Work Day

I had to go to work today so I didn't get much crafting accomplished.  I did get a notebook put together that I need to have in a couple weeks - on my to-do list but not a craft.  Before I hit the craft store I did some calculations to make sure that I buy enough fabric to do the setting triangles.  I tried to be thrifty with a couple of my earlier fabric choices and was bummed to find out I didn't have quite enough.  So this time, working from The Plan, I was able to count out how many squares I need, do some math, and make sure I get enough fabric.

Here are today's acquisitions.  The pink daisy print on the left is going to be the setting triangles for daughter's quilt, and the big print on the right may turn into the center medallion square, I'm not sure.  I'll cut them and put them on the board and see.  I got the edges stitched.  This time I stitched them separately.  Last time I stitched panels together, thinking it would save time, but in fact it was more of a pain.  Taking them apart carefully with a seam ripper was a bummer.  Also, they still shredded quite a bit in the washer. So for these panels, I just did a running stitch as close as I could to the edge, and we'll see how they come out.  It's very tempting to go cut pieces right now but I know that's a very bad idea.

I picked a couple more pieces for the bedroom duvet cover, and now I'm in turmoil about it. There are a few blue floral prints I must have, and the other five kind of fight with each other.  And the white background prints don't really go at all, and I think I might have to scrap my design and start over.  For now, I'm just going to put the fabrics away and not think about it.  Sometimes deferring a decision is a perfectly acceptable decision.

The batting I want was not on sale today.  Excellent coupons start tomorrow, so I'll go back sometime during the next couple of weeks and pick some up.  I realized I don't actually need to worry about batting until I get the top pieced, but I like having all the pieces ready to go.  You know, just in case I get stuck in a blizzard and have time to finish piecing the top, but no batting because I didn't need it when the snow hit.

Lentils and sausage was much better today.  I took half of what was left and brought it to a boil on the stove.  I don't know if it was soaking overnight, or reaching a higher temperature, but the lentils were a much nicer consistency.

For the rest of tonight:  An Echo in the Bone.  The book is picking up and really starting to get good.  Tomorrow I'll get the fabric washed and ironed and cut triangles, binding, and think about some of the other projects on my list.