Another finish soon

I have less than a bobbin of thread to finish the quilting on this baby quilt. It will be a finish soon!

Yeah it is Friday! Have a great weekend!

A bit more progress

I went home with a stomach ache. I rested a bit and did manage to get a little quilting done before I went to bed early. I am now 60% done with the quilting and my belly feels better. I have circled the area that still needs quilted.

Thank you for the birthday wishes! Today I have mandatory first aid training. I know how to dial 911 so what else is there? LOL!!!

Baby quilt progress and a box of chocolate

I have 40% of the quilting done on this baby quilt. It is going pretty fast.

Yesterday afternoon my nephew, Michael, stopped over at my office and gave me a box of French Mints for my birthday. Yum!

Next baby quilt and a buck

It snowed hard most of the day yesterday, but not much in the way of accumulation thank goodness. We also got a bit of grapple. Last evening I started quilting on another baby quilt.

After work I got a haircut and saw this buck just standing next to the road. He stayed long enough that I could take his picture before he wandered back into the park.

Several of the guys at work said they would have hit him with their car! Those guys!

Baby quilt, cross stitch and snow!

I kept busy this weekend. The striped courthouse steps baby quilt is now all quilted and the binding is sewn on. I will be doing the hand stitching later this week. Another finish soon!

At the last minute I decided I needed to do a little cross stitch for a card. Here is where I was at 5:13 Saturday afternoon. I got a late start on this because I had a bloodwork appointment that I didn't get in until a half hour later than the appointment, then I stopped at Michaels for floss, Hobby Lobby for the floss Michael's didn't have, Giant Eagle then Marc's. That burned up a lot of time!

Then at 8:42 pm Saturday.

By 2:00 pm Sunday it was done.

Not thinking, I had picked this Pirate + Robin hand dyed floss. I only had one skein, so by the time I was halfway done with the stitching I was wondering if I would have enough. I did have enough! I used two strands which then equals to 21 yards of stitching! I used another yard - of the green. This floss comes in 10 yard skeins and is nice to work with. It has a soft shine to it. The green I used was a Cosmos thread.

I need to plan better! LOL!!! We got our first snow! It started late last evening and it still lightly coming down.

Quilting progress, leaf blowing, organ cover fit, and radon results

First, I found that your comments were going to my spam box! What the heck? I think that is now fixed. I got a bit more quilted on the courthouse steps quilt. I only have three more blocks to quilt.

I was so nice outside last evening, I decided to leaf blow the front and side yards. Here is the before and after taken from the garage. I have a lot of leaves to blow in the back yard, but I was getting tired of wresting the leaf blower after an hour so those will have to wait.

My brother sent me pictures of the organ cover with the organ inside. He liked the new cover because it was stiffer than the old one so it made it easier to put the cover on. He was able to get the cover on by himself. I think it fits better than the old one ever did.

My radon reading are in. Before the system was installed the reading were 2.9 to 7.6. The readings for the last 12 hours were 0.0 to 0.4. I would say the system is working! Have a great weekend! I will be breathing easier!

Great progress on the quilting, the concrete dust, and where to buy ribbon

The courthouse steps baby quilt is at least 60% quilted. It is a smaller quilt so the quilting is going fast. I really like this one and I may have to make a few more.

Wanda, the installer used a shop vac when he drilled the hole so there wasn't any dust. I had asked about that before he started the installation.

Cherie, my bobbin holder is something my dad had made. It fits into a wooden sewing box he made. I took the thread holders out - I have two - and use one for quilting thread bobbins, and one for regular sewing thread bobbins.

Vicki, you might try Wawak Sewing Supplies for grosgrain ribbon. I buy all my zippers for pouches from them along with thread and hardware for bags. Their service is outstanding and I get my orders in a couple days.