No Sewing Day

Good morning, my friends. It isn't often I go a day without sewing, but yesterday was one of those days. Of course, there's almost always time for slow-stitching, and so it isn't exactly true that there was no sewing at all. This is Tiny Treasure #42. It has fan stitch, lazy daisy, stem stitch, French knots and satin stitch.

And then I realized I still had my Easter quilts out with Easter two days gone. So, hop on off, Easter Bunny and make way for some Spring things. On the wall between the kitchen and dining room, I hung this design from Jenny of Elefantz. This was fun to stitch at the time. It's called My Vintage Kitchen. Mine was modified a little bit to add the mixer in the middle block. Hers had a block with the name of the quilt.

On the breakfast bar, this "Freckled Fruit" runner. The pattern appeared originally in the April/May 2011 issue of The Quilter magazine. I finished this one way back in February of 2014. 

On the dining room table, this "Posies" quilt. It's another one from Jenny of Elefantz. It was my 2021 Rainbow Scrap project. It was originally a free BOM, but it's now for sale in her Etsy shop. It's probably supposed to be a wall-hanging, but it works for a table topper too.

So, I did a little housework and got the laundry going, and then I had things to do in town. I made three stops yesterday. First, I needed to fill my gas tank. Oy. After that, I wondered if there were instructions or forms on the internet that would allow one to declare gasoline bankruptcy. Sheesh. 

Then, I gulped hard and headed to the garden shop. There, I picked up annuals for my outdoor pots. I'm not remembering the names of all of these, but I'll put the daisies in the three pots along the patio along with some other flowers I can't name. 

For the pots that line the sidewalk, I'll plant geraniums and marigolds in the sunny areas. Where the pots are mostly shaded, I'll plant begonias and impatiens. I have to choose things the squirrels won't eat. On the other hand, their appetites seem to expand depending on what flowers are planted each year. Beggers can't be choosers, you know.

Also, I picked up some catnip to restore the Gracie Memorial Catnip Garden. And I got some tarragon to add to the herb garden. Also, a Sun Gold cherry tomato and three slicers...two red tomatoes and one yellow. 

And since our garden shop is in the same complex with our grocery store, I picked up whatever grocery items had accumulated on the list. 

It was about 3:15 when I got home. Probably, I could have done some sewing, but I really just wanted to sit on my butt and put my feet up. I still had groceries to put away, and I moved all the plants to the greenhouse for now. Probably I'll get them planted before the weekend is over. 

In my wanderings, I noticed the bleeding heart has an actual flower now. This is the most watched thing in the garden for the time being.

So, it felt as if I accomplished a lot yesterday, and I was tired. Sadie was tired just watching me. She retired to her studio apartment early in the evening. 

Today will be another busy day. I'm getting a much-needed pedicure...my first once since we've been home. I'm looking forward to having groomed toes and the TLC won't hurt either. Probably I'll be home early enough to get back to my quilting, but it'll depend on my energy level too.

Tomorrow, I'm meeting Sue for a walk. In Sherwood, our neighboring town to the north, they've finished building a very cool footbridge across the main highway. It leads from the YMCA and a large nearby neighborhood to the new high school. We've watched the process of building it over several years, and it appears to be complete. I've been itching to walk across, and Sue and I will do it together. (I know...walking across a new footbridge. The excitement never ends here in rural Oregon.)

So, all of that to say that if I post tomorrow, it will be later than usual. And if I don't post at all, you can assume I'll be back on Friday morning to tell you all about it.