Weather in the Tries:
Tuesday night it will get down to 31F, and on Wednesday it will be windy, but the wind will blow in a high of 59F. Today is forecast to be partly cloudy, but the sun is shining, and I think partly cloudy is just fine. Over on the Dark Side of the state, we’d call this a cloudy day with sun breaks.
Yes, your coffee break is late today:
Thanks for noticing. I got busy with a quilt sandwich, then I had to go to a meeting with another Death Doula, and we (make that She, because she did all the work, I just came to help) presented to community people we are here, and what we can do. It went very well, and we’re going to do it monthly. Open discussion, not a hard and fast agenda.
What, some of you may be asking, is a quilt sandwich? Not to be eaten, for sure. It’s the quilt backing taped to a table or floor, then the batting, then the top fabric, the lots of pins to hold it all together. In this case, I had to get some pens that I could draw lines with but would either wash out, or iron out. I bought both kinds so I could play and see which I liked best. I opted to use the iron out ones (heat dissolvable) but in reading the directions, I did get a wee chuckle. If, after the lines have disappeared, if the quilt is stored at 32F temperatures or lower, they may return. The ink can be HAND WASHED out but not machine washed. For a small quilt, I can understand that, but hand washing a large quilt? I have one response: Bwahahahahahahaha!
The reason I needed ink instead of chalk, which I really like, is because I had to safety pin the layers together once the design was drawn and I didn’t want the chalk to be rubbed off while pinning or sewing. I tried to pin so they wouldn’t be in the way while quilting. I also try to pin so I can easily unpin as necessary while quilting. Today I plan on quilting the quilt, then I get to tie all the quilt threads and hide them in the quilt. That won’t all happen today. Then the edge needs to be sewn on and voila! I’ll have a house warming gift for a friend.
It’s a repeat of the Fibonacci quilt I made earlier. Hopefully it will quilt a bit neater than the other. No, I’m not a perfectionist, but I am astigmatic, and if I had the first quilt on my wall, I’d see all the wee mistrakes in it. One of the quilters I admire tremendously (because of the quote) said words to the effect of, “If you can’t see it by riding past it on a galloping horse, it’s fine.”
The Amish, who are expert quilters, put a mistrake in every quilt they make because they believe only God is perfect. So, yes, I see the mistrake in my wee quilt, but I never claimed to be perfect.
Photo of the Week:
from the desk of the brave dog:
oh, i am too happy puppy dancing to write anything this morning. the sun is out, the sun is out. the air is still a tad chilly, but the sun is out. this brave desert dog is soooo happy.
Quote of the Week:
“If January is the month of change,
February is the month of lasting change.
January is for dreamers…
February is for Doers.”
~ Marc Parent