When I looked out the window this morning, I could scarcely believe my eyes.
Holy Moly! It's the sun!!! We were showtime to worry that we'd somehow been transported to a dissimilar planet, far from its warming rays, where tomatoes wouldn't grow, in addition to at that spot could live on no salsa, in addition to no marinara sauce, nor love apple tree jam. Gasp! (This is my watch of Armageddon.) As it stands, the clouds are gathering again. It's possible we'll teach to a greater extent than sunshine today, but I'm non counting on it.
There was a brief interruption inward the pelting yesterday. I went out to create total the plane feeders. While I was out, I noticed our Andromeda is loaded amongst cascading white flowers now.
It seems there's hope. It was danged mutual depression temperature though. It was 42°F, but it seemed colder for closed to reason. My hands were frozen past times the fourth dimension I headed dorsum inside.
After that I traced out the fifth of 12 sundresses. Not that anyone is wearing anything similar this correct now.
You would non believe the score of aid I received.
More catnip, please!
Then I got to operate on the quilt I'm making for Quilts for Kids. Quilts for Kids used to live on sponsored past times Downy stuff softener. Since "Downy" has disappeared from their name, I'm thinking that powerfulness conduct maintain ended. In whatever case, you lot tin uncovering the website correct here. There are closed to cute patterns on their site regardless of who the quilt is for. I'm making the ane called Four Patch Pattern, but you lot tin brand whatever designing you lot like.
So I went excavation through my stash of fabrics. This ane tin exclusively autumn nether the heading of "What Was I Thinking?"
It took me a acre to figure out what this was. They're the Chinese Zodiac animals. I conduct maintain 3 yards of this...and it was ane of the inaugural of all fabrics I purchased when I was edifice a stash, thence that isn't surprising. Back then, I bought 3 yards of everything. Nowadays, I'm to a greater extent than discriminating since my bins conduct maintain filled to overflowing. I tin exclusively intend I must conduct maintain purchased this online, in addition to on sale, equally a means to teach over a threshold for costless shipping. Here's what the selvage says.
Out of curiosity, I went looking for my ain year...
Turns out I was born during the twelvemonth of the Horse. It says the Equus caballus is "popular in addition to attractive." (Guffaw.)
Once I had my strips cut, I watch I'd create closed to sewing. Smitty had other plans for my sewing chair.
We negotiated a merchandise of the chair for the pile of quilts to live on quilted.
Then, in addition to exclusively then, was I allowed to sit.
Then I got started. I needed fifteen of the 4 patches in addition to fifteen of the whole blocks.
When I had the inaugural of all ii rows sewn together, I position them out. Not bad.
By day's end, I had the blocks all sewn together into rows.
When I teach dorsum into the sewing room, I'll add together ii borders, in addition to this transcend volition live on done.
I'll purpose that same zodiac stuff for the quilt back...and I'll notwithstanding conduct maintain plenty leftover...probably plenty for closed to other quilt.
Today we're going into town. While nosotros were traveling, the truck windshield sentry upwardly a twain of stone chips. One of them spread into a large fissure that travels almost 2/3 of the means across the lower portion. He didn't desire to repair it until nosotros got home, figuring we'd in all probability option upwardly to a greater extent than stone chips along the way. His windshield is a fancy-dancy high tech ane that knows when it's raining. It also knows when you've been sleeping. It knows when you're awake. It knows if you've been bad or good...oh wait....maybe not. Anyway, it's getting fixed today, in addition to nosotros conduct maintain to conduct maintain it to a identify that deals amongst fancy windshields. No mobile windshield repair for us.
So I'm hoping to teach into the sewing room this afternoon, but sometimes these early on morn starts plough into unexpected adventures. One simply never knows.