Un-mixed Up and Done

 After my mixup the other day, I set myself right and "got right back on the horse that threw me" to get the melon/orange

I started off with cutting the triangles for the rest of the Flying Geese I needed.

Done with those little flying geese for that clue now.

And then I got the correct size of the HSTs going, still have more of those to make to be done with that part of the clue.

So that's enough of that for the day.

A Mixup of Clues

 

I tried to get back into doing at least something in my work room today and started back where I'd left off with the Old Town mystery quilt. I had all the melon fabrics out already ironed and began cutting to finish off the two clues that use that color. Unfortunately when I went to get the white/off-white/neutral pieces I realized that I'd gotten mixed up and instead of cutting for HSTs instead I had instead cut for Flying Geese. whoops! Thankfully it worked out to trim them all into the correct size for the smaller required HST triangles.

Definitely a lot of extra cutting, but oh well, it will work out once they're sewn together.

It was a lot of short seams and ironing, but now this clue is finished! Or so I thought...as I started putting up the previously sewn HSTs (on the right there). That was the moment when I realized that the newly completed HSTs were The Wrong Size. sigh. All that cutting and sewing for nothing. I guess I'll have to use them in the backing or make a pillow that matches the quilt somehow. This is what happens when I don't leave myself good notes. A re-do of this clue's requirements and a whole starting over fresh thing will happen today. 

Unpacking Crafts

While on vacation visiting family in Canada, I was missing having a hand project to work on. I didn't want to lose my scissors or needles in the security line. But, I got to do some crafts with my cousin Jenny. She's got a whole lot of crafty stuff on hand so we picked out a few things that we could work on while also visiting with our moms.

We worked on a macramé project for a keychain wristlet using several videos that she'd found on TikTok, this one on YouTube is pretty similar. Hopefully I can work out how to finish this thing because I like the way this is going.

Another day we did some hand felting, it was really fun, but a little too noisy because of the type of foam we were stabbing into (too squeaky) so I didn't get to finish my lying-down cat all the way. Those tools I definitely have on hand but I've never really done a 3-d thing like this. She had some good tips that I used to make the legs. It was fun seeing the cute felted animals that she'd been making, I wish I'd taken a picture of them but they're from a Japanese kit similar to this one on Equilter.

Stained Glass

 

I’m enjoying seeing my Uncle Chris’ stained glass art in their house.

We had a sudden blast of bright sunlight so I quickly snapped some pictures.

Really lovely designs. He gave a tour of his glass studio as well, and it’s a great space to do art. He’s not doing too much with it now and he has a big quantity of older blown-glass sheets. He’s trying to find someone to gift them to. I hope there’s an art program or artist who can use them. 

Wandering Wednesday: Canada

I’m traveling with my mom to Canada to go see her sister, my Aunt Suzi. We left early from San Francisco with this beautiful sunrise.

The view from the plane window was as usual, very exciting.

We got to take a ferry ride over to Nanaimo on Vancouver Island where my aunt and uncle live.

My cousin, My-Linh was kind enough to pick us up at the airport and make sure we made it to Nanaimo.

We were lucky with the weather, it was a little rainy on the journey over but a very smooth ride. My cousin saw a pod of orcas on her way over to get us, but we didn’t spot any on our ride.

We’re staying with my cousin who has a nice view of the bay from her deck. 

The view from my aunt and uncle’s is even better. They’re right up the hill from the other ferry terminal so there’s always something to see. Just so lovely!

Old Town Bin

I was leaving on a trip this week so I packed up all the assembled block units I’ve made so far. There’s a whole lot. I just didn’t want them to get knocked down by cat action.

I’m glad to see this assembled quantity of work completed so far. I’m going to be happier once I get to the actual block assembly point.
 

Go Giants

The 3-d printed container got a new buddy, so we swapped the lids around and now there are two black and orange arrangements. 

That obviously required some San Francisco Giants stickers. I found some perfectly sized ones for sale on eBay and they worked out pretty well.

One is currently empty and the other one has foam with pins stuck in it. Not exactly the right kind of foam as it's rather stiff and unforgiving. And we also put a big circular magnet in the bottom to help hold the pins down.