General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/What did I learn today? Come take a chair and chat with us…newcomers always welcome!, 2 by Tallulah_B

Tallulah_B wrote:
Had a good day at Crib today - only the 5 of us, but we enjoyed each other\'s company. Afterwards Dianne asked me to come set up her new tablet. I told her I would, if she\'d feed me dinner lol She\'s a widow, and having newly lost her son to cancer, I know she has lonely times too. She is such a caring friend. She leaves for Mexico on the 15th for one month. She has a friend there that also goes to Mexico but hasn\'t gone for 12 years at the same time. It will be nice to see each other again. Dianne knows I\'ll miss her - she & I are pretty sympatico. Driving home from her place it was pretty foggy but I got home alright. I hope the fog\'s all gone for when I go to town tomorrow. I have a Zoom meeting at 10 with my counsellor, then to town for bowling, then dinner with a friend that lives there, then to a painting class. My friend Catherine is joining me for all 3 things. I won\'t get home until about 9:30pm. I\'m going to paint the blue butterfly. There\'s also a winter scene. Here they are. I\'m hoping that we can get her to our hamlet to teach painting. She\'s willing, now we have to find the people to attend. Apparently someone tried to get interest in learning to paint here, but the instructor wanted $$ upfront & that was a sticking point. This teacher requires payment when you come, so this would be agreeable, I should think.
ALSO, I\'m going to teach a quilting class here, in Torrington at the Senior\'s hall. I\'ve already gotten interest from 2 ladies. I can figure out the material requirements for a lap quilt (9 1/2\" squares) where you build up the pattern on a plain piece of fabric, and end up with a layered piece 9 1/2\". I can\'t remember the name of the process, but you don\'t see the bottom layer. Then you join all the blocks together & it\'s the top. You don\'t need batting if you want to do a light quilt, just add the back & borders. It\'s a patchwork quilt with only the centre being cut to a shape. The center is sewn onto the backing, you add pieces around (irregular shapes, just as long as they will line up on the center piece), until you fill the 9 1/2\" square, then you flip it over, and cut away the excess beyond the 9 1/2\"
I might do an Around The World quilt-in-a-day, too.