What a busy day I had yesterday! And it was all good. I felt good (relative to most days), and I got so much done.
First came Zoom quilt guild meeting. We were supposed to resume in-person meetings this month. But the Delta Variant put the quietus on that plan. Man plans; covid laughs.
During the meeting, a fun guild challenge was announced: The Brown Bag Scrap Challenge. Each participants receives a brown bag filled with random scraps to make any size quilt. At least a piece of every fabric in her bag must go into her quilt. One extra fabric is allowed. The rules say "neutral fabric," and I supposed that means some shade of white, tan, grey, etc. But I think red makes a fine neutral, so the red/white dotted fabric in the photo above is my neutral. We were to choose our extra fabric before we saw what was in the bag, and I did. And it happens that my scraps work very well with my "neutral." I also had an idea for a pattern before I looked at the scraps, but I'm not positive now that it will work. I'll have to do some more thinking. I'm planning a child's quilt to donate to our Cuddle Quilt program for children.
Since we were meeting via Zoom, we were asked to drive to Joann's in Hoover (about 20 miles from me) to pick up our brown scrap bag, which I gladly did. Of course, while I was there, naturally, I had to do a little shopping. That's where I got my neutral and the blue (also in the photo) to bind The Three Bears. And that's all I bought. I was good. Oh, except for a Snickers bar because I was slipping into a blood sugar drop.
And guess what? Lena did indeed agree to quilt the Three Bears quilt for me. So I had to drive all the way to the other side of town to deliver the top to her. She's going to quilt a simple design that won't take long, probably a windy vermicelli design. And when she's finished, I'm going to do a little hand quilting in the bears' heads. Then I'll bind and label it, and hopefully it will be all ready for the baby shower on the 25th. (Can you believe September is already half over. Didn't it just being?) I thought I wanted dark blue for the binding, but none of the dark blues at Joann's worked. They were all either too bright or too dark. I thought of yellow too, but decided I wanted something calmer.
And finally, Lena had the Little Girls quilt done, so I picked it up. (Photo below.) And I was able to pick up another brown bag there, a sweet gift from Lena (two pieces of fabric and a packet of quilting tools).
When it's bound and labeled, I'll post a photo of the entire quilt.
I stopped by Arby's on the way home and picked up some yummies for dinner so I wouldn't need to cook. And I can report that their new Prime Rib Cheese Steak is some kinda good. Recommend highly.
My plan was to get into the sewing room today after my household tasks were done. But just a bit ago I remembered that this is book club day (also a Zoom meeting). So I'm not going to have time to get very much done sewing-wise. Maybe I'll just read until book-club time.
I'm still feeling pretty good, by the way. Moving around still hurts pretty much, but sitting is ok. And the crushing fatigue that I've been feeling seems to have abated somewhat. I'm going to enjoy it while it lasts.
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On 09/14/2021, Barbara Anne said ...
What a great post and what good news that you're feeling better and tolerated driving hither and thither to get brown bags and deliver the 3 Bears to Lena! Great idea to stop at Arby's too.
Doesn't the Little Girl quilt look delightful?! Applause for Lena's quilting!
Love the fabrics in the bag you were given and the tools, too, and love the idea for a donation quilt from the brown bag bits! Have fun!
Hugs!
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