AMANDA'S BASKETS: MYSTERY QUILT

Thursday, November 5, 2020

MYSTERY QUILT

Boy, this election is drawing things out to the distress of everyone! I am happy that they are taking time to count every ballot, but, gees, it feels like pulling a bandaid off microscopically slowly!!!

So, the second instruction for the Mystery Quilt was to use some striped fabric. Either fabric with a striped pattern or fabric sewn together in stripes.

I did the latter. I used several fabric scraps and made a strip pattern and attached it to the first instruction creation. The first photo is what I created with the first instruction, the second photo is the sewn striped fabric and the third is how I used it with the first instruction creation.

This mystery quilt creation is fun. I have made a decision to use only fabric scraps rather than spend any money on new fabric. So that's an additional challenge for me.

Well, that's all for today...

Talk with you tomorrow...

Hopefully, we will be closer to a decision...

CRAFTING IDEAS

I am always looking for a small piece of paper to write down something which will later be disposed of. I decided to use some of the scrap paper of which I have a ton. I mostly use the paper for glueing projects. I decided to cut the paper into a small size. (Six pieces from a piece of copy paper.). But just having them sitting on my desk would get messy without a container. So, using a cardboard box, I cut it down to size and using a hot glue gun I glued the ends together. Using a picture from a magazine cut into pieces and stick craft glue, I glued the pieces to the box inside and out. I also used some decorative tape for the outside edges. And to finish the top corners which were not covered, I used straight pins with colorful tops. Looks nice and works well.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

So in looking over your habits what did you find? Some popular good habits folks have are: Meditation, exercise, journal writing, flossing, reading and walking up early. Some not so great habits included smoking, saying yes, swearing, tolerating folks, not sleeping enough, always complaining and constantly making excuses. Do you have more good habits or more bad habits? Is it time to change? If so, start with the easiest bad habit to change, not the hardest. This will give the best chance of success. Decide on the best way for you to change your habit. Worry too much? Set a time to worry and then stop. You may have to stop yourself several times at the beginning but keep it up and you will worry less. Or, alternatively, write the worry down as well as options to stop the problem. Just figure out which way to stop is best for you.