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Face Masks

Covid-19 Face Masks

So I heard that my son, and fam, do not have face masks.  They live across the state from me, and the coronavirus has been particularly active near them.

So I have stopped my current projects in order to fill a need for them.  

I altered the pattern that I am using, since it did not call for a separate fabric for the inside.  I think it is necessary to tell the two sides apart, therefore I used a t-shirt fabric that I had in my stash.  I also made my ties as opposed to using elastic.

I didn’t really like the pattern that I used, so I won’t share it.  There are plenty of tutorials available via the internet, so I know that you can find one just right for you if you want to make cloth masks.

I will be looking for a different pattern to make my next set of face masks.

Covid-19 Face Masks

I hope that your families are all well and stay that way in this difficult time!

Stay safe!  Stay healthy!

Quilt on!

Traffic Jam Two Update

I have not made a lot of progress in the quilting department.

My internet provider has generously given some free gigabytes.

And Bluprint is offering free classes.

So between work (I am an essential employee) and free class binges, I don’t have a lot of time left to sew.

However, I do have an update on Traffic Jam number two.  I have sewn the main part of the quilt together.

Traffic Jam

Now onto the borders.

Previous Traffic Jam Posts:

Pat Sloan’s Pattern

Traffic Jam One Update

Traffic Jam One – It’s A Flimsy!

Stay safe.  Stay healthy.  Quilt on!

Traffic Jam One – It’s A Flimsy!

It is a bit overcast today, and a good time to show you the progress on Traffic Jam One.

Traffic Jam

It has been a flimsy for a few days now, but work and a couple of sunny afternoons prevented me from taking photos.

Traffic Jam

I had a bit of trouble finishing up this flimsy.  Call it ‘airhead moments’, ‘senioritis’, or just a lack of concentration.  

I thought that I had miscalculated and did not have enough cut green squares.

So I cut and cut and sewed my borders.

And my borders were too long.

And I miscalculated my miscalculations and never really miscalculated to begin with.

Here is what is leftover:

Traffic Jam

I will find a purpose for the parts eventually.

Of course, that defeats the original purpose of using up all of those scraps… in this quilt… in the first place.

Traffic Jam

Looks a bit like a stained glass window from the back:

Traffic Jam

Traffic Jam Two in progress:

Traffic Jam

Previous Traffic Jam Posts:

Pat Sloan’s Pattern

Traffic Jam One Update

What was I doing on the sunny afternoons after work?

Why, pruning and raking, and making discoveries in the garden, of course!

Here are just a few of my discoveries:

Crocus

Lots of crocus!

Crocus

Lots of daffodils (and larkspur)!

Daffodils

Stately Crown Imperials!

Crown Imperial

Fragrant Hyacinths!

Hyacinth

Lots of budding shrubs, including this elderberry!

Elderberry

“It is spring again. The earth is like a child that knows poems by heart.” — Rainer Maria Rilke