Just Rolling Along

What a whirlwind of the last 24 hours.

I had barely finished my early afternoon blog yesterday when Old Alley Quilt Shop called.  AJ’s king sized t-shirt project had been long armed, trimmed and ready to be picked up in downtown Sherburn.  Dennis said he would drive us there.  I think he was just as thrilled to get us one more step closer to being able to call this a quilt as I was.

Dennis went into the shop with me.  He knew it was a heavy parcel when I dropped it off.  Now with quilt batting, backing and umteen feet of thread, I would appreciate the help.  Dennis looked over the long arm.  This shop’s long arm compared to his nephew Brett’s, Brett’s looks like a toy.  The gals in the shop thought that the embroidered blocks that were intermingled with the t-shirt blocks made for a fun t-shirt quilt. 

I had also ordered from Old Alley a new cutting mat.  The Quilter’s Select that I had ordered has a surface that does not allow fabric to slide.  It also is a self-healing, multi-layer mat usable on both sides.  The Fisker’s I have been using has dots to use as guides for 1/8″ through 3/4″.  The Quilter’s Select has actual slash marks of those measurements on each one-inch increment across the 24″ x 36″ mat.

We got home, and of course had to unfold the 96″ x 112″ Harley project.  I do have the binding ready to be sewn on.  That may be next week’s project for me. 

My plan for today was to set up the Husky table so as my machine would feed the quilt through the needle the quilt would flow onto the church tables, taking away the heft of fabric so as to not have it pull away from the sewing.   

I decided to check my computer and lo and behold I had a serious nibble for the Fairfax button tree that had gone onto the Facebook Marketplace.  Within two hours, the button tree was loaded into a pickup and heading for St. Peter.  How sweet was that!  Someone having the ability to use what I no longer did . . . priceless.

As I am finishing this posting, the 39 degrees compared to the 79 degrees of yesterday morning can definitely explain why the furnace has been kicking in and out.

Tomorrow we are to go to Dennis’ niece’s funeral in the metro.  Visiting with Dennis and what the weather is forecast to be . . . time will tell.  Colder temps, possible snow and high winds will decide if we hit the highway or stay safe.