This week's activities

In a previous post, I was lamenting the thickness of the pitcher plant stem in my rug hooking project.  A couple of hooking friends suggested I try hooking  a single line of stitches with two strands of yarn.  This looks so much better!  If you look at the part at the lower end of the stem where the green leaves are hooked around the stem, it looks to be the right width now. You can see from this picture that I got almost all of the leaves done this week.  I hope to move on to the flowers this week. Then, the background and borders will take a while...

The flannel improv scrap blocks are coming along nicely.  Sew, iron, trim, repeat.  The blocks get bigger and bigger. I'm aiming for a baby quilt with these. 

For the past six years, I was encouraging local quilters to make quilts for our new hospice which will be opening this summer.  The building of the hospice was delayed by a few years due to COVID.  I had a goal of 20 quilts for the 10 beds at the hospice--two per bed so if one was in the laundry, the other could be on the bed.  I am happy to report that my local quilting colleagues really stepped up and 21 quilts were donated!  The quilts are to be presented to the hospice in mid June and the quilters who worked on them have been invited to come and participate in giving the quilts over to the hospice.  Nineteen of the quilts are in this pile--the other two are still with the quilters but I have seen pictures.  Twenty one beautiful quilts to help the patients at the hospice and their families know that the community supports them in a difficult and sad time in their lives.  Over the time that I have been storing the quilts in my spare bedroom, I have unfolded, refolded and moved them around so that they don't have permanent creases.  It is time for them to be laid out on the beds at the hospice!

 

I just finished this book. Sonia Day is a Canadian author and lives within a couple of hours of where I live.   I particularly enjoyed The Newfoundland Lunch Party as we were in Newfoundland almost two years ago for vacation.  Many of the places mentioned in the book are places we visited when we were there.  There are recipes in the back of the book for the food mentioned in the story.  A fun read!

My daughter and Finn have been working on the last bits of the crocheted Christmas Blanket.  There are 22 pink "candies" in the gingerbread border that she is currently working on.  Then, there are lots of ends to weave in for each of the 88 candies and also for the final borders.  Finn is an expert at side eye. He is sure that this blanket is for him. 

Our weigela bush is just starting to come into bloom.  It blooms two or three times over the course of the summer. 

The bees are loving the deutzia bush which is in full bloom right now 

On a walk this week, I noticed someone had left some birdseed out for the birds but the squirrels were also enjoying the feast. 

The Mayapples are in bloom too.  The flowers are underneath the leaves which form an umbrella shape. A sure sign of spring.  

Three friends and I are doing a round robin.  Each of us supplied a centre block and some fabrics and the parcels get passed around each month.  Each quilter adds one border to the project before it is sent on to the next person.  I received this block.  I have added my border and it is on its way. There will be a grand reveal in three months.  

Here is the link to the last time I did this with some friends 11 years ago.  

I will link up with Kathy and Frederique.  Have a good week!