Day Interrupted

Good morning, my friends. If you read yesterday's post, then you know I had an early appointment with my PCP. Everything went fine there. It was an annual physical, and I had no concerns. We talked about my recent severe asthma attack, and she's recommended a different inhaler for me. Aside from that, everything was routine. Before I headed for home, I had to fill my gas tank, and I was home around 11:00 a.m. Any trip into town always wears me out for the rest of the day, and so I didn't get as much done as I'd hoped. Oh well. Today is a new day, right?

Before I left, I was able to stitch Tiny Treasure #63. Having time for slow-stitching improved my mood considerably. This one has stem stitch and lazy daisies.

When I got home, I had some lunch, and then I took a nap. When I woke up, I dragged myself into the quilting room to try to figure out what to do in the space between the rows of books. I fiddled and traced things with my fingers, and I couldn't figure out anything I liked. I ended up just doing a zigzagging line from one side to the other. This seemed to be the favorite design among the finished "Book Nerd" quilts I saw online. If you click on that link to the pattern, you'll see that even the designer did something similar.

Here's a peek at how that looks from the back.

All that remains on this is the outer border. I don't have any particular idea how I'm going to do that either, but I'll figure out something. There are lots of border motifs in my Pinterest library. I'll settle on one and then I should have this quilt ready for binding by day's end. Maybe.

In the sewing room, I found my sewing cat awaiting my arrival.

There were a few more pieces to make for the applique on the "Glacier" block. When I had them fused and cut out, I assembled all of the applique onto a teflon pressing sheet.

When I was satisfied everything was where it should be, I fused it to the background block.

All the time I've been working on this block, it has seemed familiar to me. When I was finished with my sewing for the day, I went in search of some of the photos I took of the Matanuska Glacier we saw near Glacier View, Alaska. Does this image look similar to you?

That link above will take you to my post about that section of our trip, and more photos of the Matanuska Glacier. It's the largest glacier in Alaska that can be seen from the road. Each of the blocks in this quilt is sparking some memory of our trip, which makes it fun to work on it.

So, I’m hoping for some sewing time today. We had dinner with the family Thursday night. While there, we made last-minute plans to go to the farmer’s market this morning. It’s been months since we’ve been to the farmer’s market. Everyone has been too busy. I’m on the hunt for some carrots and some beets for pickling. We’re also gearing up for a short camping trip next week. I’ll say more about that as it gets closer. But all of that to say that some other things are going to be vying for my attention over the next few days. I’d still like to get the Shop Hop quilt to binding stage. It would be a good take-along project for the camping trip.

Okay, so it’s another trip into town this morning, which means I need to be on my way. Several of you have told me about the heat where you are. Try to stay cool, okay? And be sure to drink plenty of water.