Chris got up early to get nitrogen put
in his tires at the dealership. I got up later to read e-mail,
swish, shower and eat breakfast. I watched a documentary on how
antibiotics are becoming less and less effective, and that research
into new antibiotics is dwindling because there is little profit in a
drug that is only used for short periods of time. I packed a lunch
while Chris left for the library. By the time he returned, I was
gone. I went to the usual Monday place, but saw a few different
faces because this was a guild stitch-in, to make quilts for a boys
home. I brought some fish fabric, but there was plenty of fabric
there to use. If I hadn't brought the fish, I might have gotten more
done. As it was, I tried very hard to find fabrics that worked with
the fish, and nothing really spoke to me. I trimmed fish fabric in
what was left of my green, and some yellow that another lady brought.
Then I auditioned backgrounds, inviting comments. There was no
consensus on which background was the best, and I wasn't wowed by any
of them. For lunch I ate my usual seaweed. Alice brought a large
pile of subs from her restaurant. Four years ago I would have eaten
several. There were also high-carb offerings. They looked good, but
I resisted. At 4, those who hadn't already packed up and left,
packed up and cleaned up. I was home before 5. Chris met me coming
in and carried my box for me. (I left the machine in the car). The
box had more fabric in it than when I left. That really wasn't my
intention. But they said I could have it. So I can make more boy
quilts in my spare time. Also, once Joan left, I got everyone's
scraps. LOTS of scraps. When I walked in the house, there was a
large roast of beef. Chris cut me a slab, and apologized over and
over because it wasn't as rare as he intended and he knows I like
rare. But it was just fine and I enjoyed every bite. I ate some
kimchi to help digestion. THEN, he pulled sweet potatoes out of the
oven. I ate the smallest one and was quite full. While he gamed
with the voices, I took my laptop downstairs and plugged it in so I
could listen to audios one after the other. I worked on sri yantra.
I had never seen a y seam in paper piecing before, and yet that was
how I cut the pattern so I had to sew it. It turned out mostly ok.
After I did both of them, (the process being neither quick nor easy)
I realized that I had sewn the right side on the left and the left
side on the right. Thankfully it was symmetrical so it worked ok as
far as I can tell. The second audio ended and I noticed that it as
10:30 – time to go to bed. Early to bed and early to rise, etc.
But as I am writing this, I see the time on the laptop is only 10,
and my watch is still an hour ahead. With that good news, I am going
to bed.
* This quilt impressed me. I do not remember the name of the lady who made this today. Jodi said there would be a quiz on names at the end of the day and that anyone who got them all right could take fabric home. I would have failed the quiz, but still got the fabric. *
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