AMANDA'S BASKETS: Latest Guild Mystery Mini-Quilt

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Latest Guild Mystery Mini-Quilt

Another day, another dollar...isn't that how it goes?

Well, today was busy with zoom meetings and book discussions, along with finishing the guild newsletter for June, getting a package ready to be mailed and a myriad of other little tasks that taken altogether add up to a full day.

I did finish adding the metallic fabric to my guild mystery mini-quilt. I kind of cheated and used adhesive backing. Although that was tricky because I didn't want to burn the metallic fabric. I also used both gold and silver. Gold circles and silver triangles. I outlined them with a black fabric marker so they would stand out. Check this out...

Different if I say so myself...but as a modern art piece...I like it.

That's all for today...

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.