Icicles
Small icicles are forming off of the awning on the west side of our home. The sun has the power to make it seem as if spring were right on our door-steps. The mention of icicles brings to mind the amount of ice that can quickly build up from the furnace vent on the outside of the home. Several years ago we had Watson’s bring the vent from the north side of the house to the south. For two winters thereafter we never needed to pay attention to it. Not so much this year. Dennis has repeatedly commented during the sub-zero weather how quickly the ice wants to rise to meet the vent itself. It was one of the wisest, safest things that we have had done.
Even the studio was impressed with the sun coming through the south windows and no wind-chill to speak of. With my project of doing some placemats, I did the worst of it today. My goal is to do six placemats. With the two of them as quilted guidelines, I figured out what length in the binding of six of them I would need. 964 inches was the calculation. I went about cutting the 2.5 width of strips I would need. This process is the most disgusting. I cut the strips from the length of the fabric, the warp. The weft has a slight stretch to it. When sewing on bindings, the last thing desired is to have it wonky and wavy as the binding is turned over from the backing to the front. That was the extent of the studio work. I had put in a new blade into the rotary cutter, but the pressure on the shoulder after staying with it over a period of time needs to be honored.
KNUJ is not much fun on a Saturday as it entails the athletes being interviewed from various sports. The individual announcer asks all the questions and the athlete gives either a “yes” or a “no” for response. Boring!
With that I will take my leave. ♥