Rotary cutter blades are SHARP! Two very minor “scrapes,” but so dramatic.
At least I have cute & somewhat coordinating Hokusai bandages… flexible fabric, even. 🩹🌊
But my quilt is trimmed & the binding is cut! I won’t need the rotary cutter anytime soon.
The Packers sealed their win today by intercepting a pass with less than 30 seconds left in the game. It was a big game at Lambeau Field against the rival (to put it mildly) Bears, who we will meet again in Chicago in just two weeks! There are only a few matches left in the season. Exciting times for football fans.
I did the I-cord bind-off on Gin’s beret, too! Ends are woven in & I’ll give it a soak tomorrow. Woohoo! An FO coming up for Unraveled Wednesday this week.
There’s no better way to start the day than a sunny morning in the Garden Room. 🪴☀️ ☕️
It’s the first day of a long weekend! Most of it will be spent getting two Airbnbs ready for weekend football fans, but there will be time for other things, too. I have some errands to run, a Christmas inventory to do, and making the binding for my quilt!
The light in the Garden Room was perfect this morning! These are all pretty true color-wise (at least on my monitor).
I chose ORANGE thread for top & bottom. The quilting pattern is called SPLAT — it reminded me of the floral-ish shapes from the set of The Dating Game, which aired in the ’60s. So it’s floral-ish, which is a nod to the Kaffe Fasset fabrics, but also gave me a groovy vibe, which I also get from the backing fabric. It was in the ’60s when Fassett moved to London and his creative life really began to bloom. I dunno, it all came together in my head & gelled in about 2 seconds, standing there in the quilt shop, and seemed to work.
FEELING GROOVY!!
Squeeee!! I’m so in love with it and can’t wait to throw it on the bed!
I took a very quick trip through my photo archives & plucked a couple of gems.
A note by Malina, this time last year. I wish she’d elaborated! haha.
And the author… on what looks like a much better day in 2023!
