The rest of us, 6 ladies yesterday, sat around drinking tea and working on various projects. Mrs. Ochiai is the only one done with our game quilts and she could gallantly offer to help make pieces for anyone who needed an extra hand.Two ladies worked on their quilts with Mrs. Ochiai helping.
Mrs. Harada furiously put together tree blocks for the bazaar quilt while Mrs. Furui and I tried designing a rainbow block for the same quilt.
"We need your husband to help us figure out the mechanics of putting together arcs."
Mrs. Furui's husband is a physicist.
"Oh, it will work out."
And it did... but not quite how Mrs. Furui and I had planned. Well, we learned something. The outer curve of an arc is different from an inner curve of an arc... Duh.
So why am I sitting on this little chair at the side of the room? Mrs. Furui claims that this is the best place and position for her to do her hand quilting... She can rest her hoop on that wooden bench and the light from the window is excellent. I guess she doesn't care about rump comfort. But SHE wouldn't demonstrate her quilting technique so I tried appliqueing in her favorite spot. Hmm.
The plus points are that and I am close to the low ironing board (yes, Japanese ladies iron while sitting on their knees) and the cutting board that was on the floor. (No room at the tea drinking table.) The minuses are the afore mentioned rump discomfort and the fact that someone has to help me up when I'm done appliqueing.
And I DID get done. This block is NOT how Mrs. Furui and I planned it but it is done and you can tell that it is a rainbow. Good enough!
7 comments:
Hi Tanya...oh that sounds like a fun day with the ladies!!! I could NOT get on the floor to quilt or to iron~ My knees and legs will not allow it. I fell this week and it took my hubby and daughter to get me up. Do Japanese women have knee problems? ♥♥♥
Beautiful rainbow. I wouldn't do well with the low stool or ironing board, either. I'm fighting a very sore knee right now and am lucky to make it up and down the stairs. I'll survive this, I'm sure, but it's no fun now. I can't imagine having to kneel to do anything right now.
I must have been Japanese in a former life because the floor is my first choice for everything. The only part I don't like is the callus build-up on knees and the top side of feet.
Getting rid of a lot of furniture and de-cluttering my floor sounds like a great idea. Only I'm sure I would need help getting up... or I could always crawl to a door and haul on the door knob to get upright. Love all your photos!
What a wonderful thing you get to do so often, sew/quilt with friends--I envy that! I think part of your problem with sitting so low is that you are about half a foot taller than Mrs. O, right? LOL
I am a floor person also, best place for me to groom and play with the "golden", usually how I weed the flower garden also.
My quilting style is also when it is "good enough", I'm happy with it, perfection is not in my vocabulary.
OUCH Tanya, that looks so uncomfortable to me...I'd need help getting up too, lol! I think your rainbow looks wonderful!
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