I am feeling, I don't know, ill at ease, or maybe discombobulated. I keep looking at the block I made last week and feeling unhappy with it. Besides the points not matching, I think I might want to switch the center colors to something different. I wonder if it would be easier to remake the entire block or just switch out the center.
I made my Wyman sloper last week. I can shimmy into it. I see areas that need work, but I don't know what adjustments they need. I know that I need to address the too-tight back. I am unsure whether the reference lines for bust, waist, and hip are in the correct spots and they look like they all pull upwards on the back (probably due to the too-tight back). I think the bust darts are wrong. I have lots of wrinkles in the armpits, but I don't know how to address it--is it a bust issue or an armscye issue? There is a bunch of excess fabric in the lower stomach. I can't move my arms though there seems to be enough room in the sleeves themselves. The sleeves have odd drag lines too.
This week's assignment was to make vertical adjustments such as lengthening or shortening the bust, the waist, or the length of the skirt. I don't know if I need those adjustments or if I should wait for the bust and back adjustment weeks. I'm just really at a loss on how to proceed.
It's really hard to confront the reality of one's body. On the one hand, I'm surprised I look smaller than I thought in some areas. On the other, my back is very rounded now and I look pregnant from the side. And I no longer have any chin/neck definition. Aging is hard.
I wanted to sew something for a quick win and I couldn't find anything to work on that would be quick. I looked at a charm pack quilt that I thought I had everything for, but I don't seem to have the contrast fabric. I pulled out a UFO from 2000, a Jo-Ann block of the month. Eight of the blocks are made and four need to be appliquéd. The eight blocks are okay, but not great. I don't really love appliqué either. I'm considering donating this to the big guild's orphan block program.
I still haven't made any progress on this month's OMG, which was to quilt Pink Grapefruit in Blue. I thought I might do custom quilting since I have the second machine. The machine isn't completely set up yet and I also haven't come up with a custom plan for the quilt that I like. The link up opens Sunday.
I have made a small amount of progress with my work quilting queue. I finished both of Teah's remaining quilts. She selected Mod Dotz for this one.
And New Moon Loops for this.
I started on Annie's project, quilting it with Tamarack Wood Grain. I still need to trim, create the binding, and sew on the binding.
I quilted hand-guided loopy meander for a shy quilter. I had an odd event on this. I heard a lot of metallic vibration while quilting and couldn't find what it was. After I took the quilt off the frame, I noticed that all of the screws on the throat place were very loose. This is so weird. I haven't had the throat plate off for a couple of weeks and there was no additional noise on any of the quilts I did last week.
I'm blaming it on Friday night's weather.
We are totally safe. We had some thunder and a small amount of rain. It was sunny most of the time. The storm moved through a few miles north of us and ripped the roof and the front off one of the post offices and damaged like 75 other structures in its path. I found it amazing that the card rack and all the shipping supplies at the PO were still in place.
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Moving back to quilting, after tightening the screws, I started quilting Lovely Loops on Marsali's quilt. I'll finish this one today after my hair appointment.
A while ago my husband and son were extras in a short film, Rock, Paper, Destiny. We attended the screening last night. You could very briefly see them in the bleachers and I saw my husband's legs when people were exiting the gymnasium. Their names didn't make it into the credits. It was a cute film and we enjoyed watching it.
One last thing, my peony has started blooming. I couldn't remember what color blooms this plant has. They're light pink!
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