T-shirt quilt

I made a bit more progress on the t-shirt quilt. I still have a few more shirts to press the interfacing on. I am realizing that I because these shirts are small, I won't have enough for a full size quilt which is what they asked for. I am going to ask to have them send me the backs of the shirts so I have more material to work with so I can make this quilt the size they want.

I am looking forward to the weekend. Have a great one!

All kinds of goings on

I managed to get the b&w quilt all pin basted.

The plumber and electrician showed up right on time. They double teamed the problem sink piping and garbage disposal

1 and 1/2 hours later the new garbage disposal was intalled, the piping under the sink had be fixed, and the GFI had been replaced. Everything is finally working properly! It will be such a treat to be able to use both sinks and not have to run an extension cord from the only other receptacle in the kitchen to where I needed to work at the larger countertop. Here is the before piping

and the after

Once the bottom of the sink base cabinet is good and dry, I will give it a sand and a fresh coat of paint to spruce it up a bit. The UPS man brought me a new piece of Le Cruset cast iron. I can't wait to wash it in the fixed sink and cook in it. Isn't it beautiful? For the last year or so I have really been into acquiring cast iron cookware. This was on sale so it was a good score!

After the plumber left I got started on laundry and pressing the interfacing on the latest t-shirt quilt. For now I am just sticking them on my design wall. There are a lot of little shirts so I hope I have enough to make a decent sized quilt. They have already been cut, but the lady did a good job so that is a relief.

My foot is feel better. I taped it and rubbed peppermint oil on it. I put a pillow under my foot last night while I slept to elevate it and that seemed to help. It is just a bit sore today, but doesn't hurt when I walk. Thank you for all your suggestions and empathy.

New project and a phone call

Yesterday I was handed over a box containing t-shirts for a new project. This will be a graduation gift for a relative of a lady I work with. She had told the mother not to cut up the shirts, but she did. I will make it work! My plan is now to finish pin basting the b&w quilt then set it aside to work on this t-shirt quilt.

Last evening I was trying to run around the house making preparations for the plumber today, but it was hard. After my lunchtime walk my right heel was hurting with every footstep. You know that if your feet hurt, you hurt all over. It was a struggle to get done what I needed to last evening. This has happened before, but the pain usually goes away after a bit of a rest. Not this time; it still hurt some when I got up this morning. I took a Tylenol and it feels better now. When I did sit down for a minute last night to rest my foot, I got a phone call from the fellow I gave the music quilt and the Ella doggie quilt to. He almost could not put into words how thrilled he was with the quilts. He commented on the details in the music quilt and the colors of Ella's quilt.

He wanted to know how I knew that Ella's quilt would match his house. He said he had a green wall, an orange couch, and Ella's coats were purple. I was happy that he loved the quilts.

Getting prepared

In anticipation of the plumber and electrician's visit, I am trying to be prepared. I don't know what evening they are coming yet and I want to be ready for whenever that is. So last night I made the cookies for Wednesday's St. Patrick's Day luncheon at work. I didn't want to take a chance on making them tonight in case the plumber would call at the last minute and say he was coming. The plumber comes first! I made 5 dozen cut out shamrock cookies. The house smelled so good it was hard to fall asleep last night.

Tonight I want to wash the kitchen floor, bring up the new garbage disposal from the garage, get a bucket and old towels for any water that spills, clean out anything that is stored under the sink, and have a couple of foam mats so the plumber doesn't have to lay on the hard tile. The only sewing related activity yesterday was getting a button sewn on my jacket. This has needed done for a week and a half.

and I got a bit more quilting done on the 2010 quilt. I looked this up on my blog because I couldn't remember why I made this quilt. I had participated in Tonya's Liberated Amish Quilt Challenge and this was my entry. I also came across when I had made the music quilt I just finished. I had pieced it in 2012.

