May 2020 OMG Completion

With 3 hours and 19 minutes, I completed my One Monthly Goal  for May. This was to complete 31 blocks. All but the tiny Bright Jane blocks had been started in the past. There are blocks for 5 different quilts.
Corn and Beans, Ella, Book Club Hand Piecing, Bright Jane, and Antique Wedding Sampler. 
The RSC colour for May was dark green/jade. I had a few of those to do and finished up the last of the 98 blocks with the pink. I plan to let the little girls design one or two tops with these after my sister finishes her quilt. She is really progressing. More about that later.

Now to get prep the home learning lessons for the little girls. With this joint custody thing, the schedule has now changed and they are here for a week at a time. This means I have to oversee school for 5 days this week. However, I do not have them here next week so plan to get some serious writing done.

blessings,
Chris
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May 2020 OMG Goal

I have taken the easy way for the past couple of months so for this month's one-monthly-goal I am challenging myself to really get some work done. The plan is to complete 31 blocks. Sort of like a: 

Block-A-Day

for the Month of May. 

I have quite a few blocks started that I can complete. 

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge colour for May has not been posted yet, but I will be working on DJ2 aka Bright Jane.

I completed 7 blue for April and have 2 started. I lost one of the tiny blue triangles for another block and eventually found it in my sweater pocket.

There is the Corn and Beans. 

I have only 20 blocks to go to complete the 100 planned.

I have a few Ella applique blocks started.

And some of the Hand Piecing QAL. I stopped working on them because it hurt my hands.  

I don't think I will have a problem finding 31 blocks to work on. 

My sister is visiting from Pakistan while we self isolate. She is still teaching her students in Pakistan on Zoom at midnight. She is making a quilt while here.  

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Which brings me to the next project the girls are working on. The I-Spy quilts they started 2 years ago. They are both so much more proficient at the sewing machine now. Problem is, they both want to sew at the same time. But I only let them use the Bernina with the seam guide

When I became a Gramma I had not signed on to homeschool little girls, but that is sort of what I am doing these days. Two use laptops and the youngest one uses my desktop. It has a 23-inch touch screen. Some days we print off math sheets and I get to review how to count coins and add by 5s and 10s. Other days, we learn about dinosaurs and water or the difference between living and non-living things. There is a science experiment going on in the kitchen. Beans are sprouting in styrofoam cups and are being observed and measured daily. Must spend time in the Animal Shelter and Stuffy Daycare. And, the girls delight in making lunch for Grampa and take it to him in the field on the golf cart.

Good thing Auntie is here so they have their special 30 minutes of alone time with her each day. Among other things, eight-year-old Ellyse is learning to colour hair and goes on walks with her so they both track their steps with their Fitbits. Devan, who turns 7 next week, is working on an engineering project. Not only is she the engineer, but she is the architect. There are cardboard boxes and glue guns and nature scavenger hunts to collect supplies. 

And what does Gramma do at this time? 

Nap of course. 

Blessings,

Gramma Chris

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