As we’ve said before, there is not a lot to do in Ukarumpa in your free time. Everything shuts down at 5:00, and nothing is open on weekends here on center. It also gets dark at 6:00pm, so there is not much to do outside of the house in the evenings either.
After Greg goes to bed, Brian and I spend our time reading books, playing games, or watching movies. We’ve discovered the joy of watching TV series on dvd or that people have downloaded from the internet and mailed here (no commercials!) There is no way we could afford to download TV shows ourselves from PNG - it would cost about $30 per episode - but some kind family members have mailed us a flash drive with some new evening entertainment on it.
My new hobby this year is quilting, and it’s been an enjoyable way to spend my free time. I just started after we returned to PNG with Greg last year. There is quite a large group of ladies here who enjoy quilting, and they are a great resource for advice, fabric, and the most valuable and rare quilting commodity here – batting!
The problem with any craft hobby in
And here are a few of the projects I’ve done this year:
A baby quilt for my new nephew.
I taught myself the paper piecing technique. This is my first attempt...
…and here is a more recent one.
A scrap quilt I’ve been working on
And (I’m pretty proud of this) my first attempt at hand-quilting
3 comments:
Susan - Those are amazing. Those quiet moments are certainly not going to waste!
Beautiful! And what a fun way to use up old clothes.
These are really great, Susan!!
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