Next project

The next project I am going to tackle is this black and white quilt. I can't tell you how many years ago I made it. It measures 104 3/4" x 90.5". I got the majority of it pin basted. The area left to pin baste is circled. Yes, even with an 8' x 8' table I still have to move the quilt around to get to the all the areas.

A couple of things interfered with getting the b&w top pin basted. I was doing dishes and heard water dripping under the sink. Crap not again! I bet I have had four people "fix" the piping under my sink over the years and nobody seems to make their repair work last! I don't understand; it is not that difficult of a job. I just don't have the know how or the strength to do the work myself. See in this picture how the horizontal pipe from the garbage disposal to the trap has come apart?

This was just "fixed" last spring! I tried to put it back together myself, but in reality the horizontal pipe is too short and it was forced together at the fitting. Eventually it just came apart. I texted my next door neighbor and he hooked me up with a plumber that is coming maybe Wednesday. The garbage disposal quit working too so he is going to replace that. There is also an electrical issue. The switch for the disposal quit working and I think the GFI to the left in this picture is the culprit because it doesn't work anymore either. I tried to reset it and check the breakers, but no luck.  It will be nice to have this receptacle working again.  I only have one other receptacle in the kitchen so it makes it hard to get anything done.  I have been draping an extension cord over the sink to this area where I have more counterspace when I want to use my mixer.

The plumber said he would bring his brother who is an electrician and they would fix it right. I have never lived in a house where I continuously have issues with the kitchen sink plumbing. I has been a pain to wash dishes in the little side of the sink which still works ok.  It was hard to wash the 12 quart stock pot the little side sink. LOL!!! 

 Then I had to take (waste more time!) the new phone I got on Friday back to the store on Sunday afternoon because my picture didn't download on the new phone, my emojis were gone, and my Fitbit didn't sync. They got the pictures and the emoji thing fixed and showed me how to sync my Fitbit.  I still need to figure out how to sync the phone up in the car.  This is why I have delayed getting a new phone; it is such a pain getting it to work.  My phone was six years old and it wouldn't update anymore and the battery needed charged all the time.   I stopped at a gelato place on the way home for a treat. I got a small chocolate and it was delicious! I put a 4 oz jar next to it so you could see the size of the small. Next time I think I will need to get a bigger serving!

12th finish for 2021 and the last of this batch of vinyl bags

My sister cross stitched this stocking and passed it to me to finish it. I had it on my UFO/TO Do list and it is done! I am happy with the way it turned out. The poinsettia fabric that I used on the back and lining is fabric that was Mom's that she used in one of the family Xmas quilts. One more thing off the list!

While I was out and about on Friday I stopped by JoAnn's to get more vinyl since I had used up everything I had. Just so you know I buy the one with the tissue paper printed in yellow. I don't know the weight or mills.

While I was walking around looking for the vinyl, I found a roll of pink vinyl that was marked down. I bought a yard of it and made my sister a bag using the pink instead of the clear. I put the lining fabric in the picture so you can see that the fabric was white and pink.

I finished up the vinyl project bags that I had cut out the other day. Here they are

The vinyl project bags are all packed up with a quilt and the stocking; they will get shipped tomorrow. The two bigger bags would not fit in the USPS box so those will go separately. I ended up making 23 bags, 20 go to my sister, one for me, one for the lady's stepdaughter, and one that I am mailing to a blogger friend. I have a feeling I will be making more of these!

Vinyl Project Bags are almost done

I think it takes longer to cut out all the pieces and parts than to sew these bags together! LOL!! I have made good progress and here are twelve of them done. Most of them measure 10" x 13". I did make a couple smaller ones from scraps of vinyl and two bigger ones that measure 12" x 14"

Here are some pictures of the fronts and the backs

Then when I was straightening up I found another piece of scrap vinyl so I my myself a bag. I also had zipper pieces so all I g=had to cut out was the backing and lining. It measure 12 x 9" and is the perfect size for a small project.

I have six more cut out and ready to sew together and I will be done with making these until I get a request or I need another one myself.