Painting, a present and cutting fabric OH MY!

After work it was in the 40's so I kept the garage door open and sanded the three lengths of baseboard that still need painted.

After sanding and wiping them down I put on a light coat of primer. I had to close the door because the wind had picked up. A light sanding tonight and I can put on the first coat of paint. Once I get these painted I can start to install it in the house. I am going to do the master bedroom first so I can get the mattress out of the kitchen.

Yesterday I went to lunch with a friend and we exchanged presents. I gave her the tower of lock n' lock containers filled with cookies and green tea bags. She gave me this nifty flashlight. The flashlight is LED, rechargeable, and I can charge my cell phone with it! It is much lighter weight than my Halo so if I go walking it will be lighter to carry.

I ended up on the phone for awhile with my sister so I only got a few pieces of the blue fabric cut out for the next round of herringbone quilts. I woke up at 1:00 a.m. and could not go back to sleep so I got up and cut fabric for two and a half hours. Here is the pile of fabric when I started. This is fabric from my stash and as I went thru it there were many small and odd shaped pieces.

This is what the pile looks like now. The fabric on the left are pieces I saved for bindings.

Here are the pieces pinned on the design wall.

I still need to go thru my scrap bins and pull the blues that I can get a 4 1/2" x 16 1/2" piece out of. While going thru the bins I will sort out the blues and put them in their own bin.

Here are the scraps that are left from cutting my stash fabrics. I will set these aside for now and eventually cut them into squares or rectangles.