grandmas-bits and pieces: blue cross

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

blue cross

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Blue Cross is the name of this block and the name of my health care service ;)

I keep losing my cursor, irritating....

Today was my sewing Tuesday but the elevator was still not working this morning so Pat did not come for me. Of course no what is the point. However Ray tells me it is now fixed. thank goodness I can get out tomorrow for a chance to walk around a bit. Maybe we can get out for lunch.

So back to staying in for the day. At least I did. Ray managed to get out for a while. I sewed and unsewed LOL. My block finally came together. I spent most of the afternoon sewing. I had to add border strips to the block as it was too small. The measurements are intended to be 12 1/2 inches and the border strips make it that size.

Then I did a few pieces of the blocks I got from the guild last week. Tomorrow I'll do some more of them. It has been some time since I actually sewed and I enjoyed my day doing it. I want to get at my embroidery too .

We are still eating the small pork loin after three days. Tonight it went into the freezer for another time. Maybe it will make a good stew with rice and tomatoes. MMM.

I think I'll finish off my knitted dish cloth tonight. And that will make for a productive day. I sure enjoy that, it makes me feel good.

It was raining all last night and again today. Outside is a sea of mud. The huge number of trees in our property has caused the grass to die and we have dirt which of course becomes mud in the rain. I sure hope the management has plans to reseed in the spring.

A pretty Dresden Plate with my favourite sashing and corner blocks.

This is so delightful with all the lovely little girl things that girls love. There that is so much better. I had to make it extra large so you can see the blocks.

I really like this way of storing fat quarters or other sizes of fabric. However once you start cutting into the fabric it is harder to store neatly. Or so I find.