Getting close to done

Everything to the left of the yellow measuring tape is quilted. I am close to having this done!

Here is the pile of leftover scraps and uncut pieces from the three blue flannel quilts. There is plenty to get one more quilt out of this pile.

I have plenty of sewing to do this weekend including finishing the zig zag quilt. Have a great weekend!

A bit more done

I didn't get as much quilting done last evening because I wanted to get to the grocery store and pick up a couple more pork loin roasts that were on sale. I also got a killer deal on some chicken breasts. Those are all in the freezer now. I am just about 50% done with the quilting. It went slower since I was working in the middle. The yardsticks show you about where I am. The area on the left is done.

Making progress on the zig zag and a box showed up

The quilting is coming along! I am now 41% done! Woohoo!

A new project showed up yesterday in the mail.

Yes, a box of t-shirts for a quilt. At least this one only has to be lap sized and she is not in a hurry. I did have this blue fabric in my stash that she liked for the back.

Zig zag progress, a shirt, radon readings, a snake, a buck, and rainbows - oh my!

It has been kind of crazy, but let's start out with some calm. I did get 20% of the zig zag quilt quilted last evening.

Yesterday at work I was given this year's shirt for our project. Buffalo check flannel!

I received my radon readings. It went from 2.9 to 7.5 over a 48 hour period. I was surprised how much it varied. The fellow is getting me a quote for a system.  Code here is if it is over 4, then you have to install a mitigation system.  

Yesterday afternoon there was a baby snake in the office. One of the guys said we had a few last fall too! The cold weather is causing them to find their way inside where it is warmer. Yuck!

I almost hit a small 4 point buck on my way to work. It was dark and he was standing in the street. I caught a glimpse of a shadow and slowed down then stopped. He finally moved out of the street and was running parallel thru people's yards. No pictures; it was too dark and it happened too fast. Then there was this double rainbow this morning! It was just starting to rain and I could see both ends of the rainbow. Pretty cool!  You can just barely see the beginning and end of the second rainbow.

That was more than enough excitement for the last 18 hours!

A busy three days

I took Friday off to get some stuff done - meet with the radon company, furnace maintenance and a perm. I spent a lot of time cleaning house too. I worked on the zig zag flannel quilt and it is now ready to quilt. It is just slightly bigger than the other two blue flannel quilts. It measures 62 3/4 x 74".

I was sewing together the two strips of Buffalo check for the back and I didn't match up the checks right. That was dumb!  It didn't take too long to rip out and resew.

I saw a fox for the first time in the back yard. He was quick so this was the best picture I was able to get and it's pretty bad!

I received the fabric and strapping I need for replacing the organ cover for the band. HomeSew was having a 60% of everything sale and I didn't realize until the last email I received from them that they are going out of business. I ended up having to buy a 100 yard roll of strapping, but at 60% off what the heck! I should have enough for lots of projects! I used a 10 yard roll on the first organ cover so I will have plenty for this new one!

Saturday I took my drum

and headed to the protest downtown. There were lots of people and characters! Dinosaurs, a unicorn, shark, chicken, cows, a character from South Park, Sponge Bob, Patrick the starfish, a frog, and a polar bear to name a few.

It was a peaceful protest that there was no trouble, but not peaceful because of all the horn honking and me beating my drum for 2 1/2 hours! We were making some noise! There were a couple drive-by agitators, but nothing that was an issue.  Several people came up to me and thanked me for all my drum beating.  I was tired; it was quite a workout!

Zig Zag progress

All the blocks are made for the zig zag flannel quilt.

Let's see how long it takes me to get them sewn together.

9th finish for 2025 and the zig zag started

I worked on hand stitching the binding at lunch yesterday and finished it up when I got home so the courthouse steps flannel quilt is done! Woohoo! It is the same size as the log cabin flannel quilt - the number 8 finish for 2025.

I got started on the next blue flannel quilt top which will be a zig zag.

The strips were already cut and I rearranged the layout a bit this morning.