I worked with some brown scraps this week because dark neutrals is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month.
I finished 80 more brown Quarter Stars. I now have met my goal of 320 Quarter Stars to make 80 whole stars. The quilt will measure 64 x 80 in an 8 x 10 layout.
I will probably start assembling Stars as a leader/ender project.
I finished making 4 brown Monkey Wrench blocks that finish at 7.5 inches. That completes my goal of 35 blocks.
Now I need to make more brown Hollow Nine blocks with 3 inch squares. They will be the alternate block in the quilt.
And sew on...
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I finished a book! The Moonshiner's Daughter by Donna Everhart. It was about the effect of generational trauma, evil people and kind people on a family. Of course it was also about moonshiners. I did not expect the ending.
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My granddaughter let me be one of the first to know she is engaged to be married. She will be 21 years old on Halloween. They will probably wait a couple of years to be married. Gosh I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday!
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John's youngest sister thought she was having a stroke. She went to the ER and they found a brain tumor, transferred her to specialty facility and operated the next day which was Monday. They did some type of GPS guided surgery. She was up walking a few days later and now has been transferred back to the original hospital for care. Just before they found the brain tumor she was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma in lung stage 4.
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We contract with neighbor to farm a couple of small fields we own. This year's crop is soybeans and with China not buying I am not sure there will be any money to be made. We actually don't make that much in a good year. I feel bad for farmers especially our neighbor.
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I shipped two boxes with a total of 16 ( I think. I kept squishing them in there) small quilts to Wrap-A-Smile. For what I think are significant cost savings on shipping I use third party software Pirateship.com. I weigh and measure box, buy label, print label and then take box to a UPS drop off. I calculate box weight by weighing myself then weighing myself holding box then I subtract the two. I need to ship more often because that is the only time I step on the bathroom scale and each time I have shipped boxes this year I have weighed a few pounds less than the previous time.
So much going on this week! Your fall blocks are lovely of course. Congratulations to your granddaughter. Is there a wedding quilt in the works? A brain tumor is terrifying, but I am glad they were able to operate! I am so sorry to hear about your neighbors. Soybean farmers and cattle ranchers are both having a hard time right now. I hope that they can figure out a way to solve some of these problems.
ReplyDeleteSo much happening around you - both good and not so good. I worry about the farmers too. We are in beef country here, and the ranchers are worried and angry. Awesome blocks. The churn dash ones especially caught my eye.
ReplyDeleteReally loving those scrappy stars--nice Fall quilt in progress ; and those MW's are really pretty in all those browns..nice projects, Cathy hugs, Julierose
ReplyDeleteOh, I’m so sorry to hear about your SIL’s squamous cell as it doesn’t have good outcomes. I was devastated reading about it when my husband was diagnosed. A brain tumor on top of that is like salt in the wound. I will keep your family in my heart.
ReplyDeleteOh no sorry for your sis in law that is so much to go through about 5 years back one of my sisters thought she was having a stroke and went to the ER turned out she had a tumor but they could tell it wasn't cancer they were able to do surgery and she recovered nicely although her speaking changed a little bit but now it is almost back to normal. The farmers are having it rough this year and he bails out Argentina and not the farmers and ranchers here!
ReplyDeleteThank you for info about pirateship.com. And thanks for sharing all that you do.
ReplyDeleteLove those quarter stars!!!!
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