Progress on my walking journey across the US

Oh my—I'm rereading these blog posts about keeping a quilter happy while on vacation, and I love this one! It has lots of tips for keeping everyone happy. 

I think I've discovered why those links didn't work last week. When a link comes up and I copy it, I need to ensure the "https:/" is included, or it will redirect back to my blog. How do I know that? I'm experimenting! 

Today is election day in our province. For anyone eligible to vote, please get yourself out there and vote. And for those who think their vote doesn't matter, it does! It's all about the numbers and majorities and so much more. EVERY SINGLE VOTE is important! A good part of our lives revolves around decisions that governments make, and if you rely on the next person to make the decision, you are losing a massive privilege in helping elect the officials that govern our lives! The right to vote was severely restricted years ago. Imagine, women were NOT allowed to vote - they were not considered knowledgeable people. GASP!!!! So get your butt out there and vote!!! 

Speaking of vacations, I booked part of my big summer vacation. Oh gosh! I'm not telling you anything yet, but it's another grand adventure requiring much more prep work than walking in Spain. 

Speaking of walking, I logged all my January steps onto my map of the US. This includes all my daily KMs and any spin classes I've done. I must include the spin class distance, as this route is too long for me to walk in three years. So, in January, I made it from Detroit to just past Chicago. I should be where the red marker is, but I haven't entered the February data yet. I think I'm on track! 

My walking for January

And here's a picture I stole from a video about QuiltCon fashion. Oh my -- without a doubt, there is a resurgence in quilted garments! And from the little video I saw on IG, it's HUGE. I found this video on Youtube from a quilt store, but OH MY GOD --- coveralls decorated with quilt blocks -- HUGE!!!!!

Oh - here's the photo I stole from a different video. 

QuiltCon fashion

I don't know why that does NOT appeal to me. Coveralls? That doesn't appeal, either! 

Oh dear. I'm already running out of time and haven't even covered my regular stuff for today. 

As I struggled to resurrect a Surface tablet, I had a moment. Yep, I found a Solitaire game. I was good. I played about five games, but I didn't win any, and that was it. I had no time to waste; I had work to do. 

Playing Solitaire!

I managed to get a critical piece of paperwork out the door. We are working on a "puzzle" quilt, and oh boy, it's a puzzle since, in the first section, I assigned the group to sew together; THREE of the ten pieces of background had incorrect measurements. THREE -- and there were no corrections. So, after many calculations and a nine-page PowerPoint, they got everything they needed to put this section together. I made ONE error, which was caught quickly. The hilarious thing was I put the total measure on the left side, which was supposed to match the measurement on the right side, and it didn't. I was out by a ¼". It was in black and white, but by then, I had looked at it too much. All is good. 

Figuring out the correct dimensions

Let's pray the other sections are better!

As I wind down on my Machine Embroidery sessions for February, I have one session that requires some samples. It's hard to make samples when your machines are everywhere. But I was getting ready this morning. 

Preparing for machine embroidery

I was about to press START when I realized the machine had no bobbin thread! Oops! I hear the machine has stopped, so I must investigate. 

No bobbin thread

It was working when I left Studio B to come and write the blog. 

The Designer Epic 3, hard at work

I also started the great sort! This will involve putting away all the samples for machine embroidery and pulling out all the samples for quilting, which is the theme for March. 

Sorting tubs for lectures

I need to finish organizing the calendar to nail down the number of topics, which will help. Then, those tubs will be called into action. I've already started two of them. I must empty the others before I can put new stuff in them. Those tubs have saved me during this crazy month. 

Great, Scott! I see it's snowing outside, just when the sidewalks were dry and mostly free of ice. I wonder how much ice is under that little bit of snow. Ick!! 

I hope you are enjoying the 50 Ways to Keep a Quilter Happy on Vacation series. It was so much fun, and I'm trying to think of something new!!! 

One more presentation today and more paperwork. Yeah! 

VOTE - VOTE - VOTE for those of you in Ontario!!!!

Have a super day!!!

Ciao!!!