To Do Tuesday for 6/23/2020

Now that I have a functional sewing/craft room, I'm able to get back to having fun! I found that when I blogged regularly, it pushed me to get things done. One of my favourite bloggers, Kate from Life in Pieces, posted a weekly list on Tuesdays, so I'm going to do the same! Thanks for the idea, Kate!

Weekly To Do List (06/23/2020

1. Quarantine (pattern from Gundren Erla of GEDesigns) - purchase backing and sandwich for quilting (My version made from the leftovers of Alex's chemistry quilt)

2. Lanterns (my own design - although I have found similar ones since!) - purchase backing and sandwich for quilting (Here it is hanging at the back of the room as I was adding strips, I forgot to take a picture of the finished top).

3. Harmony (a Thangles block of the month pattern purchased from Hamels Fabrics, my local and favourite quilt shop - hand-sew the binding for a finish! Daisy is checking out the quilting when I got it back from Maple Leaf Quilting Company.

I'll create more posts this week to share each of these quilts individually, hopefully as I finish them. That should keep me busy, as I am still working full-time from home, although I have to go to the office on Thursday for a director's meeting (and I'll be wearing my mask, as some of the directors aren't as cautious as I am).

Progress?

It's been a while since I posted - I've been working from home since March 20th, and the days have blended together. I'm finding it hard to make a firm separation between work and personal life, so the craft room redo has been very slow going.

It is painted now!

You can see my little "office" in the corner.

These pictures were taken when the room first got loaded - can you believe most of this stuff was pack in an 11' x 12' room! I'm not sure how I did it. I have made progress since then, but not enough to take new pictures yet.

Besides work, painting and sorting/purging, I did a bunch of other things! 

I carved out a corner to make masks for family and friends. I was asked to make some to sell, but I didn't want to go into production for profit, so kept it small.

I made about 30 masks and continue to make a few at a time as I hear from someone who needs one.

 

I learned how to use the binding foot on my Featherweight! Awesome tool - made the job so much faster!

I've managed to learn how to do Zoom calls and meetings! I also did some scrapbooking and held virtual workshops with Zoom. Here I'm toasting my brother and sister - showing off my new mask!

I also managed to finish a quilt!! 

My 11-year-old grandson helped design and piece it, and now we are waiting (im)patiently for it to come back from the long-armer.  I'll share more about this quilt in another post this weekend.

I also started another one with the leftovers (well, technically, made a lap quilt) but I want it bigger so I'm hoping to finish that one this weekend.

So that is what I have been up to the last almost-90 days - besides braving the Costco lines a couple of times and getting cheap gas!

Trust me - I've only gone twice and wore my mask, unlike so many others! I choose to wear it to protect not only myself, but others like my grandson who has Type 1 diabetes, and my elderly neighbours.

Almost half of what it was at the beginning of the year.