Catchup - April 8th-23rd, 2026

 April 8th

OMGG!!! I honestly thought the forecast would be wrong again! Glad I have a couple more hours before going out!

But 1pm it's all gone and a muddy mess now!

OMGG I'm so GLAD I stopped into Oakwook for lunch! My first choice was fish n chips but they were out. So ordered their Cafe breakfast, then out she walked with this scrumptious looking burger and I groaned! She asked if I wanted to change, yes if eggs not cracked, she ran into the kitchen yelling stop just as he was going to crack them and he laughed! Boy am I glad!!!

So yes they are open and waiting for you to come back, open till 3ish!

April 9th

Nice to have another awesome cataract surgery result. Basically better than 20/20 vision in both eyes and I don't need glasses for driving (at least for awhile to come)! So I called MPI as per Dr Levi's suggestion for a vision test to have that restriction removed. AND no issue about driving in the mean time, but if pulled over I'll need to produce the surgery cards to not be penalized and to make an appointment sooner than later to make that license change. Thank GOD as many have mentioned I'm not to be driving at all, MPI lady chuckled and said not so. Anyways, I've an appointment tomorrow afternoon and if passed (which Dr Levi said I'd blow that test out of the water now) MPI will send out a corrected license soon. YEAH!!! I was leary for much highway driving because of the naysayers!

I still need readers or progressive glasses for closeup and the computer, that appointment is May 20th. Then I'll take my 6 month old glasses back to Costco go get new progressive lenses put in!!!

April 12th

Saturday at ACQ gathering, I received a medium ziplock bag of scraps from Wendy R of MPQ via her friend Karen B and I could not resist prepping them ready to sew when hockey is on that night. Thank you very much Wendy R for thinking of me!!! I too can't bear to throw these cut off triangles or even 1" squares or strips away, even if for dog beds!!!

So today I finished off sewing HSTs and now pressing and then will start squaring up. I'm thinking something for myself as there are lots of awesome batiks plus hopefully another NICU coverlet.

Also a couple pics from the meeting of the girls at lunch and Edna working on her cactus project!

April 13th

Well this was a pretty good day. I spent the afternoon pressing all the sewn HSTs and sorted into sizes for future trimming.

The top row I might do scrappy pinwheel blocks spacers, sashings and borders for a NICU coverlet.

I decided the middle two rows with black are going to be mine, maybe a wall hanging or placemat.

The bottom two rows with green print along with the medium and dark brown HSTs into some quilt pattern for a NICU coverlet.

So see Wendy R half your scraps have been prepped for projects! Thank you!

April 14th

Finally I ventured out for a walk around the block or two with a stop halfway for lunch at Tim's along with 4 rest stops. Beautiful day out considering we woke to a fresh snow covering.

April 16th

Yesterday I picked up Edna, Sylvia and Dianne for Boston Pizza lunch then a road trip out to Adiena's quilt shop in Grunthal. Adiena was happy to see us and luckily other customers came earlier so we had the place to ourselves. Then on the way home Edna spotted this pair of cranes and I checked that the coast was clear, stopped and got out to take pictures. They were a ways out but still lovely to see! It was really windy in the morning but for once calmed down on the way home.

April 21st

After another appointment I stopped into Sylvia's and we finished off this lovely but horrible to piece together puzzle! It's done and dismantled and puzzle season maybe finished till fall?

Then home and sorted out my previously sewn up 1.25" HSTs, then today pressed and trimmed them (see the tiny pile of trimmings) before planning the pinwheel blocks. I'm not sure what size I'll trim the pinwheels down to but will alternate them with pulled out 1.25" strips from the same bag of scraps, from quilters. This time it's going to be around a 10"x12" quilt for this Angel wall hanging (15.5 x 27.5") for myself! I saw this pattern in OMA's sale box and knew it was MINE!!! Another use for my tiny shared triangles!

April 23rd

Today I joined the Meadowood Quilters and sewed on the vertical sashings onto my 24 potato chip blocks. Then I started on the horizontal sashings with cornerstones and attached two rows to the 6th row of blocks. I was tired so headed home! Hopefully finishing this twin top next week.

Once rested I went back to finishing my mini quilt for my angel wall hanging. Tomorrow I'll sandwich it with flannel instead of batting, add the backing and quilt it before binding it. It's 6.5 x 7.5" - WOW!!! By the time I finished the pinwhel blocks I very quickly changed my mind on white 4 patches and went with white whole blocks instead! I swear these little ones take as long to sew up as a lap or twin quilt!