DESIGN WALL-MONDAY AUGUST 28,2017

Hoping for a much drier week now and that Harvey goes elsewhere and is no more. Happy to be in the Austin area but feel really bad for everyone south and east of us. We ended up with a little over 6 inches of rain, minor when compared to others. Our coast has been decimated for now. it will take a long time for them to come back but they will never be the same.

I managed some sewing since I last posted. I am in a swap on a yahoo group and the blocks are due in September. Hooray, they are finished and finished early! Our theme was summer.
                                             

Last week I got my 2 Arkansas Crossroads quilts back from Kerry. With the rain this weekend I got them finished.

                         The sun was shining for a little while just now so got a quick picture of each

the bindings are also scrappy and the backing is the same on both.

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DESIGN WALL MONDAY-AUGUST 7, 2017

Not much in the way of sewing last week. I did however pick up my Desert Sky quilt from my quilting friend Osie.  These are a few quick pictures I took then. Now I am sewing the binding and then will hang it on the wall in the family room. Have the perfect place for it!

Will take more pictures when completely finished. It was a fun class and I really like how Osie quilted it for me.  Looking at driveway work is not the most exciting thing!  Over to small quilts 

On Friday they started work on our drive way. We had the privilege of listening jack hammers Friday and part of Saturday. Felt bad for our neighbors especially on Saturday morning. But with temperatures in the high 90's and heat index in the triple digits they needed to get to work early. We kept a cooler with ice, water and Gatorade for them.

Thin wire for reinforcement was probably code when the driveway was put in in 1995. 

There was very little base if any in some areas. A little sand at the end of the drive

 Then in 2 spots it was either a better mix or much harder. They ended up drilling holes and when they bring in the bob cat they will get the rest broken up.

Not sure if they will be here today after all. The much needed rain is finally happening. So far a little over 2 inches since midnight! Will take it! It is supposed to stop around noon so they may be here after that.

July Sewing Update-7/31/2017

Seems I haven't been very good at keeping up with weekly postings!
July did not start out very well for me. Managed to get a bug that lasted for about a week and then took almost as long to feel really good again!  Of course the triple digit temperatures did not help. But the last few weeks have been more productive!

I brought several scrap bins down and cut at the kitchen island. Have scraps cut into usable sizes now

                       That is only a few of the stacks before going into their respective containers

                      I also came across 16 partially finished string blocks that I had been working on before we tore apart the upstairs last year. They are now finished. I know I have some finished ones somewhere!


                              





     I made 12 more Churn Dash blocks for the QWL block lotto. They are so much fun to make and take no time at all!


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Since I was cutting more scraps I put together another Arkansas Crossroads Quilt

           I used a different background this time, a more colorful tone on tone. Really like it

Also made a sample block for the QWC block lotto. This quarter we are back to red/white/and blue colors

It has helped that we have been having a lot of hot weather. I have only ventured out when absolutely necessary. Have been inside sewing!

The girls have only ventured out when necessary too!

For getting a slow start to the month I actually got more accomplished than I thought I would!

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End of the month sewing update-June 2017

The first 6 months of 2017 are over! Not sure where the time went but Dad always said the older we get the faster it seems to speed by. I am certainly finding that true!

I was busy this month getting 420 2 1/2 HSTS in red and white ready for a swap later this summer. They will finish at 2 inches. Probably have about 520 done as I will need more for what project they will be used for. But I can say the ones for the swap and done and bagged.

Made another 8 blocks for the Quilters Who Care group on Yahoo. They are also red/creams/whites and scrappy. These will go to one of the members in Canada. She will put the blocks together for the soldiers there.  These are the 12 I will mailing to Canada later this week. Val will be putting these together with a lot of others for the soldiers in Canada. If I remember correctly she will be adding red maple leaves in the big white/ cream areas.

Started making churn dash blocks in brights for children's quilts. So far have 12 of those made.

My big project has been a Judy Niemeyer table runner. Rocky Mountain Bear Claws. Took a class for that at Honey Bee. The individual sections are finished but getting the arc right between the paw and claw section has been giving me some trouble. This will figured out.

Besides the sewing that landscape project is now finished except for us getting some plants in the ground. I am really looking forward to when I can say the driveway is new. The old one is really breaking up. That will be later but still this year!!!!! Then we hope to take a few years off from major projects!  We are both ready.

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Design Wall Monday-June 26, 2017

We had a couple very hot days in our part of Texas 100-102! Good days to be inside. Worked on our part of the landscaping project earlier in the week. But on the 100+ days I stayed inside, got a little sewing done.  Worked on my project for the class this past Saturday. However did not make it to class so am now trying to figure out getting the paws and claws together with the arc in between.
This pattern    Will get it figured out to where I am happy with it!

In the meantime I made more of the churn dash blocks using kid friendly prints and bright borders or at least different ones! They are really fun to make.

Mother nature has been nice to us since the sod went in on Friday. We had showers on Sat., Sun and today! But I think we will be watering it soon until it gets established. If you want to see pretty much the finished product
landscape project comes to a close!

Am hoping to get more time in sewing this week but we still to do more planting. There's always hope!

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Landscape update-All done-June 24, 2017

Thus past Friday the sod arrived along with the guys shortly after 7 AM.

The guys got busy with the rototiller tilling up some of the hard clay we call soil!

They finished about noon. Good thing as it also got to 102 degrees for the high!

This is the area they were tilling in the earlier picture. Now fully sodded.

They cut the sod and placed it around the new flagstone walk in the back

We had them remove part of a limestone that was just under the surface when they were here earlier in the project. That spot is now grass as well.  Our job now besides getting some plants in the ground is keeping the new sod watered. Mother Nature  helped us out this morning by raining for about an hour. Hopefully we will get some more over the next few days.

Design Wall Monday-June 19, 2017

I surprised myself and did actually get some sewing in the past 2 weeks-mostly last week! I worked on my class work for the Rocky Mountain Bear Paw Table runner class. All 16 paws and claws are finished for class!

An online group I am a member of is doing a swap of red and white HSTS that finish at 2 inches. There are 14 of us and we are swapping 30 each. I finished those up, sorted and bagged them. They are ready for the mail out in August. I will continue to make more for me. We needed to use the papers for them and I had the Triangles on a roll here. Made it very easy.

Since I had the fabrics out for the above swap I made a few more lotto blocks for the Quilters who care group. These will be going to a member in Canada who is making quilts for their military.

It has been a busy 2 weeks here with workers redoing our landscaping and getting new walkways. That is just about done. Waiting on some sod but that is about it. When we moved here 18 years ago the trees were about 3 inches in diameter. They have really grown. A lot more shade in the yard now than sun. In Texas we will take the shade! A lot less grass now and more mulch and river rock areas! Get the driveway done later this summer then we are done. This is the 4th year we have had remodeling inside and out being done. The landscaping link will take you to the last update if intertested

landscaping

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