Another Day of Sewing

We had to drive into town yesterday. We were nearly out of coffee, and well, I know an emergency when I see one. Also, we needed bird seed of all kinds, and so we combined the two stops, carefully maintaining social distancing while we were out. We've taken to wearing surgical gloves when we go out. If nothing else, it reminds us not to touch our faces. I'm still going to have to make a grocery shopping trip tomorrow. We don't have grocery delivery to our home, but I can pick up at the store. So far, I haven't been motivated to try that. What I need most is fresh produce, and it's hard to allow someone else to choose for me. We'll see. It kind of depends on how bad things get, and whether we're ordered to stay inside...or else! Aside from necessary shopping, we've been good about staying in.

So it was fairly late in the day by the time I made it into the sewing room. It still seemed as if I accomplished enough to feel satisfied. My first choice was to finish making blocks for the Paintbox Pizzazz quilt. This was one of two projects for last year's Rainbow Scrap Challenge. This is where I left off...with 40 blocks total.

I was thinking I needed 48 blocks to finish this, but when I looked at the pattern yesterday, I realized I was nearly finished. The quilt will finish up at 71 x 71 inches, and the one shown in the book is set 6 blocks by 7 blocks, for a total of 42 blocks. So yay! I only needed two more. Looking at the colors already included, I decided to make the last two in lavender.

The little corner blocks were already cut, and so it was pretty quick to finish these off.

And now this project will be added to the "Quilt Tops to Finish" list. I think I assigned it to myself for the month of July.

Of course, I had lots of help working on these blocks.

We managed to get a hard enough grip on Sadie yesterday to put a harness on her. Honestly, it's like trying to put a saddle on a wild horse.

She looks pretty cute when she's wearing it. We just let her run around inside the house for a while. We were kind of curious to see if she could get it off, and apparently she could not.

After wearing it for awhile, she had to admit that wearing clothes had a certain appeal.

Several hours later, I managed to hook a leash to her and tried getting her outside. That little outing lasted approximately 7 seconds. She gets completely wigged out, possibly just because she's constrained from fleeing at any perceived danger. As I've mentioned, she's an anxious kitty, and so most everything is perceived as danger. Once feral, it's how she survived before being captured. We'll keep trying, but it might not work.

So, meanwhile, back in the sewing room...you might remember I wasn't happy with this button on the Stitched Inchies project. I really needed a 4-hole button, and all I had in the RV was a 2-hole.

So I located a 4-hold button from my button can and then sewed it on. And DRAT! I didn't see this until I went to post this picture this morning. I missed one of the thread "arms" in the lower left corner of the button. Oh well. I can fix that easily enough.

What really makes me mad is that I have to post my error over and over again now as I show you the rest of my progress. I added the border...still not seeing the mistake...

And then I decided on a yellow binding and cut those strips. Heck...I even cut a quilt back from that same pansy fabric. Still, I didn't see that button problem. Sheesh. Oh well. It'll be my first victim when I head into the sewing room today.

Before we took off for town yesterday morning, I hand-stitched the binding for Farm Fresh Eggs, and now it's finished.

Here's how it looks from the back.

There's a narrow wall space above our breakfast bar where I like to hang little quilts like this. It looks cute there. There are different quilts for different seasons, but this one will get its moment in the sun for a while.

Matthew has been selling me hard on getting an Instant Pot. He's never been one for cooking much, but he discovered the Instant Pot, and now he's a convert. He made dinner for us last night. This is a Whole Bowl...or something like that...a dish he copied from a restaurant. It's beans, quinoa, avocado, olives, sour cream, cheese, salsa, and olives...a little like a bean burrito, minus the tortilla. It was delicious, and I was happy to let him do the cooking and show off his newly acquired cheffery. (I think I just made up that word.) Anyway...looks yummy, no?

And yes, it was very yummy. He's convincing me little by little.

Today I hoped to get out into the yard to do some weeding, but I might have to put that off. Rain starts up this morning, and it's going to continue for a while. No problem...there's always sewing. I'll just have to dry my tears and go on somehow.