Every safety pin removed brings me closer to, uh, something....

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The block on the right was sewn last night. Don't those safety pins look annoying?

Last night I worked on the Quilt of Grace (QoG); I appliqued one Lucy Boston block (LBb) in place, then hand-quilted around it, and in a few other spots accessible as only THREE blocks remain to secure! Out of thirty, which makes me pleased to have (slowly) accomplished that much hand-stitching. Each block requires some hand-quilting within, but I'll save that until later, because, well, in appliqueing them I remove more safety pins. And right now, removing safety pins seems to be the greatest joy of all!

Safety pins are much happier safely ensconced in shaped plastic. Or I'm much happier, one of the two.

What a silly notion, ridiculous even, but I can't help feeling super-victorious with every pin I gently toss into the plastic container on the coffee table. That container is nearly full, and I'll need those implements for my next project, which I am hoping to start next week, heh heh heh. Not that the QoG will be done, BIG LOL, but hopefully the only safety pins to remain will be those within LBb's. Or maybe a few scattered in spots amid the fabric behind said blocks. Not that I will require THAT MANY SAFETY PINS for the next project, but it's not going to be a small quilt, so yeah....

These are the things I consider while hand-quilting in the evenings as the Golden State Warriors try to decide what kind of team they are, soundly beating the Utah Jazz last night, although they fell behind right out of the gate something like 11-0, dude! Yet in the game previous, the Portland Trailblazers took them to task for the second time this season, and Portland had lost six straight games, or I think that's what the announcers claimed. I could fact-check this, don't want to be spreading fake news, but it's a small nugget in the grander scheme of a basketball team that wants to be a playoff contender but can't manage to figure out how to mesh aging players with those younger who at times have better skills sets, but not always.

I didn't know there was going to be NBA interference in this mostly quilt-laden post, ah so!

Ah so.... What Brynn claims, Mirella too, in That Which Can Be Remembered, a saga based on Covid, but also about refugees trying to find their place. I made up sayings in their language, then sprinkled those phrases throughout the story like the safety pins in my current quilt. Quilts are a part of that tale, a part of my being, a part of.... A part of this post that seems to be meandering around like how my chickens wander on a field trip. Kind of pecking here, then over there, then one finds something and the rest run or fly to her, and she scoots away, not wanting to share. Those chickens, at times, are as ridiculous as I am, blathering on about safety pin removal and basketball and books, but while there's plenty of other subjects I could analyze, right now quilts and novels and yes, even basketball, are about all I wish to consider.

The last three blocks to secure, woo hoo!
 

Well, love. There's always love. Love makes the world go round, but it seems not a lot of love is swirling, or it's hard for me to see. Maybe too many safety pins in the way.

Seek out the love, whatever your plan for the day, and I will too! 

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