More Hexies and a Churndash.

 Last week I was perusing the NZ quilters buy and sell page on facey when I spotted an extra wide end of bolt that I knew would be perfect for the churndash quilt. I quickly typed 'sold to me'. And voila, it was delivered a couple of days later. Look at these pretty blue sunflowers. 

The fabric piece is the perfect size and there may even be enough left to bind the quilt as well. 

It was a bargain at 30% off.

So today out came the churndash, both pieces were pressed and loaded on to the frame with a bamboo batting. My first time using bamboo I think. It's lovely and soft. I love that it is natural not manmade and hope it will be cosy.

Tony helped me to select a pattern with a little curve in it, to off set all the straight lines in the churndash blocks.

That prompted a learning experience for me. See those dots? Usually one puts the needle into the fabric while the light or stylus is aligned with the uppermost dot, then you wind on the fabric layers until the pointer reaches the lower dot. Easy peasy. Not when they are off set as they are here. That's ok, I found a good tutorial and in no time I had it set in my mind what I needed to do and away I went.

I got quite a few rows done, using what I had just learned. Happy girl.

It's always a good day when we learn something new and get to use it.

After scooting outside to get the bedlinen off the washing line I decided I had been on my feet for long enough and it was time to sit. I've pulled out my hexie project and once I'm done here I'll get on with that.

I started sewing together those big floral hexies I showed the other day. This not very good photo shows where I left it before heading off to work on Thursday.

I added some more pieces yesterday and left it as you see below.

There is no particular pattern or design for this one, I plan to just keep on adding floral scraps until I decide it is big enough. Probably a generous lap size, then I will add a border and call it done.

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For those of you asking after Tony, he is recovering. He never did test positive, so I guess it is just flu. it is certainly knocking him around a lot. His diaphragm is getting a big work out and it hurts when he coughs.  Poor man is not sleeping much, as his temperature goes up and down, so do the bed covers.

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The residents at work have all bar one been released from isolation. We have opened the ward, professional cleaners have been in with a steamer/fogger which sprays a virus killing mist. The whole ward was scrubbed from end to end. No more wearing the PPE for the entire shift, I only had to put it on to enter one particular room on Thursday. Phew what a relief.

There are still extra shifts to do as one colleague is in hospital with complications related to Covid.

EEK!  Get well soon.

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I managed to dodge both viruses!

Yay!

But I was aching all over yesterday and had an upset tummy.

Uh oh!

But feel much better today, still a few aches but not as bad and no squirmy tummy.

Maybe tomorrow if I'm fully over whatever that was I'll get to complete the quilting on the churndash.

How is your Churndash doing Chooky?

Did you make those extra blocks yet?