After all the unseasonable warm weather we have been enjoying, it has turned cold. The last couple of morning have been very cold and on Wednesday I had to de-ice the car before I could leave for work. Thursday was just as cold and when I got to work the snow started to fall. Needless to say, once I was indoors and warm I was excited to watch the snow. Although it wasn't settling it was causing problems for drivers on the motorway. I am really hoping we have some snow over the holiday period this year, it would be so nice.
On Friday, although I wasn't working I needed to catch up with some work items, so that took most of the morning. As soon as I'd finished it I set up my sewing machine and got on with the 16 patch blocks. By the end of the day I had made 48, using 6 colours and making 8 blocks of each colour.
I made the blocks by taking 4 strips of fabric two and a half inch wide and sewing them together.
I then cut them across the 4 strips at two and a half inchs.
Finally I turned the 1st and 3rd strip around to give a chequer board effect and sewed them together
I'm not sure whether to make a rectangular quilt or a square. If I make one more block I could make a square one. I'll have to lay the blocks out and see how they look.
Yesterday John and I went on a bird watching trip. We are members of a local birdwatching group and go on the coach trips to various bird watching sites. Yesterday the trip was to Titchwell reserve. The day was cold and wet and that was how it remained all day. The reserve is on the Norfolk coast. John and I decided to walk down to the beach and it was very desolate.
We saw a few birds on the sea and others on the beach. On the way back from the beach I got very cold and wet. The wind was bitter and blowing into our faces. The rain also got heavier. We did some bird watching in the hides but later in the afternoon I was feeling frozen so I went and sat in the cafe with hot tea and cake. John went off to watch the raptors as they came in to roost. The weather got worse as we headed home but at least the coach was warm. Once home I soaked for a while in a hot bath and then snuggled into bed. Birdwatching in the rain is not fun at all.
Today I got the Christmas quilt sandwiched and made a start on the quilting. I decided to do some stitch in the ditch around the blocks and then do straight stitches on the blocks using the walking foot. I want to be able to gift this quilt before 1st December so I need to get on and get it finished.
This afternoon Richard gave me an advent calendar.
This sounds like my kind of advent calendar.
It has the fabric, embroidery floss, hoop and instructions. I need to copy the design onto the fabric before 1st December. All the embroideries are small, so I should be able to keep up with one small embroidery a day.
Tomorrow will be another busy day at work . I'm not sure how but I've got a little bit behind. It's not a problem as I only have one short meeting tomorrow and so I have lots of time to catch up over the day. With luck I should be able to do some quilting in the evening. This evening I must finish grandson's hat.
Take care
Lyndsey
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