Lockdown laughs

 

While writing these recaps of our lockdown I went through all the posts and of them all this one received the most responses and the biggest laughs.

Pauline, take a bow……..

 

I'm posting this with a heavy heart...

 

As much as I love my sewing , it takes up too much of my time and I am struggling to keep up with the everyday basics such as cleaning and maintaining my home, so something has to give.

 I will be re-homing most of my stuff.

Please don't ask any questions, as I can't handle talking about it.

 Below is a list of what's available. All FREE of charge, but to good homes only.

Serious enquiries only please.

Thanks for reading and understanding...

 

1. Dustpan and broom

2. Sponges

3. Dusters

4. Mop and bucket

5. Window cleaner

6. Hoover

7. Dishwashing liquid

8. Laundry detergent

9. Fabric softener

10. Laundry baskets

11. Toilet brush

12. Cleaning sprays

13. Scrubbing brushes

 

There will be a prize once I think of something suitable….

 

 

Lockdown quilt-a-long-it’ll be fun!

 

Can’t remember who said that, but it might have been me. I got the job of head designer, mainly because I had EQ8 and had produced lots of pictures of blocks and quilts-unfortunately I hadn’t actually made any of these out of fabric but how hard could that be? Lots of people signed up.

I designed lots of lovely blocks, many of which were totally impossible to make, but eventually I came up with this-called Together Alone

 

The idea was to send out two or three blocks a week for 10 weeks. I would write the patterns and sizes. Because my wrist wasn’t working I then sent this to Heather, who tested the blocks and we then sent them out, starting on the 1^st of April. Simple! Hmmm….

Several things came to light early on-

My woeful arithmetic/maths abilities had not improved with age

Heather has the patient of a saint

 

Blocks went back and forward between us for adjustment. Thankfully, because of lockdown she couldn’t throw things at me. There may have been one week where I managed to get them right. But (possibly because of boredom setting in) people persevered with the curves, FPP and even partial seams and produced lots of stunning versions of the blocks and eventually beautiful quilts

  

                         Heather                                                    Karen                           Mags                                                       Katie    

                       Margaret                                                          Lucy

    

                           Helen                                                        Anne

Fiona

 

 

 Lockdown blues (part two)

So we all moved on a bit. And decided to join in with the nationwide project to make scrubs. The trouble with a nationwide project is that it requires a lot of fabric. Fabric that has to be shared between a lot of groups. We finally triumphed and found a supplier. Except he didn't really supply everything he promised, but we got a free sample book of upholstery fabric(?)  which would have made some nice cushions, but a bit thick for scrubs. Mags drove around and delivered parcels of fabric and patterns. She was so excited by finishing her first piece! And the first recipient of the first set of scrubs was our own lovely Lucy-got to be some bonus being part of the group!

 

Juliet made this lovely set for her GP but he felt the need to remove the pockets before wearing them. Perhaps a bit racy for the genteel ladies of Gullane?

And then we came across the miracle that is Zoom. Suzanne generously allowed us to use her account. Thankfully she wasn't around too often at the start, when the main conversation revolved around who could we see and not hear, and who could we hear and not see. We eventually got the hang of it (well, most of us did......) and Tuesday night-our usual Guild night-became our social night. We had our guild night, with show and tell, but people enjoyed the company and chat so much that every other Tuesday night became a couple of hours of intelligent discussion, such as-

How totally nuts is Donald Trump?

How do you stop your glasses steaming up while wearing a mask?

What do you do about having a wee now that you're allowed out again but no toilets are open for use?

Whose cat is going to turn up and show us their bum tonight? (take a bow Fang and Saffron-almost every week!)

What is Pam having for her tea?

We had our first sewing Sunday on Zoom where we all made these lovely mug carriers accompanied by the lovely sound of people's sewing machine and Mags saying "you're not on mute!" every few minutes

Even now, when we are allowed out and able to stand at each others' front doors for a socially distant chat, the Tuesday night social has continued to thrive, allowing the participants to get to know each other in a way that we never would have under normal circumstances-even if we can't always see all of them onscreen.....

Next time-

Design a sewalong? Of course i can do that. How hard can it be?