I realized that I need to insert the magnetic clasp into the lining of the tote bag before putting it together, so I set it aside until I go to the quilt shop Saturday for a state guild board meeting and local guild sew-in. I really miss Joann Fabrics! Walmart just doesn't have what I need, and, when I looked on Amazon.com, I could buy clasps in bulk but not just one or two. I sure hope the quilt shop has a couple or I will order some via Etsy.
I noticed some of the fabric in the quilt on our bed was deteriorating - probably because someone (not me!) sits there to watch TV. Just two blocks, side by side, thank goodness. The quilt was finished in 2015, so I guess that isn't too bad. Today I made two new blocks and appliqued them over the old ones. Then I quilted them from the back. It looks pretty good. This quilt is never going in a show but I do like it. Luckily, it was a Rainbow Scrap Challenge sampler so I just pulled fabric from my stash.
Next I spent some time looking for a pattern that I had yesterday but can't find today. I have a bunch of Kaffe Fassett scraps and I thought would look good against a black background. The pattern came from last year's Modern Quilts calendar, and I have been shuffling it around since the beginning of the year. I will probably find it when I am in the middle of making the one I sketched out. But that's for another day - I'm going to sit down and knit right now. I don't have far to go on that hat.
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it is always a little bit of a pain repairing a quilt - but when it is a favorite you just have to do it. I noticed a thread coming loose on some quilting on the one on the bed and really need to unpick enough to thread a needle and knot it off and then do a new line- I checked and have enough thread on a spool in the drawer that matches. I have not started the darn hat LOL - one day - I did get the pattern so I made my donation at least.
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