Since I didn't have to cook, I had time to work on the wedding quilt. The piecing is about 60% done. The top left quadrant is quilted. The top right quadrant is pieced and ready to quilt. Part of the lower right quadrant is pieced. Assuming I actually finish this thing by the late-August deadline, it will be the fastest quilt I've ever made.
I started with the top left quadrant, and it took sewing a few rows to get the hang of it. It's just 3" x 3" squares, but I could not get all the seams to match perfectly and could not figure out why. I'd been as careful as possible in cutting out the squares, and as careful as possible in sewing the 1/4" seams. Why were the seams not matching? I watched some videos and discovered that the problem was the way I was ironing them. Seriously. Once I began ironing them properly, the seams matched perfectly. Who'd-a thunk it?
I did not take out the mistakes on the first few rows. Nobody but God is perfect. ;)
It rained again yesterday, so working in the vegetable garden is off today's to-do list. There's no more rain in the forecast for the next few days, so maybe we can finish planting before the week is over.
Hopefully, by the end of the week, the tree that's been laying across our back yard for two weeks will be gone.
We've had a tough time even getting someone to come look at it and give us an estimate. Yesterday, a tree guy finally showed up, after church, still dressed in his Sunday best. He says he'll be here this week if the yard dries up enough. Before he gets here, I'll need to move some plants so they won't get trampled/flattened.
When the rest of the tree comes down, the sun/shade is going to change pretty drastically, and I may have to move a LOT stuff to accommodate the new situation. There's a very large flower bed near the tree. It's mostly full of garden phlox and hydrangeas. The phlox probably won't complain about having more light, but the hydrangeas might. Most of the hydrangeas have been in the ground for less than three years, so they probably won't be hard to move. The big blue one at the corner of the house has been there for at least 20 years. It will have to learn to live with (or not) the new sun, for I'd need powerful machinery to move it.
On the bright side (literally!), that flower bed may now be sunny enough to host some sun-loving annuals, like zinnias and such. We'll see, once the tree comes down.
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