Sunday, 30 May 2021

Rest and relaxation today.

Purple is the next colour for the month of June. This week we all had our first vaccines and I was the last one to get mine. Needless to say my arm is sore, expected that. What I did not expect was to want to sleep so much. Not a bad thing as a side effect.Finished this week's charm row, so today will be a relaxing and rest day. Next week will be a gardening week. The house has all the springcleaning done, have a few shelves to still wipe down in the cupboards which is minor to do. Once my arm is back to normal will do those as well. The guys went to get the traditional South African sausages for the summer barbeque season at a butcher's in Oakville. So now they are all set for summer!

Saturday, 29 May 2021

Red applique and nine patch blocks.


Red and white quilt is growing. All applique and embroidery for the center.
Nine patch blocks in red is finished for the month of May. 
Red hexies finished as well!

Friday, 28 May 2021

Rainy day...

Woke up to a rainy day, it looks like it will be much the same for the entire weekend.  Perfect for springcleaning as it is cooler and makes it more comfortable to do. Did not much sewing yesterday, walked into the kitchen and decided to clean the glass top of the stove, the oven. Then it just carried on from there, going down the cleaning rabbit hole. The fridge is on the list, sorting out the cupboards after that. Once a year this happens and this year it is not as early as others. 
Pulled the next charm row from the box. The other one only need four more pieces. If a moment presents itself will do a the rest of this row. 


Thursday, 27 May 2021

One Monthly goal reached.


This month the goal was to finish piecing the blue scraps together to create "Remember Me" pattern. This fimsy was finished and is now awaiting it's turn to be quilted in the future. Also cut the red hearts for the red and white quilt. Spring cleaning continues at our house.  Always like to get this done before summer starts. We did lots yesterday, will carry on with it today.

Wednesday, 26 May 2021

A bit more progress.

It was a very hot day yesterday, too hot to be outside. The humidity and the wind was wild all day long. Finished sewing all twelve red flowers on the center of the red and white quilt.
There is two on either side, on the side borders.
Next the small hearts will be prepped for the corners on either sides of the four vases.
The next charm row for this week is growing. 

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

A lazy Victoria Day.

It was a lazy day yesterday,  we did not do much. Relaxed at home, spend some time in the garden and potted around the house.
The charm row is finished and the next one is ready to be started.
The red and white quilt had to wait as the four red flowers disappeared when I wanted to see them on to the center. Found them a little while later, they are now pinned in place. Will be doing them today, as we are expecting a very hot and humid day  today,  so it will be spent indoors until this evening when it hopefully cools down to be spending time outside.

Monday, 24 May 2021

Garden today.

The bulbs are flowering,  they are all open except a few in the front garden. 
The lavender bushes are growing after their super short chop in April. The babies will be given away to new homes.
Finished the red hexie flower yesterday.
Worked some more on the charm row.
We watched golf which was super exciting with Phil Mickleson winning. It is great to watch so much focus and determination for such a prolonged period of time pay off for such a lovely fellow human being. He did not brush a single person off after winning, it takes a caring person.