BLOCK 49 AND DONE

 I finished the Quilters Playcation 2024 improv block - number 49 - the last one!

Then I took everything off the design wall so I could put all of the blocks up to see how it looked.

IMPROV BLOCK 48

Here is the 48th improv block by Cheryl Arkison on Quilters Playcation 2024.  I didn't get to make it last week while I was at the Joe Retreat.  So, I was catching up today.

Only one more to go!

I MADE A BEE

 Continuing to work on my MAYBE, I made the B today while hanging with the Brave Patch Monday Sewcial.

SMALL BOWL

 I saw this ball of cotton string.  It is much larger diameter than other string I've seen.  It's made for cooks.  But I thought it would make an interesting small bowl.  So I made one!

HOLIDAY DINNER

 We had Darrell's oldest son's family over for dinner today.  We ordered a Spiral Cut Ham and I made Green Bean Casserole using beans and onions from our garden.  And I made Potatoes Au Gratin with the last of our garden potatoes.  I used Cheddar and Smoked Cheddar in the cheese sauce. 

I had made a Pumpkin Pie and a Chocolate Merigue Pie yesterday.

It was all well received.

Stirring a white sauce for Au Gratin Potatoes.

I MADE A WHY

 I watched Joe's Quilt Freedom Workshop this morning.

And while I did, I worked on my Maybe.

I made the Y.

We went for a walk in Lincoln Park this morning.  It was very windy!

HOME AGAIN

 I woke up very early this morning, 3am, and couldn't get back to sleep.  I got up at around 4:30am, took a shower and got dressed.  I stripped the bedding and packed up everything.  

I went downstairs and packed up my sewing supplies and took them to my car.  Then I sat down and enjoyed my morning tea and crossword.  I just needed to kill a few hours until breakfast.

I took my Kindle into the Great Room and read for a while.  Eventually people started to rise and come down.

After breakfast, I looked at the ferry schedule again.  If I left right that minute I could make the 9:55am ferry to Fauntleroy.  That sounded way better than hanging for another hour and a half until the 11:15 ferry.  So, off I ran.

I made it to the early ferry.  I was home by 11 and very tired.

And it's Friday the Thirteenth.  I'm going to take a nap.

SKETCHING AT JOE RETREAT

 Occassionally I would get tired of sewing and I would sketch.

RIBBONS

 Today Joe gave us two narrow strips of fabric.  He showed us how he draped fabric to create a quilt that he showed us.  He wanted us to drape our strips and figure out how to sew them into a background.

I was burned out.  This was not for me.

So, I sketched for a bit.  While I was sketching I came up with an idea and began to piece it.

This is as far as I got today.