar, after weeks, months of blankness! First we had to go for our morning walk about 7:15am because it warms up fast and by 8am it can be over 80F - summertime! Then there was a QGuild ZOOM Board Meeting at 9:30am, at 11:30am KoKo had an appointment for booster shots and the vet's office was backed up so it took an hour instead of the expected 20 minutes or so. I sewed all afternoon before taking my friend Dick out for sushi at our favorite place "Fish in a Bottle". Carol has been in Texas for a week, returning today. And then I sewed late into the night to finish the Challenge quilt for Surfside QGuild to turn it in today on the very last possible turn-in date!
The reveal date for the Challenge is the August 10th IN PERSON guild meeting in a new meeting place. So, I can't show you the finished quilt, but here are some teasers. I doubt that anyone in the guild actually reads my blog, so it won't be too much of a reveal.
This is the quilted background. We had three FQ to include - at least 4" of one and 2" of the other two - and the theme was "Bucket List". The blue on the left and the orange on the right are two of the fabrics, the other was used in applique. The quilting suggests the different terrain of California, Oregon, and Washington. My imaginary travels take me up I-5, Hwy 101, and US395.
And here we are in the Lexus heading north. Someday soon, I hope! Sometime after Aug 10th I will post an image of the whole quilt. It isn't my favorite I have ever made, but it forced me to sew and it does fulfill all the requirements.
Dessert at Book Group was a lovely homemade cake at Nancy's house. I didn't realize how much I missed the welcoming living rooms and tasty desserts we enjoy each month. For over 40 years we have met in the evening, but everyone is now retired and we find it is more difficult to drive after dark, so gradually we have switched to 11:30am with everyone bringing a sack lunch and the hostess providing dessert as usual. What a lovely plate with the white cake, blue napkin showing a bright lemon; we also had lemonade to drink. It was a lovely meeting. The book was "Signature of All Things" by Elizabeth Gilbert. It was a real struggle for me with a very unsympathetic "heroine", but the others seemed to enjoy it and we all learned something about science and research - mosses in particular. Not a book I will recommend. And I read it on Kindle which I don't much enjoy, I miss the feeling and sight of a REAL book. One funny thing is that when I am done reading, my hand automatically reaches out for a bookmark to mark my place! I guess after 70 years of marking my place, my brain is hard to retrain.
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2 comments:
Good Morning, The portion of your quilt is sensational....I love the idea and for KoKo sharing the front seat on-the-road is adorable! I await the full reveal! Over the past year + we slid into not boredom for a much more simple life! Now we are getting back to the once-was us! I like it a bit more, but I must say I'm going to track my activities so I do not put myself back on the frantic path of yesteryear! I love being able to just stop, pick up the book, read perhaps another chapter, get back to the project at hand, and not feel myself being guilty that I didn't finish what I started! You and KoKo have fun at the new pace, but climate change will remind us not to overdo! Take care my friend.
I agree with enjoying some downtime and less pressure from a full calendar. It's good to get back with friends, but more selectively. And naps with fur babies on our laps are guilt-free.
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