Quicksilver by Callie Hart

lots to say...

whaddya do when you have so much to say

 but only 2 hands to hold the signs?

rest easy

Elsie Marie Taylor Knott 🇨🇦

block twenty-four for 150 Canadian Women is called Churn Dash and is dedicated to Elsie Marie Knott / Chief Knott

Melissa's block 24

dianne's block 24

twenty-four weeks done and 126 to go, give or take six

Coffee with Nonna by Vincent Iezzi

signs from today

two gazillion

and THAT is enough for today...

one gazillion...

 okay, that's enough for today...

meanwhile...

eight skeins

 nine skeins

not today...

is there time to add that next set of blocks?

yes...

do i want to try meeting a gazillion more points today?

nope...

toe warmers

two pairs of socks

 + 4 cups of long grain white rice (the cheapest brand - it's not for eating) 

÷ into one cup for each sock 

~ 10 minutes at the sewing machine on zigzag

× 1-2 minutes in the microwave = 

four toe warmers*

*also nice for warming hands or for achy backs or for knotted necks or for crampy baby boxes (not my term for a uterus, but i guess it works)

bits and pieces

 well ... i pressed and trimmed the embroidered blocks for Vintage Tin (aka Roadkill Road), rolled them onto an empty paper towel tube and packed them away with the fat quarter bundle of Inkwell fabric... 

that was ... lemmecheck ... six months ago...

yeah...

i began to have the distinct impression that SOMEONE ) who shall remain anonymous but her initials are MELISSA) was not going to piece the blocks for the rest of the quilt top - two 9 1/2" devil's claw blocks, two 6 1/2" crossroads blocks, eleven 3 1/2" friendship stars, seven 3 1/2" half square triangles and 78 (SEVENTY-EIGHT!!!) 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" flying geese...

seventy-freaking-eight!!!

so ... i came up with the BRILLIANT idea of cutting the pieces and working TOGETHER on the blocks on sundays,  after we made our 150 Canadian Women blocks for the week cuz the iron would already be hot...

yeah, long story short, the TOGETHER part didn't happen -  not even once...

sigh...

all the bits and pieces are built now and assembly has begun...

Marie-Anne Gaboury Lagimodière 🇨🇦

 

block twenty-three for 150 Canadian Women is called Spin Wheel and is dedicated to Marie-Anne Lagimodière

Melissa's block 23

dianne's block 23

twenty-three weeks done and 127 to go, give or take six

Kathleen Creighton Starr Rice 🇨🇦

block twenty-two for 150 Canadian Women is called Contrary Wife and is dedicated to Kathleen Creighton Starr Rice

Melissa's block 22

dianne's block 22

twenty-two weeks done and 128 to go, give or take six 

cold moon

ICE

when your little one hugs you and asks 

how was your day?

what will you say?

well, what WILL you say?

to your kids

to your loved ones

to your neighbors

to your own face in the mirror 

what will you say?

your mask won't hide what you've done - just sayin'

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo