31 DAYS ALONE!

It's now been 31 days since I have been touched by another human being.  That is the hardest part of all this.  I can talk with people. I can even see people. But no touching allowed. I now have a better understanding why they say babies that are left alone in their cribs and never touched do not thrive and may even eventually just fade away and die. Touch is very important. Now I don't think I am at risk of dying from the lack of touch, but I don't relish another month or more without it.  Every day gets a bit harder.

I did get some sewing done today other than face masks.  I will have to get back to them tomorrow.  It still amazes me that as one of the richest countries in the world that so many have to rely on homemade face masks made by volunteers who ask nothing in return.  I may have made well over 150 masks to give away, but that is nothing I read and hear of people who have made over 500 and some over 1000.

So what did I sew on today? I started out with this pile of scraps.  Leftovers from all the masks I have made to date. Most of the scraps are strips or what some quilters call "strings".  Since I had mainly strings, I decided to make a string quilt.  I wanted it to be a bit different than the normal string quilt so decided to make it using rectangular blocks rather than square ones.  I remembered that one group I used to belong to suggested Sewing string quilts onto a foundation of used drier sheets.  That is what I did.  I think I may have mentioned this in an earlier post, but today I got serious about it.  One thing I can say is that it sure smells good when you press the block.

 After sewing the strips on the dryer sheet foundation using a sew and flip method I trimmed them down to a 9'" x 6" rectangle.  This will end up being a finished 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" rectangle. I don't what the quilt to be too big.  I'm thinking a lap quilt that I can throw over myself when sitting and reading a book or watching tv. That is if it ever gets cold in FL again. Other than a rare series of days, on and off, this winter it has been very warm.  Today and yesterday it was in the 90's already. I will probably make the quilt either 6 x 6 blocks or maybe only 4 x 6,  I need an even number of blocks in
each direction because of the design I have chosen to arrange the blocks.

This is my first panel made up of 8 blocks. So far I am liking it. I have another 5 blocks done, but have discovered I seem to favor one direction of placing the strips on the diagonal.  I need to remember to make them the two different ways. 

If there was anyone reading these posts I would ask what do you think.  Since no one does I will simply say I like it.