Lost Day
Somewhere, somehow, I had lost a day. At the end of my post yesterday I made a reference that today would be hump day. Dah! Yes . . . today is Thursday.
Dennis had done a lot of walking yesterday behind his snowblower. Today he and Dwayne would be doing the McDonald’s run. A time to catch up with fellows with no timeline.
With a good night’s sleep under my belt, my plans were to be in the studio while Dennis was gone. Of course the coffee cup was kept full by making multiple trips back up to the kitchen.
As of this afternoon the Luella blanket is totally pinned together. Amazingly, towards the end the choice pins had been used and the smaller ones needed to come into play. The blanket stretched over the two church tables, plus. I put into service a row of large hat pins where the excess fell off of the table top. That allowed me to pull the excess when it was time for pinning and making sure all layers pulled the same. No bunching was allowed.
My plan was to put no pins in the design squares. I will do meandering within those squares. Once all have been stitched, I can stitch in the ditch on either side of the pink sashing. No more decisions on the blanket today. The machine needs to be cleaned, oiled and checked for possibly a new needle. I believe I will use an ecru colored thread for the quilting process.
My final pinning came just when Dennis came home and we shared a cup of coffee at the dining room table. Dennis caught me up as to the latest and greatest news from around town.
The sun is bright and there are quite a few patches of bare concrete showing. Amazing what 32 degrees can do after a heavy snowfall.