Sunday with Flurries
When the temps get a bit warmer, snow flurries are a possibility. The warm weather soon cleared off the small amount of snow covering on the concrete driveway.
I decided to visit the studio today. After what seems like a long process, there is some satisfaction in knowing half of the mini-quilt has come together. With all blocks trimmed, a scant quarter inch seams allowance has allowed the sewing to go smoothly. My machine allows the needle to be moved either to the right or left so the scant quarter inch seam allowance is quite easy to maintain.
In this half of the project the pickup has red vinyl stitched for its surface. The glare on the bottle of fireflies is due to the fact that clear vinyl is stitched over the fireflies in the jar. The pitcher of lemonade and the pop bottles also have clear vinyl stitched on top. The rockets are stitched with glitter fabric. I will need to make and sew pinwheels to add to the sticks in the pop bottles.
These patterns are quite labor intensive and a fun challenge. It does pass the days of cold. The blocks begin as oversized and that is where all the trimming comes into play allowing for great matching of seams. In the coming days the blocks of the right side of the min-quilt will need to be trimmed.
The winds from the northwest are gusting and moving some snow across the streets. I had had KNUJ radio on listening to the fish contest on Sleepy Eye Lake. Sounds like a rousing crowd. I have never been fond of ice fishing. Many years ago Kevin and his dad had joined another father-son duo for ice fishing. Kevin happened to step on and through what had been a bored hole and with just enough of a skim of ice over it to hide it. When they came home and told the tale, that did it for me going forward.
Winter sports evade me. I have never been skiing, or have been on a snowmobile. My only adventures were ice skating on the pasture slew when my siblings and me cooled our heels. Spring will soon be here and I will have plenty of options.