It was a placidity twenty-four hours hither yesterday. Self-quarantining hasn't actually caused me to intermission stride at all. My days are pretty much every bit they've ever been, amongst the improver of Mike sitting inward the chair across from me. He was working upwardly until nosotros left on our trip due south this past times December. Now he's home...hopefully, for good. My biggest draw concern is my weekly (or so) trips to the grocery store in addition to worry almost what volition hold out in that place (or non hold out there) when I arrive. Grocery shopping has ever been the biggest annoyance inward my life, in addition to straightaway it's fifty-fifty to a greater extent than annoying than ever.
Yesterday, I mixed upwardly the breadstuff dough in addition to got it ready to go, in addition to and thus spent some fourth dimension on my slow-stitching. I should complete upwardly the showtime hoop's worth this morning, in addition to I'll lead keep a pic for you lot inward tomorrow's post.
When I made my agency into the sewing room, I started on a novel projection called "City Bank." It comes from this book:
The quilts inward this mass were inspired past times urban views...patterns on buildings...city blocks...that sort of thing. I'm assuming this quilt was named for the City Bank building, although I'm non certain almost that. It consists of seven horizontal rows of 6 blocks each. My progress on this quilt volition hold out measured inward rows of blocks. By that I hateful that when its plough comes inward my WIPs rotation, I'll brand a row of blocks, or half dozen blocks.
Yesterday's seek involved cutting all the dark strips for the entire quilt. I'm using my blues in addition to greens for the remainder, although I mightiness create upwardly one's hear to add together some royal too. The quilt designing suggests 1 lavander "surprise" block. I'm sort of thinking if I'm going to include lavander at all, I mightiness carve upwardly the blocks upwardly into iii colors in addition to add together inward some purples too. What create you lot think? For now, I lead keep only half dozen blocks (the showtime row) finished. But earlier these tin hold out allowed into the quilt, they must showtime overstep the snuggleability test.
I purrnounce them to hold out of acceptable quality.
Phew! She had me a lilliputian worried there. So, these are intended to hold out a row of six, but I position them inward designing thus you lot could run across what it's going to await like. The brilliant greenish inward the lower left corner is 1 of Vicki Welsh's hand-dyed fabrics.
I lead keep lots of long cutting off strips from the edges of quilts that are going to hold out set to repose every bit I brand this. I'm hoping I'll run across a dent inward my scraps because of it, but then...hahahahahahahahaha...because that never happens.
It was roughly dinner fourth dimension when my loaf of breadstuff went into the oven. When it came out...voila!
We had slices amongst our dinner, in addition to and thus over again this morn amongst our breakfast. It's already almost 3/4 eaten. Next, I'm going to brand some conventional white sandwich bread, but I'll likely hold off until tomorrow for that.
Today I'm starting withal some other novel project. As I mentioned, I lead keep iii opened upwardly spaces on my WIPs trip the calorie-free fantastic card, in addition to thus this quilt designing is the 3rd of three.
I can't squall upwardly how I acquired this pattern, but I've been wanting to brand it for a long time. I pulled a few fabrics for it yesterday, but I'll to a greater extent than oftentimes than non rely on scraps. Paging through the designing yesterday, I realized it's a lilliputian to a greater extent than complicated than it looks...all pieced, amongst some paper-piecing in addition to embroidery. The truthful cat eyes are appliqued on, I believe. It volition hold out a adept purpose of my red, orange, in addition to yellowish scraps, in addition to I establish a perfect outer border stuff inward my stash of truthful cat fabrics. Today, I'll start working on the tall truthful cat inward the upper left-hand corner, in addition to my computer program is to brand 1 truthful cat each fourth dimension this comes upwardly inward the WIPs rotation. Oh yes, in addition to if you lot desire 1 of these patterns for your really own, I establish them for sale correct here.
This morning, I saw this meme on Facebook...
No kidding. Does this seem similar the longest calendar month of March EVER?!? As I mentioned to my friend Lyndsey yesterday, it's weird that the whole globe is experiencing this catastrophe at the same time. Usually these sorts of things are express to a pocket-size geographical area, in addition to thus it seems foreign to hold out talking amongst folks from the United Kingdom of Great Britain in addition to Northern Ireland of Britain in addition to Northern Republic of Ireland in addition to Commonwealth of Australia almost what's happening correct hither inward Oregon. And straightaway we're extending our self-isolation through Apr 30th...in the USA, at least. I don't know almost you, but I actually promise this doesn't wreck the whole summer. All nosotros tin create is remain domicile in addition to remain safe, in addition to promise to minimize the position out of deaths. Stay healthy, Everybody.
