Crafters Monday October 2 through October 8

Hello Hope you are having nice weather today. It's another sunny day here with temps in the 80s.

Ruth - I'm glad to hear your mouth is healed. Good luck to you with the decluttering. I'm hoping to get more of that done this month and winter.

Ginny - I'm glad you were able to get some quilting done and hope that they can get your internet/cable fixed today. It's so irritating when we have problems with those things, makes me realize how dependent we are on them.

The October quilt block pattern for the A Quilting Life quilt along came out today, so I made that this morning. She also gave the pattern for 6 sashing cornerstones - which are 3 inch Friendship Stars, so I made them too. I sure admire those quilters who make those small blocks, I find them difficult since my fingers are large and working with those small pieces is tough.

I'd love to have the full layout for this quilt along, but as she said in her video today - it's a mystery

I also traced the October embroidery pattern that came out yesterday. This is one that I'll make into a pillow cover to change out from the September pillow. I'm going to leave the cat off and put something else there instead to make it a bit easier.

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Hope you both get to do some crafting today

Well here we are in a new week. This year seems to be flying by. I can't believe it's Oct 2nd already.

CJ, I know I'd never be able to do those small blocks. And as far as mystery projects go I always want to know what I'm making. I've never joined a mystery crochet a long. Maybe in the qal you can use the blocks in some other way if you don't like the mystery once it's revealed. You're very creative so I'm sure you can and will make your own changes. I would probably take the cat out too. I like other people's pets but am not interested in having one of my own.

Ginny, I'm sorry that tech couldn't work on your cable and get it fixed but glad it's at least working. I'd threaten also if they put me in a place like they're putting you where you have to go to pick up the boys rather than babysit them at your dd's home. They are putting you at a great inconvenience.I know that as soon as there is another option for internet here I will cancel my cable. I've already cancel tv and use only antenna.

Weather is cold here. A couple nights this week it will get down into the 30's.

I'm nearly done with the current afghan. I just have maybe one more row of border to put on. I might do one more after that but I think it will look great with just one more and I can then move on to the next.

Good evening!

CJ. Welcome to Hobby Lobby!!! It’s a beautiful chain of stores, and they do have a large selection of home decorative items. I like to pick up an occasional home Dec item, but do go there for fabric. Some of their fabric is excellent quality (for a non quilt shop) and the flannel I used for one of the twin boys baby quilts came from there. If it’s on your way to other errands or convenient, I would use them for fabric, although mine does not have the larger assortment that Joanns has. Bet you are glad to have the October embroidery done and I hope you are enjoying the pillow!! The vintage farm girl quilt is lovely…I like projects like the quilt and the pillow that are easy ways to change seasonal decor to spruce things up. (Wish I could find where I hid my fall table runner!). I know of a person who changes curtains and bedspreads and pictures with the season. Sure sounds too much like work for me!

Ruth, that is great progress on the afghan! Who is the planned recipient for this one? Is the border a contrasting color or the same as the body? Who gets the next afghan? Yikes, is this dip in temperature the beginning of winter type weather for you or do you expect some warmer temps to return? its good crochet weather, for sure.

Now if it was my pillow I would leave the cat in the embroidery design although with living with 2 cats, I do not need another one, even on a pillow.

Bright and early I packed up the 2 little boys and brought them back here (and was here by 8) . At 10 I called the cable company expecting to hear bad news that they were not coming or did not have me even on their schedule. The robo operator told me the service tech would be here between 10:23 and 11: 23….and sure enough he was here around 11. Nice guy, the same person they sent yesterday only he had enough time today. He cleaned up a multitude of hanging wires and cables, and it all seems to be working well. And he replace the cables too…my internet is not super super fast, so I might go get the speed booster they offered me (free) but right now I can do what I want. Honestly I am reasonably pleased. The little boys had a lot of fun playing outside with water shooters….(like large water pistols) and they found out that their grandma might squirt them back (which of course I did). Yes a tiring day for me….think I am going to put a movie on and embroider.

Ruth, that is great that you finished the afghan and even better are so very pleased with how it turned out! It must be the perfect size…kind of nice that you have a bit of the yarn left over for a hat. Would you make that hat as an additional gift for the recipient of the afghan? I do not get into HL all that much, and usually do not even investigate their yarn department. It’s not huge from what I remember. What a shame that they are reducing their yarn supplies. IMO AC Moore had the best yarn inventory of all the craft stores, Walmart does not carry much yarn and Michaels is also just ok. Well I guess it’s a positive thing that at least Michaels does sell yarn. Ruth, because you are on the crochet groups online, where is everyone buying their yarn these days? So glad that Dh is chatting and in a mood to spend time in conversation.

I slept well, but struggled to fall asleep. Got a doctors appointment this afternoon- routine screening.

Ginny, I'm sorry to hear that you're still having problems with falling asleep. I hope you felt a little refreshed after the little sleep you got. I'm glad the  cable tech was able to get your internet to a decently workable level.

CJ, as usual very beautiful quilts. I was watching a video last evening by a young woman that has a crochet channel there and she was showing things that people sent her mainly for the auction she has each year to help local animal rescue place. One thing that was sent to her was a beautiful and very well made large piece that the sender said was a mug rug. It had gnomes with bees on it and an obviously machine embroidery of the crochet channel name.Then she opened a package that had a quilt which I thought was really ugly and not made well at all. 

I haven't gotten to any crocheting yet. Some of my time was spent emailing the garbage pickup company we have now who hasn't picked up our garbage for 3 weeks and again didn't pick it up yesterday. The owner claims her employees said they've picked mine up weekly for six weeks which is not true at all. The huge bin is full and we don't produce much garbage.It's supposed to be picked up every two weeks.So after she told me it was picked up weekly for six weeks and I responded that it was not she must have thought a little bit about customer relations and wrote back and said that her "truck will be in the area tomorrow (kind of)" and they would swing by and get my garbage.We were seriously thinking of going with a different company again. Joys of home ownership as I'm sure you both know

CJ- hope that you enjoyed your time with your family and the lunch out!!!! I am sure some hand quilting will be a nice relaxing thing for you to do this evening.

Ruth, yikes- I cannot imagine the trash pick up company so blatantly lying about their nonexistent service to you. I do hope that they get to pick up your trash..and perhaps another company is in order.

I did get to a quilt shop with Jane- she had luck finding a great fabric for the quilt she is looking for. I am planning on heading to Joanns for what I need for the panel quilt.