I”m in the sprint portion of the boom block race to the finish. DH and I have been on a van trip; Joshua Tree Music festival, White Water Preserve, a friend’s driveway in Culver City, Los Angeles and Woodland Hills Far West ( Folk Music) Conference. My husband is attending the conference.
Meanwhile I set up a sewing center in my hotel room. They have an iron and full ironing board. The bellman brought up our fridge/cooler, my not small sewing machine and my adjustable camp table. He took two pieces of furniture away. Fortunately we were given a disability room and it is quite big. The only thing I wish I had brought is some best press.
I had done most of the cutting for the raw edge applique blocks, so I needed to iron them on and to sew them. The red, white and blue block had 23 pieces on it! Since I sew around each piece twice that was a lot of pieces. I need to finish the applique attachment (all done Free Motion quilting style) tomorrow morning and then for five of them I need to do a little bit of piecing on them. Then if there’s time I have four of five more blocks to piece together. I’ve cut out a lot of the pieces for these. I don’t think I’ll get all of these done tomorrow and we leave Monday morning but I do believe I’ll get most of them done. I may leave the trimming to 12 1/2” until I get home. My mat isn’t quite wide enough.
Meanwhile a booker is trying to convince my husband to play in a small festival in Alaska on a very small island next summer…