Life just got easier

I got a package in the mail today and my life just got a little bit easier. Last Friday I spent an hour looking for my keys. I was finally convinced I lost them outside when I went back for the rest of my grocery order.  Jack found them in about 30 seconds after I quit looking. They were right in the dining room under a silicone hot pad.  Let me say, I did not put them under the hot pad but I must have moved the hot pad for some reason and placed it on top of the keys.

Searching for my keys, among other things, is a regular occurrence and I have been this way  all my life. I don't pay attention to what I am doing so of course there is nothing to remember.

After my keys were found, I went right to my computer and ordered a set of fobs and a remote. They came today and I am impressed. There was a little remote and six fobs along with 6 lithium batteries for the fobs and  6 rings  to attach them. There were also little sticky labels with pictures to put on the remote to identify which button work for which item and some sticky foam pads to attach them to other things that people might misplace, like phones and remotes.  I did have to use my own AAA batteries.

The sound is loud enough to hear if the object for which you are searching is in a purse or under something like a couch cushion.  I should have done this years ago.

Now all I have to do is keep track of the remote..

New Solids

I ordered 9 solid color fat quarters last Friday to fill in some gaps in my solid fabric stash. they arrived late yesterday; they are Moda Bella and I am quite please with them. I would usually rather choose solid fabrics in person but these are not usual times. The colors are very close
to what I expected.










I only need 10 inches x 2 inches for the Framed 9 patches so I will have a good amount left for some other kind of blocks using prints and solids.

I probably won't post each set of F9P blocks as I finish them but will wait until I get the top to the flimsy or maybe finished stage. Maybe by the time I get that finish some of the wrinkles in Blogger will be ironed out.

Blocks

    I was so frustrated with problems posting yesterday I forgot the main reason I wanted to post. I had made six new blocks.

These six blocks are made with 3 of the new fabrics.

These are the 3 blocks I finished today. The 2 with the same print are the new fabric that I had mislaid when I photographed the fat quarters. The other block is older fabric; I found it all cut and ready to sew. It was most likely misplaced when I was sewing blocks for the first Framed 9 patch.

Today I reverted to "Legacy Blogger"
because of problems I was having  setting photographs.  I am pretty sure that I won't be able to continue using the old interface and I am considering just giving up.
We'll see!

A Visit to the Quilt Shop

Thursday I actually went to a local quilt shop, live and in person. My last visit was before everything shut down.  It was a about a half hour drive and Jack came along, just to get out of the house. He didn't even ind waiting in the car for  a while. We took the long way home and enjoyed the scenery and the sunshine.

I am not buying fabric except to use for something for which I am currently working. My stash is down to a very few things that interest me and a ton of scraps and left overs. I decided that I needed light, bright and pretty fabrics for the Framed 9 Patch that is in progress. I found 10 fat quarter prints that would work and one more print half yard and a half yard of a peachy pink solid. I spotted a fabric that has 8 different strips that are just shy of 5 inches wide; a yard of that came home with me too.

These are 8 of the ten prints and the peachy solid. I found 2 more of the prints after I photographed these. I set something on top of it and I then was puzzled about why I thought I had 10 prints. One of the other prints has a light blue background and the other has a white background with multicolored flowers in a larger scale. The pattern is more dense  so the white background is not so evident. I was drawn to the light and airy floral prints and I already had some blocks made with that kind of print. I was concerned that maybe I should have given more thought to what I needed. I have some striped and geometric prints that will round out the mix of scale and density of the prints in the overall look. I think it is going to be OK, if not  I  will figure it out.                                                                              

  

This is the fabric with 8 prints that are 
in strips along the length of the fabric I ought i yard.  I don't plan to use the second from the left in the top photo. It is too anemic looking compared to all the other fabrics that i'm using.

I thought I would not use the two fabrics on the right and left ends but I think they will work out well. I am going to keep the two gray blocks with bright multicolored raindrops (that I showed in my last post)  in the quilt. 

I am not so happy with the changes in Blogger. I don't automatically resist change but when the changes involve taking away something that works and the replacement gives me problems without providing instruction..................... well! It just makes me cranky.😡