I can't believe it's been almost three weeks since I last posted. Time is moving much faster than I am these days. Hurricane Michael came and went leaving a swath of destruction in it's path. I was fortunate to have minimal damage on my property. The plant where I was worked was not as fortunate and frankly we were luckier than most.
Work was shut down for a week. I was able to go back a little earlier than some. My boss kept me out of the major cleaning because of my asthma. I did go back after five days to do all the environmental swabbing and other testing that needed done before we could start up. The blanch line started up after 8 days. Dry roasted line took 10 days to get going. Peanut butter line took 13 days. We have been running all out since then. We need to get caught up on orders.
As I said, home only had minor damage. Some slight roof damage and siding damage. The insurance adjuster will be here on November 3rd around noon. They are that busy trying to get things appraised etc. He was very apologetic about how long it was going to take.
The real hardship for us was not having power for a week. No power equals no water since we are on a well. Also no air conditioning, which makes sleeping very difficult in 90 degree heat with 90% humidity. We were more fortunate than most. My daughter,TK, had power so we moved our freezers to her place as well as our washer and dryer. We lost some food from the fridge but we could have lost so much more.
I have done very little in the way of quilting these past 3 weeks. I did get the half square triangle blocks cut apart and pressed but that was about it. I turned the binding on the two quilts but haven't stitched it down yet. It was way too hot to sit with a quilt on my lap when I was off. Then I have been so busy at work working 10-14 hours that I haven't felt like it when I was home. Plus we have a lot of clean up to do in the house. On top of that I am in an asthma flare. Which is good and bad. My pulmonologist had not seen me in a flare and I had an appointment scheduled. So that finally happened, which is good. The bad is I have no energy to do anything. Everything takes so much energy when you aren't breathing well.
But I am feeling much better and am getting back to work on quilts. I am behind on my goals this year but I am still working on things and that is what counts.
How are your goals coming?
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Quilting with Grand Children
In my continued effort to live a balanced life, I am trying to put down my quilting and spend more time doing things with my children and grand children. Also I am trying to spend less time at work and more time doing the things I love to do.
Currently I am sitting at home in the middle of the week waiting for Hurricane Michael to pass. Right now I have power so I am trying to make hay while the sun shines.
These past two weeks I managed to get all the 10 inch squares stitched for the second ribbon dance quilt. I will start cutting them apart once I finish this blog. I figured I would blog while I still had power.
The bigger accomplishment was setting aside the quilt I wanted to work on and return to working with Rorie on her quilt. We stitched each print square to a neutral square. Rorie is too small to run the sewing machine so I had her putting the block together and handing them to me. We discussed right side and wrong side of the fabric. After a little while she got bored. But Emerson, who is almost 2 jumped into her spot. He handed me blocks and was fascinated with how the sewing machine worked.
Rorie came back once it was time to press the blocks open though. She and Emerson took turns running the iron and Grandma worked hard to keep her fingers from getting burned. A couple of times it was a very close call. Rorie just wanted to iron the same block until it flat and stiff. I had to really work on pressing instead of ironing with her. Emerson was much more the get it done and move onto the next one type. He seemed to understand press and lift the iron much better than Rorie.
With all the blocks pressed open it was time to lay out the quilt. My design wall's flaws have rendered it useless until we figure out a better way to support it. So I reverted to my stand by design wall. Namely my bed. I let Rorie lay out the blocks how she wanted them to be. Once again she got distracted and started laying the blocks out into roads. She created her own little village using the blocks. I just let her play until she got bored. Then when she ran off to do something else, I laid them out the way I needed them to be. I had turn the block so that they were facing the same way. Then I made sure the colors and shades were spread out somewhat evenly. When that was done I called her back in to approve the changes. She was disappointed that I had ruined her village but accepted the fact that I was going to have to ruin it before going to bed that night any way and that the next time she came we could sew so more.
