Diamonds aren’t really my bestie lately. I am trying to cut out all the pieces for the Fall foliage quilt with a Creative grids ruler. What is slowing me down is that it is a mini size one and not the regular size one. That and I am too stubborn to buy the bigger one. My ruler only cuts up to a 3 ½ inch diamond, and I need 4 ½ inch ones for this pattern. I do have a different ruler that measures up to 4 inches, and one that does 6 inches, but no 4 ½. I am wrestling with myself to go see how much Amazon would charge to have it here tomorrow – $23.00. Is it worth the time and frustration I will save? Yeah. As I was perusing the Amazon Creative Grids collections, I realized I have the tiny diamond, not the mini diamond ruler which is called for in the pattern. Also there are lots of cheap knock-off acrylic rulers for sale out there. I will put the cutting on hold until I get the ruler.

I was able to get the Rise and Conquer quilt kit together. There was a little bit of swearing then too, but it all worked out. The two and a half pages of instruction were just enough guidance to get this top together. There is a tiny bit of fudging, but it’ll quilt out. Yesterday, I was looking for a cool spot in the house to be. and decided to sew a few more rows on the Paisley Fizz top. I am calling it that, as it is a mash up between the fabric line name and the panto I chose for it. The paisley panto is from Wasatch Quilting a few years back. I thought it would work with all the negative space in this quilt. It takes about 30 minutes to stitch a row out though. Funny thing is that I stopped mid row to make dinner and forgot about it last night. As I was going to sleep, I remembered and went to finish it and shut everything down before retiring.

The House Barn is being built stitch by stitch. There are now two sunflowers and a cow, hoping to have this finished by the 15th, when the next one, Light House, is delivered. I have all the floss for that one, and the colors are a bit dull. There is a skein of Calderon (dark gray), which has me wondering if it is a black and white light house. Next one is a floating House, houseboat?

The Good Morning blanket is about 80% done. I have six more color sections, or rows to go. The fabric created by this cotton yarn is quite nice. If I didn’t have a few quilts around here, I would consider making one for my personal use. It’s mindless knitting, although the last section I managed to start on a wrong side and had to purl all the stitches rather than knit them. I flipped it over for the next row, so I am back to regular garter stitch now.

I am going to turn on the AC now, as the house is cool and I would like it to stay that way today.

Be Kind.