two gazillion

and THAT is enough for today...

one gazillion...

 okay, that's enough for today...

meanwhile...

eight skeins

 nine skeins

not today...

is there time to add that next set of blocks?

yes...

do i want to try meeting a gazillion more points today?

nope...

toe warmers

two pairs of socks

 + 4 cups of long grain white rice (the cheapest brand - it's not for eating) 

÷ into one cup for each sock 

~ 10 minutes at the sewing machine on zigzag

× 1-2 minutes in the microwave = 

four toe warmers*

*also nice for warming hands or for achy backs or for knotted necks or for crampy baby boxes (not my term for a uterus, but i guess it works)

bits and pieces

 well ... i pressed and trimmed the embroidered blocks for Vintage Tin (aka Roadkill Road), rolled them onto an empty paper towel tube and packed them away with the fat quarter bundle of Inkwell fabric... 

that was ... lemmecheck ... six months ago...

yeah...

i began to have the distinct impression that SOMEONE ) who shall remain anonymous but her initials are MELISSA) was not going to piece the blocks for the rest of the quilt top - two 9 1/2" devil's claw blocks, two 6 1/2" crossroads blocks, eleven 3 1/2" friendship stars, seven 3 1/2" half square triangles and 78 (SEVENTY-EIGHT!!!) 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" flying geese...

seventy-freaking-eight!!!

so ... i came up with the BRILLIANT idea of cutting the pieces and working TOGETHER on the blocks on sundays,  after we made our 150 Canadian Women blocks for the week cuz the iron would already be hot...

yeah, long story short, the TOGETHER part didn't happen -  not even once...

sigh...

all the bits and pieces are built now and assembly has begun...

Marie-Anne Gaboury Lagimodière 🇨🇦

 

block twenty-three for 150 Canadian Women is called Spin Wheel and is dedicated to Marie-Anne Lagimodière

Melissa's block 23

dianne's block 23

twenty-three weeks done and 127 to go, give or take six