Day 214 - Strip quilt sewn

This morning I finished taking the paper backings off my quilt strips and sewing all of the rows together!!  Also did some ironing on it.  Still needs a border put on but the hard part is done!

Tonight I cut some more 6" blocks from evenweave fabrics.

Day 213 - Assembling quilt tops

Sewed up the rest of the rows for the strip quilt.

  Tonight I spent ripping the paper off the back of the blocks.

Also sewed another row onto the quilt this morning.

This morning I sewed two rows of the jelly roll quilt together.

Day 212 - Strip Quilt

Yesterday was spent driving up to Hibbing and
 moving our son into his new place to go to school.
Here is the garage apartment that we moved him into.

An interesting building from the 50's (?) which is a ticket booth for the Hibbing Raceway.

Another place we found but no time to visit-maybe another time.

And today I sewed another strip onto the quilt

and sewed 2 more strips together.

Day 211 - Wild Ride!

Didn't blog last night as the internet service was in and out. 

 This morning our rain gague looked like this:

The backyard looks like this- pretty soggy.

 I did get 2 more rows sewn for the quilt

 and one sewn onto the quilt

as well as getting the first coat of modge podge

 on the little birdhouses.

It's night already.  I will try and get this on now.

  Just about packed up for our son's move to Hibbing tomorrow. 

 Got more rain today and also got our 1/2 cow which JUST fit into

the completely empty freezer.  Learn something new every day.

I think the thing about the move tomorrow

 is just to remember to "breathe"...

Day 210 - Little birdhouses

Finished the paperwork on the 3rd little birdhouse. Just need to modge podge them.

Day 209 - Summer storms

I am writing my blog this morning as last night we had a major thunder/lightening/rain storm that made the computer impossible to access.  At one time all of the power went out in the house but came back on a couple of seconds later.  Our rain amounted to     in our rain gauge!  I was able to mow the back yard in the morning before we got our first round of 1/2 inch.  This little guy was on our front railing this morning.

Sewed 2 strips more of the strip blocks together and now have to take the paper back off.  Ironed the strips that I found in the bottom of the church box.

Sewed up the rest of the precut blocks from the church box. 

This is going to be a "fringed" quilt.  Here is a block sewn- see the 3 layers?

Worked some more on the 3rd birdhouse (this one is a challenge!).

The little chimney and the little awning over the window,

the window itself- challenging to paper over/around.

Not done with the front yet but part way there!

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....