It was 9:15 when I got up. I followed
a pretty normal routine. I got an e-mail from Gabriella asking what
hymn I would like to play on Sunday. So I picked up my trombone and
played a few hymns. I e-mailed her back. Then I used broccoli, a
really long cucumber and some carrots for a quick juice. I fixed
breakfast next. I change my bandaid, wondering why it was made so
sticky that removing it threatens to re-open the wound. I touched
the sticky ends of the new bandaid to the sheet to make it less
sticky. I packed a lunch, and gathered a months-old project to work
on. I went to the church. I passed out the remaining tissue covers,
first to those who were not here last week, and then to whomever
wanted one. My first task was to audition borders to the small
center I had made previously. I really obsessed, which made Maryann
feel better. Normally I do my obsessing at home and only bring
preplanned work to quilt days. Finally I made a decision, leaving
out some strips that seemed important to include but were not long
enough to go all the way around. I pinned the first border to the
sides, then set up my machine. While looking for thread, I found my
lunch so I ate it. Then I sewed the first set of strips on. Then
the next set. In fact, it was going so well, I thought that with a
little luck it could be done in time for Christmas. I finished it
about 5:30. Mirna agreed to quilt it for me, so I packed up all my
stuff and went home to find a backing. In my stash of wide fabrics I
found a black that would work. All I had to do was rip off enough
for the length and square it up. I laid it out on the pingpong table
with the quilt top on top to make sure it would fit. Then I drove
back to the church to give it to Mirna. When I got home, I put on
the steering wheel cover that Cheryl gave me today. It is pieced and
so cute. My car was running low on gas, so we took it to the cheap
gas station and filled it up. When we got back, I made a large salad
and hummus. The salad was way too large to eat (why do I always make
so much?) so I saved most of it for tomorrow. Barbara e-mailed me a
pic of her quilt top. I wanted to download it from her message, but
we could not find a way in Yahoo to do it. So I sent it to my gmail
account. In gmail there was a way to do it, but it did not work. I
had to forward it to Chris, who put it on a thumbdrive to transfer it
to my computer. Neither one of us had anything nice to say about
Yahoo and their recent changes. Or Microsoft.
* This is Barbara's quilt top *
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