Memorial Day

On Saturday I was able to sew up the curtains for Michael's den.  Just a simple valance with some muslin lining.   There are two windows the same size,

The toughest part was Pete....

Sunday was a trip to Duluth to visit my Mom and other family so some more
yo yo's were stitched.  There is more daylight now so got more made on the drive.  I think that we did about 9 hours of driving today as we ran into a huge storm this evening and had to pull over twice as we couldn't see the lines on the road in front of us.

My drawer of red scraps is pretty empty now!

This little set of storage drawers actually has 4 drawers. The next one down holds the little scraps of blues and purples.  As you can see this one has a bunch of fabric that can be used for more yo yo's.

Monday was spent doing folding clothes, some cleaning and ironing.  Oh, I also got the backyard grass mowed and will go to my quilt guild meeting this evening.

Boy these 3 day weekends go fast....



Time Flies

Well, it has been 2 weeks since I last posted!  Two weeks on the new job and still haven't figured out how to make the small amount of time at home work for me.  I have been doing a few things along the way.  Went on a weekend to Breezy Point.  Learned what a bildge pump was and how it works.

Saw another watertower in the shape of a bobber (is this one that you have Carol?).

Bought curtain fabric for the dollhouse childs room and kitchen.

I also have been cleaning and located a few more pieces that I had for the dollhouse.

Finished a small counted cross stitch piece at work during my lunch breaks.

And sewed together some upholstery samples that were too pretty to throw away.

I might make this into a fall table runner.

and then there is Pete...

Day 359 - Saturday Church Quilters

This morning met with the quilters from church.  We had a bunch of boxes of new donations so our 3 hours were spent organizing the new fabrics and also some from the fabric closet.  Here is what our work area looked like!

Remember that big bag of tiny pieces of fabric I brought home to cut into squares and strips one of the last times I was at church?

(See day 323, January 9, 2011)  Well I brought that back empty today!  BUT

look what I came home with to cut up and go through!

This is about 4 times the amount I bought home last time to go through!

Yikes, what am I thinking.  I will never get back to my own quilts....

And my little buddy Pete found a cozy spot to snuggle into...

Day 251 - Almost normal....

Spent most of the day with my daughter Micaela!  We started out going to SR Harris- a fabric warehouse that I hadn't been to in 20 years.  It was an adventure.

Got another birdhouse almost done.

Another birdhouse started.

And found a few ME miniatures online to assemble!

Day 233 - Dividers, fabric, evenweave quilt

Monday, Labor Day today so it was a bonus day of crafting!  Went to IKEA to look at fabric with Micaela and Michael today.  She bought the blue fabric that is hanging on the shelf for her livingroom curtains.  She also purchased a tent at REI that was assembled in the livingroom.

Worked on the evenweave fringe quilt for church as I found out it was supposed to be completed for the November Church Craft Sale!   I thought it was for the spring missions quilts!  Anyway, I didn't

have enough blocks to make a lap quilt so cut 50 more squares and them sewed them back to back with some natural batting inside. Now I have 140 of them to sew together.

I also completed the dividers for the basement studio.

When they were complete I did a bit of rearranging to get them to look their best.

We also went to breakfast at IKEA and cleaned out the garage!

Plus, Michael worked some more on upgrades in the T@B

and we got a decent rain this evening.

Day 229 - Cutting

Spent my morning before work doing some organizing in the basement (will it ever end???) and got back on the treadmill.  Tonight I tackled another pile of fabric from church.  I ironed and cut for an hour and a half and didn't leave a dent in the pile.  Well, anyway my 2 boxes and one brown grocery bag of church fabrics are now down to 2 boxes.  I guess that is progress...

While I was cutting I watched City of Angels I still turn it off

10 minutes before it ends as I want to remember a happy ending....

*sigh*

Pete was using a box that was being emptied out

as the perfect hiding place...

Day 208 - A multitude of stuff...

I am back in the grove of the church ladies quilt meetings!  Finally got to one tonight.  We were brainstorming ideas for the November craft sale and also discussed the first ever tea party at church.  Guess what I came away with tonight???Look!

I have another box of fabric to deal with! 

 There are some blocks cut out already and some random fabrics...

Tonight I got another row added to the strip quilt

 but couldn't find a good place to show you how it is coming along. 

 The retro sofa is moving with my son this weekend...

Also did a little more "paper fitting" on the 3rd birdhouse.

Pete rested while I did some sewing....

Day 202 - Sewingroom organizing

This is part of getting back in order in the basement studio.  I had a basket of fabric (well more than one) that needed to be put back where it belonged and as I began to do that I realized that a bunch of fabric in this one area was out of order....

and then one thing leads to another....

Well, it finally got into some kind of shape.

But, seriously, I should never go into a quilt/fabric store again in my life!

It is my ADDICTION.

Day 187 - More fabric

I had the day off due to lack of doctors at the clinic and 

 I spent it with my Mom.  It was absolutely delightful!

She passed on a small bag of fabric that needed someone to go through it and do something with it. 

 I have begun to dig into it and cut it into 5" blocks. 

 Here is the pile and the blocks I have cut so far.

Day 141 - Planning

It has taken me forever to find leftover pieces of handwoven fabrics to make our 2 camping pillow cases out of.  Most of my pieces are too small.  I need them to make into 20 x 29 when finished.  Ok, so I finally found 3 fabrics that will work!  Guess I will have to get them sewn up tomorrow.

Here is a corner of the pillow cases I made originally for the trailer.  I know it is bright and cheery!  I thought that we needed something of interest for the interior of the trailer as it was quite plain when we moved in.  I think that Michael will like the new pillow cases better....(but he was a good sport about these.)