The winter holiday is here. Time to stay at home and get some sh*t done. And relax, too, of course.
I started off my vacation by heading out on a field trip with a friend.
First stop Dundas, to the Carnegie Gallery. They have a Christmas Market going on right now, with many artisans selling their wares. There are no pics from inside the gallery - I was trying to avoid getting arrested. Or being yelled at. Not even a gentle scolding. While we were in Dundas we made a stop at McGuire's Cheese Shop. For the past several years I've apparently been making sure my pant size goes up a wee bit every Christmas so I treated myself to three lovely hunks of deliciousness. A lemon stilton, a stout cheddar, and whatever it was they had on sample...it's from a local cheeserie and was absolutely delicious so I added that to my basket. (It's also what I had for supper with a side of crackers and a glass of wine. Not necessarily a healthy supper.) However, in my defence: we had lunch at the Bangkok Spoon where I had a S.A.L.A.D. with my meal. So not a totally disreputable food day.
Next on the agenda was the Waterford Museum to see the exhibit of Red Cross Quilts. This is on until Feb. 15, 2019 so try and get there if you're into quilts.
Excellent exhibit!!
We wandered around the museum to see what else they had out for display.
Hah. 😀 Thank goodness we have better equipment to stitch with today.
The museum is kind of next door to the quilt shop, so we also popped over to Quilt Junction and dropped a few dollars. And bumped into a quilting buddy in the shop.
My vacation list of things that need attention, in no particular order:
I'm only on day three of "vacation" - this is quilted and off the TFUQ list. And thank you, but NO, don't remind me that now, day three, is already past twelve noon and I should get my arse in gear.
Binding inside angles is something I haven't tackled before so there's a bit of a learning curve. The YouTube video I watched (OMG, I swear you can learn anything on YouTube) demonstrates hand stitching the miter on the front side first, then folding the binding over to the back and hand stitching the back miter closed, and THEN stitching the binding down. I need to figure that out, but working on BLACK is not my favorite thing anymore.
I'll keep you posted with my to-do list progress...
I started off my vacation by heading out on a field trip with a friend.
First stop Dundas, to the Carnegie Gallery. They have a Christmas Market going on right now, with many artisans selling their wares. There are no pics from inside the gallery - I was trying to avoid getting arrested. Or being yelled at. Not even a gentle scolding. While we were in Dundas we made a stop at McGuire's Cheese Shop. For the past several years I've apparently been making sure my pant size goes up a wee bit every Christmas so I treated myself to three lovely hunks of deliciousness. A lemon stilton, a stout cheddar, and whatever it was they had on sample...it's from a local cheeserie and was absolutely delicious so I added that to my basket. (It's also what I had for supper with a side of crackers and a glass of wine. Not necessarily a healthy supper.) However, in my defence: we had lunch at the Bangkok Spoon where I had a S.A.L.A.D. with my meal. So not a totally disreputable food day.
Next on the agenda was the Waterford Museum to see the exhibit of Red Cross Quilts. This is on until Feb. 15, 2019 so try and get there if you're into quilts.
Excellent exhibit!!
Hah. 😀 Thank goodness we have better equipment to stitch with today.
My vacation list of things that need attention, in no particular order:
I'll keep you posted with my to-do list progress...
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