A Wintery Day and Some Quilting Prep

My pickleball got canceled this morning because of snow! There was snow falling at my place when I got up but it didn’t last long and it didn’t stick to the ground.

It was absolutely gorgeous on the way down to Rico’s sheep herding lesson. The sun was out with some beautiful clouds and I could see the snow covered hills in the distance.

It was cold enough that I wore my down jacket, a hat and gloves for our lesson. It was windy which made it even colder. As we were finishing our lesson the rain started and it rained all the way home.

I did stop and buy a huge bag of oranges at one of the road side stands that are all over the place this time of year.

They are really reasonably priced and soooo good! Linda and I bought a bag last weekend and really enjoyed them. I’m always happy when I find really good oranges.

It was dry but cold when we got home, so I bundled up and headed out with my boys for a three mile walk.

I didn’t get around to taking my Flower Baskets quilt outside for a photo because it’s so wet and muddy. So I threw it on the guest bed instead to get a better look at it with the borders.

And now I’m almost wishing I had gone ahead and just made it queen size. Oh well. It will have to be what it is.

After a nice nap on the sofa I got up and fixed dinner then hit my sewing room to start working on my Interweave quilt. With all the fabric cut I dug in and started sewing strip sets. I can’t go into a lot of detail on how this goes together. You’ll need to get the pattern. Just let me say that the pattern is really well written, includes a lot of color images, and it has lots of detail.

I did use my metal ruler method to make sure I was keeping my strip sets straight as I pressed them. Here’s a video that explains how I use the ruler.

I had all the strip sets sewn and sub cut pretty quickly.

So with all the fabric cut and these little units made, I’ll be ready to start tossing this all up on the design wall tomorrow.

A woman I’ve been mentoring at work recently gave me a gift card to Amazon, so I decided I wanted some under-counter lights. I found these rechargeable LED lights. They are really easy to use and you can set them to come on automatically when they detect motion in the kitchen.

They go off pretty quickly if there’s no motion in the kitchen. I only bought two lights to see if I liked them. They were really easy to install and I really like the way they work. So I just ordered another set.

I’m playing pickleball tomorrow afternoon and plan to get busy on this new quilt tomorrow morning. It will be interesting to see how quickly it comes together.