Sunday the 10th
What a great morning to have coffee on the patio. Snuggles thought so too. It didn’t take long he was sprawled across my lap. Had it not been for a squirrel taunting him, he would have stayed long enough to have the legs fall asleep.
Every part of Dennis’ body wanted to get a night’s rest last night . . . except his legs. Restless leg syndrome is not good. After his morning ritual, Dennis decided to go to his recliner.
I had a busy day yesterday bagging up DMC floss. I knew the tiny bins were full, but I had no idea how full they still were. Fellow stitcher Lu received two bulging gallon bags and Anita also had gotten quite a bit before Covid hit. Both belong to the same church in St. Peter. Cousin Janet had filled a shoe box of colors she wanted when they had visited from Foley. Dennis’ granddaughter from Silver Bay had taken a box full of the floss for occupational therapy in the veteran’s home that she works in.
Here some floss . . . there some floss, it was time to make a clean sweep of it. Linda from the First
Lutheran Church will be by in the forenoon tomorrow to take the remaining of the floss. Kersten and Kevin had passed it on to me after Mr. Dueber had declared the final sale of inventory in his Fairfax store was over. I have kept the floss safe and tidy offering some of it up to many.
My arms were weary last night. I dreamt that just when I thought I had all the floss bagged up, there would be more found in every corner of the studio. What a realistic dream.
When my friend Lorraine passed away from cancer, her daughter had brought over everything her mom had for sewing. Lorraine had worked for me in the courthouse. She had retired before I did. Five of Dennis’ great granddaughters and one great grandson received quilts from Lorraine’s fabric. Three of his granddaughters were given quilts from that stash. Dennis’ daughter Sandi has a cold house and she had two that she requested. All those that received quilts from Lorraine’s fabric were happy customers.
On the corner of the ironing board in the photo is a bag of thread from Lorraine. This thread works fine in my Bernina and I am sure the church ladies will make good use of it. The cost of sewing thread has jumped along with everything else.
I am now ready to return to my project of the scrappy quilt. I used up all of Mom’s feed sack fabric that she had saved. It blended right in. Dennis and I went to Gathering Friends Quilt shop in Bird Island last week and I am now armed with batting for the project. It took me back as I reached for the door handle going into the shop. I read the decal on the door. Their hours are 9-1 Monday through Friday. I do not know if they are short of help or if there are other circumstances. The shop has been for sale for some time.
What a great satisfying feeling I have knowing that my studio’s load has been lightened considerably. I hope Linda’s vehicle’s cargo holder can handle it all.
Onward to a new week that will take us to the middle of the month. Time stands still for no one.