One of the fastest projects that I have done in a long time is this little wallhanging with the three bears!! Quilting and binding finished. Granted I did not put in near the amount of quilting that I normally do (and it is only 15 x 21). The trees are all fused down so I did not bother to try to quilt through them. I finished the quilting last night and the binding today.
I’m on a roll here, I finished the guild challenge project last week and this wall hanging this week. I have not touched my “Insanity Revisited” blocks in some time. I made one block last week but I am contemplating taking the last one apart as one side got crooked somehow or another. I never even noticed it while I was making it and didn’t see how off one side got until I was pressing it. I would not have to take too much apart to try to get it a little more acceptable. I think I will work on that this evening.
My Dear Jane group meets tomorrow so I would like to be ready to start a new block tomorrow. I need to get my bag packed with all my stuff. One day I thought I had all of my stuff in the bag – got to Julie’s house and ready to start my block and had forgotten my fabric! Oh well I made use of all her quilting books to look at ones I did not have and spent the 2 or 3 hours talking.
We have been busy lately going through a lot of cupboards and storage things. Trying to downsize some of the excess. I find I have no room in my cupboards for dishes that I use all the time, or have a problem trying to restack pots and pans ect. Closets get packed full of clothes and same with dresser drawers. Today I finished clearing out a little more and had Mike help me load the honda with boxes and bags and numerous odds and ends from a small tv to a floor standing lamp I tossed in storage years ago. I drove over to the local second hand shop – MARVA – I’m not sure what that stands for but they unload your car for you and everything you give them gets sold in their store locally – not shipped to China or India or wherever – it stays in the community (not like Goodwill and Salvation Army). I like that. So they didn’t take the tv – they did last time I brought them an old one. I guess they just don’t want them anymore. I still have more to go through and I wouldn’t be surprised if I don’t have enough to fill the honda one more time. It will be nice though to have gotten rid of a little of this excess. How in heavens name do we collect up so much stuff!!
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