I completed 4 fidget quilts, bound my ombre weave. did a substantial amount of work on Rhoda's Haunted House, cut and pieced a Window Pane quilt from a kit bought on Tuesday at Island Quilters and checked two more Nero Wolfe books off my to-read list. (I don't believe I mentioned before that I re-discovered Nero and Archie a few months ago and remain enamored to the point that I am determined to read every Nero Wolfe book published by Rex Stout and Robert Goldsborough....I'm more than half way through this journey and remain enthused.)
Barbara finished binding her relatives' quilts, created a from scratch quilt top out of her mother's last remaining Hawaii dress and cut and pieced the blocks for her black and white quilt. In addition, she's mastered document filing on her iPad, has begun to familiarize herself with the iPad keyboard I gave her and is teaching herself how to create quilt labels from transfers!
We celebrated our goal completions with a Barbara-cooked meal of ribeyes, Vidalia onions and fresh mushrooms!!!
Reflections on this HHI sojourn:
- Barbara and I still relish each other's company after 46 years of knowing each other!
- We can companionably watch tv despite our differences: she gets her news junkie fix and I listen to audio books on my noise-cancelling headphones while cross-stitching.
- We must be the only people on Hilton Head Island who seldom leave the air conditioning so we can spend hours sewing!
- I have discovered that I can eat creamy peanut butter with no after effects!!!!
- Barbara points out that we have definitely improved our HHI trip organization skills. We used all the food we brought, except for one package of shrimp, and did not bring an over abundance of clothes (that's what washers/dryers are for).
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