Poodles and Quilts

Not much to show this week. Too much happening around here, very little quilty. This is block #7 for the Easy Does It block of the month on Quilters Who Care. Good thing they are true to their name-Easy Does It! We did manage to take an afternoon away and went out to Marble Falls for lunch. It was a beautiful day after "Bill" Galen. We were having his 70th birthday lunch On the way home we stopped at Shin Oak Wildlife area We are usually there the wrong time of the day to see many birds. But a Spiny Lizard wanted his picture taken. We got back to a phone call from Dad. He ended up in the ER from 5:30 to almost 10:30. His cancer of the bladder has returned and he's been having  a lot of bleeding from the tumor. The past few days have been a roller coaster with more down than up. Doctor appointments another trip to the ER on Sunday. Saturday he was at the hospital getting 2 units of blood. This afternoon he starts radiation once again. Hoping ...

Friday was a busy day. The electricians were here at 8 AM and the plumbers shortly there after. Rainfall shower head plus hand held head.  Finally decent lighting in the closets! Missing the mirrors but lights and faucets are installed A new ceiling fan with light in our bedroom. We thought we were done for the day. About 5 I let the girls out to chase a squirrel out of the bird feeder. About the same time one of the tile guys was coming in the side gate. Everyone was surprised. He stayed outside the gate and we got the noisy girls back in the house! Everyone had a good laugh and the squirrel left the bird feeder! The guys did a little clean up work in the bathroom, grouted the shower floor and the T-moldings are now in place between the tile and wood. Painter here on Monday. Decided he may have more than a day of work left so I moved the shutter installation to Thursday. Furniture in storage comes on Friday. 

We are really making progress now-the kind that shows! The tile has been laid and really makes the difference. The Shower Shower seat Shower floor The Throne Room One of the closet floors View from the bedroom Everything is grouted except for the shower floor and ready for the next step. The glass people were also here this morning to measure for the shower and  the mirrors over the vanities. that will take about 10 days to get here, but maybe sooner. Tomorrow, Friday, the plumber and the electricians will be here. Monday we're scheduled to have the painter back, Tuesday we should have the shutters installed in the bedroom, living room and dining room. Furniture delivered from storage on Friday. We won't have the shutters in the bathroom right away. They wanted to get the measurements just right with the tile. Will put something up there until they arrive. My work starts when the furniture etc comes out of storage.

We had a set back after I wrote the last post.  Whenever the truck went to Houston to pick up the tile for the bathroom floor they couldn't find it.  So very little was accomplished until today. I think the only thing-a hole in each granite top for the faucets.  The tile guy was getting disgusted but fortunately he had another job he could work on while waiting for our stuff.  They found the tile on Saturday and it made it's way to Austin today.  Today started out with Danny and his helper. They got here in the rain and put the soft closures on all the drawers and hinges on the doors.  Now we have usable closet cabinets and vanities. He also put the lattice in the wine rack. My closet. There are also shelves on the side you can't see and another hanging bar.I took the small one this time. Had a lot of "our" stuff in my old closet. Galen's closet with wine rack. This closet does have duct work going to it. So it is good for wine another view of...

A little to show this week. First off is a better picture of the Jelly Roll quilt. Still have not decided if I will border it or not. At this point I am thinking not. But then you never know! It doesn't have a name. It was designed by Sue who works at Honey Bee in Austin for one of their strip clubs. It's a combination of a 4 patch, 2", 4" up to 20" strips. While in the motel I also worked on quilt blocks using the MSQC Chevron u-tube video.  Here's 32 of them. Had to do a little frogging on several . there will be 40 total. Think I will make 2 small quilts-4 x 5 with a narrow border of white, then a 4 inch wide print border. One layout I am thinking of using from her video has some half blocks, so I'm not rushing to finish the last few until I get it all laid out. I used a layer cake I had on hand. It's a floral. Forget the name but probably still have the particulars some where! Have several more projects started - the motel was go...

                                                      The guys got quite a bit done today. BEDROOM FLOOR Most of the tile around the vanity Shower is about done as well They plan on finishing al the tile work tomorrow. Saturday they will get the sealer on. Another couple of weeks and we should be able to move back in and use the shower etc. We are moving back into the house tomorrow. The stain is dry on the bottom step and railings.

We're back on track with our new painter. He has sanded, dusted, primed, sanded and dusted again. Then put on the color!  Just about all the bathroom is finished now as far as the enamel work. One more small area to do. Then to finish up the bedroom baseboards and window sills. That will be tomorrow. Thursday they can start laying the tile again in the bathroom and the wood floor in the bedroom. Since Jose also stained the bottom step and railings going up stairs today we should be back in the house come Friday. Looking forward to that. The Trellis type woodwork is for the wine rack in the one closet Another picture showing more of the drawers and doors-vanities and cloaets Doors primed again and ready to be painted Drawers done and ready to be put in the closets Step and railings to blend with the new flooring Should be more to show over the weekend.

Still in the motel and will be until Friday, ( maybe Thursday of the stain is dry). The painter we had has been fired and the one who did such a good job last year started last Friday. All the enamel work has been sanded down to smooth it out, primed and sanded again. He has to get this finished so the tile guys can get back in and get back to work. They got some up last Thursday. If it weren't for that we would have the painter get the staining done on the steps to the upstairs. That is what is keeping us out of the house as we were living in the upstairs until this job is done. Oh well, enough of the remodel, on to sewing! One thing about all this, I am sewing in the room. I did manage to complete 2 months of Trifecta Blocks- 7 & 8. The pictures could be better, had to lay the out on the bed. Remember this BOM uses 3 fat quarters and you make 6- 9.5 inch blocks each month. Trifecta #7 Trifecta #8 Also finished the quilt I showed a picture of last week. But it i...

Quite a bit was accomplished today-the wood is down everywhere except the bedroom. This is a close up of the hand scraped floor Living Room Dining Room Cutting the tile for an outlet. You could tell this wasn't the first time he had done this! Part way up the shower wall Inside the shower Across from the shower-will be a small sitting area The tile guys get a break over the next few days.The painter will be here tomorrow and probably all weekend. Unfortunately  they were storing the travertine in the closet. The painter will need access to the closet so they had to move the tile to the porch. It is not light! Another look of the flooring. Our time in the motel will soon be coming to an end!

A lot of progress was made today. A lot of the wood was installed in the entry, living room and dining room.  We do like what we picked for the floor. A quick look to make sure this is what we ordered. Several hours later. After the guys called it quits-about 8 PM. Yes, they put in a 12 hour day. Dining room Living room A little better picture of the wood the float is finished in the bedroom. If it's dry tomorrow the bedroom will get done Cut travertine stored on the one closet along with drawers for our closet cabinets.  This travertine is going on the walls. Umberto's tile cutting set up.