Another Week of Handwork

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At last all the blue pentagons are added. It took longer than I thought it would. I had to take a couple of days off to let my hands recover. 

Tomorrow I’m going to try to arrange the tables in my sewing room to have a large enough surface to work on the outer border. A friend has offered her kitchen island and I have thought of going up to the church and using some tables there. But if I can get what I have here to work, it will be a lot easier. So I’m going to try that first.

Still Zooming. Yesterday was quilt bee meeting, which we did by Zoom. And today my book club met via Zoom. Next Monday will be the first meeting of the 20-21 guild year. The plan is to do guild with Zoom for now. I don’t know how that’s going to work since it’s a large group, more than 100 members. I’ll report on that next week.

Time to start supper. Today it’s going to be chicken tenders, mashed potatoes, and green beans.

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On 09/08/2020, Robin Anderson said ...

This very stunning. You have a lot of patience to do this. It’s just wow!

On 09/09/2020, Kathy said ...

Can't wait to see the next border! Just beautiful!

On 09/09/2020, Sue, a Florida Farm Girl said ...

Looking good! Let us know how the zoom guild meeting goes with the large group. Our guild has suspended meetings until at least January 1.

On 09/11/2020, Barbara Anne said ...

Lovely! Wishing you the stamina to successfully do the outer border to your satisfaction.

Thanks for doing the necessary fiddling so I can again comment!

Hugs!

On 09/12/2020, Stephani in N. TX said ...

Love it, love it, love it.

On 09/13/2020, Pat said ...

Beautiful and amazing quilt!
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