ToDo for the weeks following February 25th:
- Sew up scraps have on hand √ African Fabric ones done
- Decide thread/quilting for Michelle’s African Fabric wall-handing √ done
- Work on Final Scores for Goat Suite (Saga) in progress
- Help Flatten the Curve in progress
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I’ll start with the most important of these ToDos – Help Flatten the Curve –
Support our Health Care Professionals.
This admittedly hard ToDo is one small effort that makes a huge difference.
It’s heartening to know hunkering down in my tiny home helps in the Grand Scheme of minimizing the spread of COVID-19 – as well as results in rewarding project progress.*
Sample quilt sandwich ready for experimentation!
Since my last ToDoTuesday, I squared up the scrappy blocks (before photo
here) I stitched together from the bits of Michelle’s lime green African Fabric wall hanging. I made one up as a sample quilt sandwich for use in exploring different threads & quilting techniques on the wall hanging and another to share with a friend.
A scrappy surprise for my friend (you know who you are!)
Interesting to note that the gold metallic thread shown above and a variegated lime/gold/red metallic thread (not shown) both blended too well into the piece resulting in a blah and dull machine blanket stitch finish around the actual African Fabric blocks. Desiring to use something from my thread basket stash, my eye gravitated towards a spool of copper metallic (not shown) and
voilà! Perfetto! (Yep, intentional use of two different language exclamatory words)
As stated before – My
creativity trinity is as follows:
fiber art –
MUSIC –
writing. Each is intertwined with the other, offering needful respites between projects which in turn aid in the completion of various Works-In-Progress as new perspectives appear from such respites. Ultimately,
it’s all about the music but tracking fiber art Works-In-Progress is lots easier to communicate in such a setting as this – hence the linky-party connection with my friend, Roseanne.
That said, I’ve re-started in earnest the Final Edit process of my
Goat Suite (Saga) scores. The first movement is completed in two forms: one for insertion into the total three movement GSS score and the other as an individual first movement score with extracted parts.
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ToDo for the weeks following March 24th:
- Sew up scraps have on hand
- Work on Michelle’s African Fabric wall-hanging
- Work on Final scores for Goat Suite (Saga)
- Other
*While social distancing, sheltering in place, and lock-down mode are difficult in and of themselves, please know I fully understand I’m far removed from the huge demands many of you are facing right now, such as parenting children in such an environment (much less ‘expecting’ for that matter and the anxiety associated with the logistics of labor & delivery in these times), or care giving elderly relatives or end-of-life issues or fill-in-the-blank life challenges…I wish I could offer you practical respite. Meanwhile, I pray for mercy & grace to be upon us all.
