Blog 496
I don’t know about you but I am finding that one week seems to
blend into another during lockdown; it’s rather like being retired!! We still
do our daily walk, I read a lot and the garden has never had so much attention
over the past weeks. But I can’t for the life of me tell you where all the rest
of the time has gone. I make sure that I know when it’s Friday because that’s
gin and tonic day and I look forward to it all week! (Someone once said that if
I enjoyed it so much why didn’t I have one every day? I replied that if I had
one every day, I wouldn’t enjoy it so much!!) And with all this extra time we
have been granted, I seriously thought that I would be turning out masterpiece
after masterpiece. Not so! If there is nothing in the way of competitions/exhibitions
to aim for, there is no incentive and I have a house full of utility quilts
already. I have Linus quilts and scrap quilts waiting to be quilted but nothing
terribly special in the creative pipeline. I am thinking my way through some
potential technique at the moment but nothing that can be recorded yet in this
blog.
Today was our NZ neighbour’s 50th birthday so her husband, a
computer whiz, organised and chaired a zoom meeting with 60+ participants from
around the world. We were part of it … eventually … when we had sussed out the
methodology! … and it was great to be part of such a jolly occasion. We all had
our bunting and balloons around us and also candles on our individual birthday
cakes. We started the quiz but, on one occasion when I left the room, my BH
didn’t continue to answer the questions so I guess we came in a spectacular last!!
We didn’t hang about to find out! I made her a little wall hanging of felted
houses (2 ½”) to remind her of her birthday under house arrest; these are the ones
I chose but I forgot to snap the completed hanging.
One of my quilty friends got in touch last week to show me a
picture of the 3 infinity scarves that she had made. I loved the look of them
and was intrigued about the method so she kindly sent me the details (thanks
Veronica!) I cut all my squares to create a charm pack of Batiks and here’s the
finished product.
I also made a few more face masks because it looks like we’re
going to be asked to wear them when we are out and about amongst larger groups
of people. I’m happy as I am at home for the moment and I am enjoying this much
more relaxed and unpressured lifestyle.
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