There are solely stuff cats on today's post. The furry ones were inwards brusk render yesterday. I suppose amongst all the sewing going on these days, they may hold upward hitting for higher reward amongst the increased demand. I accept noticed them hanging out adjacent to their process bowls, carrying signs, as well as singing protestation songs. Until now, I hadn't actually wondered what all the fuss was about.
For yesterday's sewing, I was finishing off the initiative off of the Ties & Tails blocks past times adding on the pieced sashings. The initiative off stride was to add together a dark flange. It was supposed to hold upward blue, according to the pattern. I looked for something blue, but as well as then did it inwards dark when I couldn't uncovering anything appropriate.
When it was all sewn together, I flora the bluish slice I'd pulled at the real beginning. Of course, I did. Oh well...another fourth dimension for the blue, I suppose. For this, I'll stick amongst black, as well as no ane volition hold upward the wiser. You won't tell, volition you?
So the adjacent stride was to cutting 2-1/2 inch squares for the pieced sashing. I'm doing this block past times block thence I don't accept to cutting thence many at the end. The designing provides a diagram for the sashing, as well as I counted out how many I would need: 4 vertical rows of xv each, as well as 2 horizontal rows of vi each, for a full of 72. Then, I picked out whatsoever of the smallest blood-red scraps that could hold upward cutting into a 2-1/2 inch square. When I was finished, I had to a greater extent than than I needed, as well as thence the extras volition larn used for the adjacent block.
The upper as well as lower sashing worked out only fine...6 squares each.
Then, I sewed together 4 rows of xv squares each for the vertical sashings. When they were all sewn together, I realized I had ane block to many. I counted ane time to a greater extent than on the diagram...twice...then I looked at the designing embrace as well as counted there. If yous tin flaming run into that good enough, you'll count xiv squares inwards those vertical rows. Drat.
Oh well...I removed ane foursquare from each row, as well as and then all was well. I sewed them to the quilt block, as well as this ane was finished. Next time, I'll know to count on the designing embrace as well as ignore what the instructions say. It's starting to await equally if I'll demand to exercise everything on this quilt incorrect initiative off earlier I tin flaming exercise it right.
So that took upward my entire sewing day. Lucky for us, Matthew was cooking terminal night. Matthew was never much of a fix until the Instant Pot came into his life. Now, he's an Instant Pot convert, as well as he's making some delicious nutrient amongst his ane cooking vessel. Last night's dinner was a yummy pot roast. The broth was from Madeira (Have some Madeira, m'dear?), as well as it was delicious. I had some frozen breadstuff that I baked off to soak upward all that yummy broth.
We've worked out a bargain where Matthew does the cooking on Midweek as well as Sabbatum nights. I love to cook, but I similar a twenty-four hours off straight off as well as and then too. With all the restaurants closed, it's prissy to accept individual else alternative upward the slack ii days out of the week.
Speaking of Matthew, today is his 36th birthday. We had planned a theatre unit of measurement get-together for this evening, as well as nosotros were going to smoke a turkey that's been sitting inwards the freezer. Then, nosotros idea Lyndsey mightiness hold upward joining us, fresh dorsum from her trip to Bali. We wanted to give her fourth dimension to self-quarantine, as well as thence nosotros moved it to Sunday. Then, Lyndsey got caught upward inwards flying cancellations as well as edge closings, as well as thence she's yet inwards Bali, unable to larn dorsum to the USA. She'll rest inwards Bali until all this passes. We were sticking amongst our Dominicus date, but amongst Mike yet sick, nosotros decided to cancel our theatre unit of measurement get-together. We'll yet exercise the turkey, but it volition hold upward only the 3 of us on Sunday.
Instead, I'm making a lasagna as well as Caesar salad, as well as I'm going ahead amongst plans to bake an angelfood cake for dessert. I was able to grade some fresh strawberries for the topping. Mike's volition hold upward a coffee'd upward version of the same dessert, sans strawberries. It doesn't seem real festive to me, but Matthew volition hold upward happy amongst it.
Some of yous accept asked nigh Mike. His symptoms are mild, as well as nosotros yet accept no way of knowing if he has COVID-19, but it seems the most probable explanation. He had a telephone conversation amongst his doc a few days agone (on some other matter), as well as the COVID questions came up. The doc told him to proceed doing what he's doing, as well as that his symptoms didn't warrant testing. It makes me wonder how many people are inwards the same situation. The reports nosotros take heed of infections are solely of "confirmed" cases, which agency at that topographic point are a whole lot to a greater extent than people infected than what we're hearing. It actually makes no difference, but it's difficult to know how to acquit when there's thence much uncertainty.
Today I'm going to brand a dyad of masks for our theatre unit of measurement to purpose when nosotros become out, as well as and then I'm going to brand upward the adjacent block for the Dancing Chickens as well as Flying Pigs. It's adjacent upward for embroidery, but I demand to exercise the applique sections first. Appalachian Memories volition hold upward finished inwards the adjacent few days, as well as I'll desire the Dancing Chickens ready to go.