100 City Sampler (actually 72)

In 2018 I did the Tula Pink City Sampler quilt along.  Surprise I only did 76 blocks I think but I only ended up using 72 in my quilt.  I used all scrap fabric for these blocks.  When I laid the blocks all out I hated them together.  I disliked them with sashing and together as a block they were so busy.  I finally landed on side sashing in low volume just using fat quarter in my stash.  I also had to quilt it with two different threads although you can’t tell in the finished project.  

I abandoned this project many times but this year I made it a priority and completed it. It has so many flaws and so many things I just don’t like.  I washed it and it’s imperfections are growing on me, but it’s not really my style.  I do love the binding this old old Jay McCarroll habitat fabric for the win.  

Thanks to the tree swing for providing me a line to hang quilts on although I did drop several pins in the yard and did not recover them.  Thanks to everyone who’s given me their scraps over the years I used many in this.  

The back is uninspired but again I was using fabric I had on hand rather than more and I didn’t want to use yardage for a quilt I was meh on.  

It also fits in well in my family room.  

Cheer

Someone’s also been doing cheer.  She loves it although I must say she spends most of the time on the sidelines goofing off and is rarely focused on the cheers.  I am assuming this will improve with age many of the girls also do this.  Anyhow the football season has now finished and she will be playing basketball in the winter along with dance.  

10,000 steps a day goal

I checked my tracker today and I am currently at 80 days of over 10,000 steps most days were I met this goal are weekends or vacation days.  Not sure what that says about work exactly but perhaps I need to walk on lunch or something.  I will say I don’t have a count of closing my rings on my watch but it’s probably higher at least on days where the battery doesn’t die.  

I think in November I am going to try and do 1.6 mile a day in my neighborhood,  if I can manage to sneak away from my kids in the morning.  This is two loops of our main loop and takes less than 30 minutes so it seems like a reasonable goal as long as the weather isn’t pouring rain.  Anyhow it’s a goal.