Emerson was eager to help his sister but she was doing it herself. He decided she was taking too long so he started jumping on the bed. I had to distract him several times while she was laying out her village. When she left to do other things, Emerson hung out with me for a little bit, helping rearrange things. He just wants to help with everything.
I managed to get the blocks stacked up in rows and set aside until they come again to sew with grandma. The next day their Mom and I were going to visit one of her friends that had a baby. While waiting for me to get home, Emerson decided he was going to help me sew some more. His mom sent me this picture of him. You will notice he is at my sewing desk, sitting in my chair, wearing my reading glasses and trying to thread the machine. He is too smart for his own good sometimes. My son Killian describes him as the embodiment of Joy.
As I said I am sitting home in the middle of the work week, waiting for the Hurricane to pass. But I didn't want to just sit around. I got the binding attached to the first Ribbon Dance quilt and the Christmas Lemonade Quilt as well. Should the power go out I can turn the binding and stitch it down by candle light. It has been a productive day and it's only 1:00 pm. Of course I could really use a nap right about now. But that comes from getting up at 5:30 am, after staying up until 11:30 for several days straight. Add to that I haven't had caffeine in a week.
Well I better close since the storm is ramping up and we will lose power anytime now. Keep safe and warm and Happy Quilting.
Currently I am sitting at home in the middle of the week waiting for Hurricane Michael to pass. Right now I have power so I am trying to make hay while the sun shines.
These past two weeks I managed to get all the 10 inch squares stitched for the second ribbon dance quilt. I will start cutting them apart once I finish this blog. I figured I would blog while I still had power.
The bigger accomplishment was setting aside the quilt I wanted to work on and return to working with Rorie on her quilt. We stitched each print square to a neutral square. Rorie is too small to run the sewing machine so I had her putting the block together and handing them to me. We discussed right side and wrong side of the fabric. After a little while she got bored. But Emerson, who is almost 2 jumped into her spot. He handed me blocks and was fascinated with how the sewing machine worked.
With all the blocks pressed open it was time to lay out the quilt. My design wall's flaws have rendered it useless until we figure out a better way to support it. So I reverted to my stand by design wall. Namely my bed. I let Rorie lay out the blocks how she wanted them to be. Once again she got distracted and started laying the blocks out into roads. She created her own little village using the blocks. I just let her play until she got bored. Then when she ran off to do something else, I laid them out the way I needed them to be. I had turn the block so that they were facing the same way. Then I made sure the colors and shades were spread out somewhat evenly. When that was done I called her back in to approve the changes. She was disappointed that I had ruined her village but accepted the fact that I was going to have to ruin it before going to bed that night any way and that the next time she came we could sew so more.
Emerson was eager to help his sister but she was doing it herself. He decided she was taking too long so he started jumping on the bed. I had to distract him several times while she was laying out her village. When she left to do other things, Emerson hung out with me for a little bit, helping rearrange things. He just wants to help with everything.
I managed to get the blocks stacked up in rows and set aside until they come again to sew with grandma. The next day their Mom and I were going to visit one of her friends that had a baby. While waiting for me to get home, Emerson decided he was going to help me sew some more. His mom sent me this picture of him. You will notice he is at my sewing desk, sitting in my chair, wearing my reading glasses and trying to thread the machine. He is too smart for his own good sometimes. My son Killian describes him as the embodiment of Joy.
As I said I am sitting home in the middle of the work week, waiting for the Hurricane to pass. But I didn't want to just sit around. I got the binding attached to the first Ribbon Dance quilt and the Christmas Lemonade Quilt as well. Should the power go out I can turn the binding and stitch it down by candle light. It has been a productive day and it's only 1:00 pm. Of course I could really use a nap right about now. But that comes from getting up at 5:30 am, after staying up until 11:30 for several days straight. Add to that I haven't had caffeine in a week.
Well I better close since the storm is ramping up and we will lose power anytime now. Keep safe and warm and Happy Quilting.
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