Yesterday was one of those days. I decided no matter what, I needed to get the quilt top done and off to Colleen. So, after playing a few games, I went downstairs to get to work on it.
The top and bottom stars fit perfectly. Then when it was time to add the sides, they were off about an inch or two. So, I had to rethink how to get this done. The red was a "pop" and worked great. So, then I called Patrick down to help me out.
So, I added a blue on the sides to give it a little better connection to the panel. Once that was decided, I put it all together. Then I realized I needed a couple inches on the top and bottom. So, I added a 2 1/2" border around it. Now it's done and ready to go to the quilters. I got a message from Kelsey saying she would take the quilts to quilt. I hooked her up with Colleen, so she could get the quilts to quilters since Kelsey can't get them till next week.
I loaded the laundry with the backing material that goes with the 3 quilt tops I had. Then I put them in the wash. I had 2 backing together that made it to the dryer. The washer and dryer were working till 6:30 p.m.
Once all that was going, I sat down after supper and played on my tablet. I wasn't on it an hour when the power went out. From 6:30 pm to 11:30 pm, we had no power. Patrick and I heard the pop when the generator blew, but we didn't realize it was in our neighborhood. With no power, I listened to my book for as long as I could in the dark and then decided to call it a night.
This morning, I was up and ready to go. I got in the car to head to moms, got halfway to town and forgot the quilts for Colleen. Turned around and came back. I had to get the backing out of the wash, since the power outage caused the laundry to stop in its tracks. I called mom to let her know I was running behind but she didn't answer, left a message. Went to the post office and then Dutch Brothers for drinks. They gave me a coffee drink - UGH!! - and I had to turn around and go back to get the Chai tea I wanted. I kept the coffee and gave that to Gerilyn when I got to moms.
Georgie and Bonnie were waiting on me. I unlocked the door and moms house was black. I went down the hall with Georgie to see if mom was alright. I heard Georgie say something, then I pulled the blankets and mom turned to look at me. She asked what time it was and I told her. I also told her she scared the shit out off all of us!
We worked on our projects.
Since I didn't have the bead wire for the beads on the rose piece, it took me awhile to get back to this one. I will go back over all that and I have to do the other flowers as well.
After everyone left, mom showed me a quilt she wanted to do for me. I told her I had that kit. She was going to pay for each month and I told her I had it all. She can do it. It cost me $400 and I was wondering when I would ever get to get.
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