I didn't get a lot of sewing done over the last few days. I did work a bit on the guild round robin quilt - Donna's - and hope to finish this week. We have two months to work on this round because the quilts are getting bigger. I like to work on them as soon as I get them and not wait til the last minute. Donna's quilt is 46" square already, and my border will be about 5" all the way around, between blocks and a coping strip. It's all sweet 1930s fabrics which I haven't worked with in a long time. I hunted around for matching fabric for the coping strip but didn't have anything that looked right. So I am using one of hers before I add the very scrappy uneven nine patch border. It's looking good so far.
Saturday, our group held a genealogy help session at the library in the morning, and then Paul and I headed over snowy roads to Burlington. We went with friends Bob and Pauline to a play, Murder on the Orient Express, which was quite good - funny. and well-acted. Afterwards, we all had a belated Valentine's Day Middle Eastern dinner at a favorite restaurant and then watched a more serious version of the same story starring Sir Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot. We spent the night and came home after breakfast. It was a nice getaway.
Today it's off to the grocery store before knuckling down with taxes. Ugh! But the sooner it gets done, the happier I'll be.
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