Zooming along...............

 Here it is the middle of another week, so it must be time for a post. I have been standing with Max for 2 days and finally finished a large custom job this morning. Photographs have been taken and I am ready for a sitting job before I launch into some other jobs. I am also very behind in replying to blog comments but I will get there, I think.

Since my last post on Friday I have been zooming along on a few different things. On Saturday it was time for another Zoom sewing day, organised by chookyblue with bloggers from all over the world. Bloggers were from various states of  Australia as well as New Zealand, Canada, Germany and the USA. These are a great time and we are all very productive too. Some of the girls do hand sewing while chatting, and some do machine projects. It is always great to listen to the conversation and join in when you wish. We all have the common interest of quilting to talk about, and the conversations are quite varied and of course includes the virus situation and how it affects each country. As we get to know each other, more of our lives are shared, and this time even the political events of the USA got an airing. There were about 15 - 16 on at anyone time, but 25 in total logged on at some stage of the day.

                   Clare from New Zealand had this amazing cross stitch for show and tell. I can't imagine the                                                 patience needed to do this by hand!

I spent the morning sitting and listening to the chatter while cutting some small scrappy pieces that have been languishing on my desk for too long. It was a quiet job to do as I was worried about the noise of the sewing machine disrupting conversations.

But after lunch I decided to test out how noisy the machine would be, although I am able to mute the sound coming from my end, and still listen to everyone else chatter. So I went to the string drawer and started zooming along with the citrus strings! Apparently there was little noise unless I put my foot down hard on the pedal and zoomed fast. I do have a lot of other projects that need finishing, but I was looking for something easy that did not require a lot of thinking. It wasn't long before I had 8 blocks made and stitched together.

And then there were 12 blocks done......................

By this time I was ready to call it a day and said good bye to the girls. I had come into the meeting at 6.30 am, and Chooky was already there, and she stayed until 9pm!! Sylvia from Germany managed to stay up until about 3 a.m. her time, and went off for some sleep and came back again later. The US and Canada girls were on Friday afternoon and evening time when we are already at Saturday. It was so fun to compare each others time zones.

Sunday morning I spent some time in the garden, zooming around with the wheelbarrow and offloading bags of compost and fertilizer onto the garden bed I am preparing for the dahlias. This still needs to be dug over again yet.

While outside I thought I better take a photo of the first roses of the season, and you can see we had some rain over night and those light spots are actually water drops.

After church and then lunch I debated about the next job, and decided that I would like to see the strings put together. I needed some more squares of vilene, which is what I use for the base of the block as it does not need to be removed like paper does. I also cut more sashes and cornerstones ready for action

I have all these end of thread rolls that don't get used on Max when they are this empty. They are used by me and for the Angels sewing days to piece the quilts and for bobbins.

So that I could get zooming at full speed with no interruptions I wound a few bobbins. And this time I did put my foot down and speed.

After making about 12 blocks yesterday, I still had this many strings left in the drawer!! 

 And it wasn't  long before I had a few more blocks ready to be pressed and cut.

The quilt is now at this stage, and I really want another 4 blocks yet before I add borders to make this a single bed size quilt. Life has got in the way now and it will have to wait for some more free time. In my head I am thinking about string piecing the borders as well???

Since Monday I have been zooming along with Max and have put in some long days to get a custom quilt finished. Sorry but photos will have to wait on that too.

Now that I have had a "rest" it is time to zoom to the rest of the house and put some order where it's needed. Some cooking is on the agenda as well. I will be zooming up the highway again on the  weekend. News is not real good with my Dad so some family time is needed.

After all that talk of zooming, I thought perhaps i should actually look up the meaning of the word!? It tells me that to Zoom - to move quickly, with great speed and energy, to change from a long shot to a closeup.  

Now I know why I feel rather tired, too much zooming!? Be back soon

Blessings, From Jude