Keep making progress, daffodils, weekend plans

Last evening I got 11 pouch sandwiches quilted! Woohoo!

I even got them trimmed!

I have 95 now trimmed and ready for the next step which is installing zippers. There are 86 left to quilt. I want to make as many as I can for the retreat I will be going to and I need some to give as little gifts for Easter. I didn't have as many as I would have liked when I went to last year's retreat so I want to make sure I have enough this year. They are always handy to have on hand to give as a little gift so any extra will not go to waste!

My plans for the weekend are quilting as many of the pouch sandwiches as I can, see if my neighbor can come help me move that desk extension upstairs

and make cookies for St. Patrick's day to take to work. It's going to be a busy weekend! I took this picture of the daffodils yesterday afternoon and some of them are ready to bloom. Monday thru Wednesday the temps are going to drop into the teens and low 20's so I don't know if that might ruin the flowers. These are next to the house so it stays a little warmer with the heat radiating off the brick so that might save them.

Have a great one!

The pouch quilting continues

I got another 10 sandwiches quilted last evening.

My pile of sandwiches doesn't seem to be getting any smaller. Here are the backs which I haven't posted.

Those 10 are trimmed and will join the others for phase 2 which is zipper installation.

the quilting continues and Lenten Roses

I got another 10 pouch sandwiches quilted last evening. I had to really push myself to get the 10th one done.

I even got them trimmed along with the four left from the other day. I now have 74 at this stage of the process.

There was this ugly spool of thread in one of my Sulky rayon thread containers. It is a twisted thread of purple and black.

I found the perfect ugly fabric in my piles of sandwiches to use that thread on. Ugly + ugly = not too bad looking! LOL!

It was 70 degrees when I got home so I had to take a walk out back to see the Lenten Roses. They have exploded with flowers! I just wish someone would clean out the bed! I guess I need to put that on the to-do list.

More pouch sandwiches quilted

I quilted for three hours last evening and got 10 pouch sandwiches quilted.

I needed to catch up on trimming the sandwiches and I now have 60 ready for zippers and three more to trim.

I feel like I am finally starting to make headway on this project.

More quilting and plants galore

Saturday and Sunday were to be all about quilting curved top pouch sandwiches. I did get 11 quilted Saturday

and 10 quilted Sunday

I also got some of them trimmed to size. Here is the trimmed ones and the pile yet to trim

I am using Sulky rayon thread as the top thread to quilt these. I want to use up this thread which I don't use much anymore. Some of the spools were giving me trouble so I pulled out the Sewers Aid and put that on the thread. The thread quit breaking and shredding so that was a big help!

I needed to go to the post office Saturday. While I was out I stopped over at a greenhouse that was having a 20% off sale. I couldn't walk away empty handed! I bought this Xmas cactus that was half off and a pot for it. I love these cream colored terra cotta pots.

And I bought this little Haworthia. I have one of these that was gifted to me years ago, and I love it. This new one has more white on it and two babies.

After looking around the garage, I saw I didn't have any potting soil so Sunday morning I took a trip to get some and a few tiny pots. Now the cactus and Haworthia are both repotted.

I need more space for plants! As much as I try not to increase the number I have, it's not working and I keep propagating more in addition to the new acquisitions. I decided to straighten all the paperwork I had dumped in this chair in a spare room plus go thru the file to discard expired insurance policies, taxes I don't need to keep, and well, you get the drift! The pile next to the chair is for shredding, the next pile is stuff I was looking for, and the last pile is for the recycling bin.

Now that is cleaned up I have room for a table for plants. I pulled out the extension for a desk that was not being used. The desk is in the fabric storage room and has all kinds of fabric on top of it. The extension was tucked under it.

This extension table is downstairs and is heavy. It is put together with cams so it will be easy to unlock the cams and take it apart. It will be much easier to carry each piece upstairs to reassemble. At least that the plan! I may have to ask my neighbor for a hand.

The daffodils are showing flower heads now and the Lenten roses are blooming! It is a few weeks too soon for this.

Brunch, the plumber, and quilting sandwiches

Yesterday was crazy. I had time to stop at the grocery store before I headed to the home office for the WIC brunch. The ladies had done a lovely job putting the gift bags together and decorating the tables.

The food was too fussy. There were fancy tea sandwiches with lettuce and cucumber (yuck!) and there were onions on the chicken and waffles! There were mini quiches that weren't too bad and a egg and potato focaccia. Also, plenty of different beverages and pastries.

Our gift bag contained a very nice monogramed rain jacket and a clear purse fill with goodies.

After that was over, I headed home to do some more straightening up before the plumber showed up. I had boxes to cut up and put in the recycling (where did they all come from?),  vacuuming,  hauled the groceries upstairs to put away, I laid out the parts for the new laundry tub, did another load of laundry and folded the two loads I had done the day before, and the list goes on and on. The plumber was running a bit late and that was ok by me. He replaced the shut off valves for the toilet and one under the sink that had been leaking. I still have to try and get more of that rust stain removed

he added a different shut off valve for the line for the water for the whole house. That wasn't on my list, but he looked at what was there and said he just could live with himself if he had left it the way it was.

He then had enough time to pull the old laundry tub

and install the new one

After he left I decided to change the cover on my pressing mat. I had spilled some oil on it and I didn't want that to get on anything.

I finished out the day by quilting more sandwiches for those curved top pouches. I got 10 done.

I just can't keep up!

I have a plumber coming today to fix a couple leaks. The shut off valve for the toilet has been leaking awhile.

I finally got around to calling my HVAC company to ask if they would recommend a plumber. I have been dragging my feet on this. There is also a once in a while drip under one of the sinks so they are going to look at that too. I decided at the last minute I would like to get my laundry sink replaced. The faucet drips sometimes and it was a cheap unit. The legs are not adjustable, so the water doesn't drain off the ledge where the faucet is. I stopped last night and bought a new one. I called the plumbing company, and they don't if the fellow will have enough time to install it. It all depends on how the fellow's other calls go. I will get as much ready as I can to help save time.

I will be trying out this steam cleaner to see if I can get the rust stains off the bathroom tile. I have to read the direction first.

Vicki asked about what was in the elixir I am taking so here is a picture of the ingredients.

Life is just coming way too fast! I have these erasable calendars that I hang on a door and I erased two of them and filled out April and May! Geeze I have a lot to do and it is coming fast!