Here are a couple of teaser photos. Since the last time I posted pictures, I have sewn all of the squares together and then sewn those squares onto a pink quilt backing that has batting in it (to make the blankie nice and warm). The remaining steps now are to sew the ribbons of material that I cut from my old toga onto the edges of the blankie as trim, as well as up and down the lines of the squares to hide where I obviously measured wrong and have miss-matching corners.
Casper informed me that he would in no way make it easy for me to do work on the basement floor. He sat, rolled around, and chewed on my blankie every time I laid it down to pin it.
Pagan did too, until i distracted her with a much more fun BOX to play in!
Excess backing material has been cut away to reveal the beautiful shape of the blankie!
Next step: Create ribbons of trim from my pink toga. For around the edge of the blanket, I cut 3" strips and for the inside grid, I cut 2" strips.
Tomorrow, I'll be ironing the edges of the strips under so that they make ribbons with even sides. If time permits, I'll start sewing the inner grid strips. Hopefully I'll have this done by Wednesday!
I haven't had much time to work on my Ultimate To-Do List yet, unless you count my to-do list for moving. I suppose that would be a good start and you better believe I'll be blogging about that. There actually isn't a whole lot for me to do before I leave, at least nothing that can't be done after I get there. Everything is happening so fast. I finish my Public Relations course on Thursday, my last shift at work is on Friday, and then I have Saturday and Sunday to finalize preparations and then I'm gone on Monday morning. Sayonara, Ontario! Kind of scary, but exhilarating at the same time. Maybe it's how those people who all of a sudden sell all their things and go live in the mountains feel. I'm not selling anything and I'm definitely not living in the mountains but the idea of dropping pretty much everything and moving across the country is a bit too big for me to handle right now. I will probably have a massive freakout the day that I leave.
I really shouldn't be blogging right now. I should be studying for my test tomorrow morning or, better yet, SLEEPING. Oh yea, I am getting a horrible cold and I just know that despite my best efforts, it's going to get way worse before it gets better. Okay, I'm not in a great mood right now (9 hours at work in a mall on a P.A. Day will do that to you), but I'll be much much happier once my blankie is FINISHED!!
Goodnight!!
♥♥♥
Monica
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