Daily Notes- January 4th

 Photo taken yesterday as afternoon became evening.   I re-worked this blue square as I watched three football games.  What held my interest was that players who normally never saw prime time action- were playing and playing really well.  One quarterback was having his first day on the field- in a finals game- and his previous time on any field was college.  He won the game. His first throw was terrible.  But then, well, he relaxed and got into it.  He was a first or second round pick.  An excellent college quarterback. He "read" the field.  Saw who was open- not always or ever the obvious choice.  And threw the ball straight and true...to them.  I know his parents were overwhelmed with pride and joy.

And my Tennessee Titans pulled a win out of thin air.  Seconds to go.  And Cleveland.  OMG Cleveland. My hometown team.  So, in these Winter Covid days...some unexpected JOY.  And the Patriots did okay. They were also using members of the practice squad to fill holes in the team. I think Tampa Bay won- but that game wasn't on Maine's cable network yesterday.  It was a great football Sunday.  No pizza.

In taking apart the squares I already thought were "finished"- I learned some things.  Sometimes the square doesn't actually want to be square.  Sometimes you have to remove more than you add. Sometimes the cloth needs embroidery.  Little black circles.  And sometimes I forget that my own painted cloth is nicer than anything store bought.  The three outside strips are painted with acrylic craft paint.  Still soft to the hand and easily needled.  I'll try for a picture in better light.  Almost all the fabric here is painted cloth. 

So the Life Lesson from yesterday.  Make your own cloth in the colors and textures you like. The central blue flower is from Deb Lacativa.  Her soft delicious blue cloth.  I wanted it to be the Star of this square.