I'm having one more cup of coffee before I embark on my long-dreaded solo trip. I'll be taking backroads all the way, so there's no telling what time I'll get to my destination.
For the past two days, I've worked steadily on the two quilts (Granddaughter #3's quilt and the wedding quilt). Last night, I finished the final seam on #3's quilt. There's still a bit of hand-quilting to do. I'll do that and add the binding when I get home.
I am again attempting a "quilt-as-you-go" method on the wedding quilt. This quilt will be made entirely from 3.5" x 3.5" squares, with the five colors arranged in a concentric diamond pattern. I drew the design on graph paper and am using the drawing as a map to construct one row at a time. The plan is to build and quilt the thing in sections, then attach them together, much I did with #3's quilt, except that I'll do all the work on the machine. Hopefully this one will go faster.
I have tried to be so SO careful in both the cutting and the sewing, but still the seams aren't matching perfectly. It's puzzling. Maybe I'll figure it out by the time I get to the last row.
Yesterday afternoon, Son #1 showed up on his lawnmower and mowed most of our yard. I was so grateful. There's a lot of storm debris in our yard, and when I saw him mowing, I ran outside, grabbed the wagon, and started picking up limbs. #1's lawnmower is huge, and he made short work of the mowing. When he finished, he stayed to visit a while. It was nice to have him all to myself.
The Little Rotten Baby was the flower girl in her cousin's wedding yesterday. She has been SO EXCITED for days. We wondered if she would chicken out with stage fright at the last minute, but, no, she sprinkled those petals, smiling like an angel.
Time to hit the road.
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