Once I had it laid out on the floor, I realized that I wasn't going to be able to have blocks on point... there are four vertical rows - none of which are spaced the same distance apart -- and the same goes for the horizontal rows ( can't remember how many there are though). So I decided it's going to have to wait for another day. I think I'll be able to load it onto Mo'e and then just roll each row as I finish it... probably with an all over meander.
Then it was time for lunch and four of us decided that we'd go to the smoked meat eatery. It's only open on Fridays and Saturdays, I think - and only in warm weather. Seating is in a covered area at picnic tables. I was just about done with my sandwich when a young man ( ok middle age) came up and asked if one of us owned a beige car parked on the street. "Yeah, I do" ... "well, I just hit it. I'm so sorry". "How bad?" ... "Pretty bad"........ I won't repeat what I said when I saw it....
We exchanged contact info, I finished my lunch and took the other ladies back to the library and asked Katie if she could follow me back to the repair shop and then give me a ride home. I'm sure Rod, the owner of the shop, recognized me since I've been there twice in the past two weeks. I was in such shock that all I could do was tell him to fix it; that I couldn't drive it like that. I didn't even think to ask for appointment. I knew it couldn't be fixed right this minute and I wasn't asking them to drop everything else to work on it... I just wanted to know that they were going to fix it and hopefully have it done by this coming weekend. Rod gave me a hard time when I asked "how long or when".. he'd say "Christmas"... NOT funny, Rod. We probably should have called the police for a report, but I haven't been in a 'serious' ( meaning serious damage) accident for decades and I wasn't thinking clearly. I do remember handing the woman at the desk the guy's business card and telling her that he admitted it was all his fault and that he would take responsibility for the repair expenses.
Ok, enough of that ... Katie and I had planned on going to a quilt show about an hour away on Saturday - I had planned on driving but no car meant no driving. Katie said she still wanted to go and that she'd drive. GPS got us a little lost but we still got there in plenty of time and were able to just walk around and look at the quilts, check out the vendors and talk with some of them. And we ran into a former member of our guild along with her husband; ended up chatting with them for quite awhile. This guild show also has a 'yard sale' where you can usually get some really great deals on fabrics, quilting tools, or misc. 'stuff' ( crochet hooks were there yesterday). Katie and I had both agreed ahead of time that we weren't there to shop; just to look and maybe get some ideas which I know I did. I thought I transferred the pics to my computer, but apparently I didn't.
This is what I loaded and started quilting on Thursday. I didn't work on it Friday ( for obvious reasons) and was too tired to work on it last night either. I made up for it today... one vertical panel was done on Thursday night... today I did another seven, I think... I'd have to go look again, but I'm sure there's only three left out of eleven.
I had a little video that I sent to Annette ( it's her quilt for her granddaughter) to make sure she approved of what I was doing before I went too far ( she said she really liked it)... now I can't find the video.. oh well, take my word for it... it's sideways lol.
I hope to get the final panels done tomorrow and then maybe get the quilt turned then, too.
Off to watch a movie, I hope...
take care
ttyl
No comments:
Post a Comment