Sunny Morning Walk

Sue as well as I got together for our regular Fri morn walk. The final fourth dimension nosotros walked was dorsum inward April. We've both been off gallivanting the countryside , although I've been at abode for ages , simply waiting for her to acquire back. We had breakfast at the South Store Cafe , as well as and then made our park loop about Lower McCormick Hill Road. It was warm as well as sunny amongst a prissy breeze.

The wheat fields are heading up.

There were plenty of blooming things along the way.

Sue brought me some blooming things from her garden. These were a belated birthday present. Thank yous , m'dear!

When I got abode , I had inward heed to start processing some other batch of barbecue sauce , but as well as then I decided to laissez passer on myself the afternoon off. I purpose the sanitize cycle on the dishwasher to launder the jars. Upon realizing that I was going to require to run a nearly-empty dishwasher , it was slowly to speak myself into taking the afternoon off for sewing. It's been busy since we've been abode , as well as I'll acknowledge that an afternoon to relax sounds great. The barbecue sauce tin flame hold off until tomorrow.

Backing upward to yesterday , I caught upward on the quilt-along at the Inbox Jaunt. The commencement motif was pretty easy. I similar this ane , as well as I desire to go along it inward heed for time to come use.

As I sat looking at my quilt , something seemed a fiddling off. I measured the aqua strips. The 2 on the middle as well as left side of the quilt were or hence 2-1/2 inches.

But hold off at the ane on the right...just almost three inches!

Then I flipped the quilt about as well as measured the other end...2 1/2 inches! WTF?

Well , I scream upward it's pretty obvious that I got my ruler off kilter when I cutting this strip as well as ended upward amongst ane that isn't just straight. Why I didn't uncovering it earlier this is a mystery to me...actually , there's no mystery. I'm claiming onetime historic menstruum responsible for this one. As I've said earlier , I'm besides onetime for math. Apparently I've lost the might to stair out correctly equally well.

So anyway...no biggy. This is a learning project. Have I learned anything? Probably zilch I didn't already know: Measure twice , cutting ane time , as well as and then forcefulness that sucker to fit. On amongst the quilting. This side past times side motif was to a greater extent than hard than it looked. I had problem getting the loops uniform inward size as well as evenly spaced. Also , I realized equally I went along that the curvy business was a fiddling besides unopen to the border of the strip , which meant making the loops super tiny inward spots.

The minute strip went a fiddling improve , but it was withal to a greater extent than hard than it looks.

I was congratulating myself for doing a improve chore on the minute endeavour when I flipped the quilt to the dorsum as well as realized I'd caught the quilt dorsum inward the stitching. Doh!

Fortunately , it was a modest expanse , as well as easily fixed. Here's how it's looking from the back.

And at ane time I'm caught upward amongst everything. Yay! 

It was fourth dimension to start the scrub jay quilt. (You idea I'd never acquire in that place , didn't you?) So hither are all the fabrics I've accumulated for this quilt. That oughta create it , don't yous think?

And as well as then I cutting apart the pieces for the caput department of the bird. They are super tiny...really...they hold off a lot tinier at ane time that I've cutting them apart.

It's slowly to lose these , as well as hence I decided to comprehend them amongst a ruler to go along them from blowing away or getting knocked to the flooring where four-legged critters roam.

Speaking of critters...Sadie showed upward almost that fourth dimension to curl about inward the fabric. Sadie loves stuff equally much equally I do.

And despite her assist , I managed to acquire all the pieces cutting for the head. It's quite a mess because of the many modest pieces. In a degree amongst Ann Shaw , she would desire me to pick out all the fabrics for the entire plane earlier sewing anything together. But at ane time I'm inward my ain sewing room , as well as I'm going to run upward each department together equally I go. I can't genuinely encounter anything inward this mess.

It's slowly plenty to sympathize Ann's thinking. She wants us to stand upward dorsum as well as hold off as well as endure certain we're happy amongst all the pieces. Once sewn together , it's hard to conduct maintain anything apart amongst hence many seams coming together. Nevertheless , inward my sewing room , I acquire past times my ain rules. I did modify the ane slice I've indicated to a higher house amongst the pinkish arrow. The slice seemed besides bluish as well as hence I picked something to a greater extent than on the teal halt of the spectrum. And , hard equally it is to state anything from this mess , I scream upward that's a improve choice.

So when I acquire into the sewing room today , I'm going to run upward all these pieces together earlier moving on to the side past times side section. If I acquire tired of working on it , I'll start quilting this Little Bunnies tabular array runner from final spring.

I had inward heed to create this spell nosotros were traveling , but simply never got about to it. It's a modest quilt , as well as I'm going to create a uncomplicated diagonal grid. It shouldn't conduct maintain besides long.

So there's my afternoon inward a nutshell. Time to acquire at it.