Weekend Update

I haven’t done much of what I intended to do…….it seemed like other stuff kept coming up. I did get some quilting done, but I won’t have pictures until I get them trimmed. Maybe tomorrow. I worked on pillow covers in my spare time. 

My church groups makes what we call lap covers for the local dialysis and oncology centers. They are two layers of fabric—no batting—hemmed and tacked together with crochet thread. We also make pillows that are approximately 12” x 16”. The pillows are very popular with patients who are getting infusions because they can be put under the arm as a cushion. They also make good seat belt cushions for mastectomy patients. The stack above is about 10 of the covers. I do them in batches: I cut a bunch, and then I sew a stack, then turn and press a stack, and so on. Another lady in our group also makes them. We are having a “stuffing event” in August where the youth can come and fill the covers with poly fill, and we will whip stitch them closed. It’s a way for the kids to participate and to get service hours if they need them.  Hope to get about a fifty covers made by August, and the other lady will make at least that many, if not more.

On Saturday, I met a quilt guild friend for lunch and then we went shopping for fat quarters for or upcoming workshop project. This is the project:

We didn’t find fat quarters we wanted, but they did have a batik half-yard bundle we both liked, so we bought it and split the cost. There were 20 half yards, and we cut each one into two fat quarters. 

I have been playing around with mine—putting them in order of darkest to lightest and taking a picture and turning it into gray scale. They are mainly “medium” value, so I pulled a few fat quarters from my stash to add to the mix.

I was surprised I had that many lights. 

Today I will pick this kid up from soccer camp.

I can’t believe how grown up he is getting! And, he is obsessed with soccer. He just got back from the A&M camp, and now he is doing the U of H one. There is a big cardboard cutout at Lowe’s of some Argentinian soccer player, and I’m going to take him over there to get his picture with the cutout. I am pretty sure all of this will also involve a stop at Chick-fil-A. I just hope he doesn’t step on me again with those cleats!