Quilt top #3 done

Here it is - the third quilt top out of the UFO strips and some colored squares I cut from a UFO from 2015 that went away. It is 48.5" x 60".

I got the binding made for the four tops I had planned on sending to Vicki.

I got started on the fourth top. I think this one will need the turquoise binding. The two triangle sections had been sewn together over a year ago so I just added scraps to make it the size I needed.

Saturday it was warm - like 60 degrees out - so I decided it was time to move the cora bells from the front garden someplace else. They really don't like it in this front bed because it is in full sun and the cora bells prefer some shade. I dug them up

and I decided to move them to beside the garage. It was a messy job because the ground is clay.

Here they are all replanted. I know they will be happier here as this area never gets direct sun.

I also put some of the plants under the deck. I had a lot of babies that fell off the big plants so if they survive I will have plants to share!

I then covered up the front bed with black plastic to kill the weed seeds over the next couple of months until I replant this bed. I did cut the plastic around the daylily so it wouldn't get killed. I think I will plant coneflowers here because they are perennials and the deer don't' eat them.

I forgot ...

to post the pictures my sister sent me with her dentist. He and his wife just had a baby girl about 13 weeks ago and I sent my sister a quilt for the baby. She said he loved it and she says she is now his favorite patient!

I also forgot how fun it is to get a package of fabric. Last night I received two - one from Hancock's of Paducah and one from ebay. Yes a bit more minion fabric!
From Hancock's I got such a great deal on pink Jolly Roger - $2.99 a yard! The other two pinks for baby girl quilts were $4.99 a yard.

Also from Hancock' was this Timeless Treasure black and white print for $2.99. I thought it would make a cute back for baby quilts so I bought six yards.

A couple of Halloween fabrics at $4.99

Then to round out my order I got these three minion fabrics for $5.99 a yard

From ebay I got this cute minion fabric which I had never seen before. It was about 4 3/4 yards and came to $5.26 a yard and shipping was free!

I had to wash a load of my work clothes last night so I threw in some of the fabric as there was plenty of room in the washer. This is all washed, pressed, and ready to be made into quilts!

I made cookies last night for the guys - Pecan Sandies. Oh my goodness they are good! I got the recipe from For Love of the Table. Toasting the pecans really upped the taste of these. I would definitely make these again. I double the recipe, but I think I made the cookies bigger than they were suppose to be. I also didn't take the time to roll into balls and flatten with a glass. I just made balls and flatten them with my hand. I already took them out to the job site and the guys were devouring them.

I managed to get three more rows sewn on the quilt top. I will have it done for sure this weekend and I have enough scraps to make one more.

Have a great weekend!

Garage, walking, demo, and quilt top - Oh my!

The garage door is fixed! The fellow did an excellent job and tweaked a few other issues.

Yesterday I walked the site with one of the contractors to rewire the fence where people have tried and/or have made access to the site at night. He took me threw the remaining building as the debris field in one area was too bad to try and walk thru. It was interesting seeing the demolition from inside the building. The structure standing is very stable so there were no issues of walking thru there, but I never would have done it on my own.

I dug thru my stash and found some fabric that I can use for the binding on the quilt tops. It doesn't match exactly, but there are so many colors the colors of the binding fabric will work fine.

I got a lot of steps in yesterday again. What I noticed today is that I am finally starting to recover quicker which I am thrilled about. It has taken a long time and a lot of steps over the last two years! Yesterday steps:

I already have 7,601 for the day so far so I think it will be another big step count today.

I was up early this morning and managed to get three more rows sewn on the third vet quilt top.

Slowing me down

Last night I was still a bit tired, but I had a list of stuff to do - return CD's to the library, a couple loads of laundry, clean the chickens I had put in a pot on the stove at lunch, gather the recycling and trash for pickup today, make cookies for the guys at work, and maybe do a bit of sewing.

The CD's were returned - Check!

Two loads of laundry done - Check!

Clean the chickens - Check! Aw - more broth for today!

Mixed up the cookie dough and put it in the fridge.

Then I went to take the trash out to the garage and I notice that the safety cable for the springs for the garage door was not where it was suppose to be. After some looking around I saw the bracket that holds the pipe which the springs are on came off the wall about 6 inches. The bolts holding it to the wall had come out of the wall. I was able to push the bracket back, but with the tension on it there was no way to lift it to bolt the bracket back to the wall. I called the garage door guys already this morning and hopefully they can come today and fix it. I didn't want to try and open the door for damaging it, so I walked to work this morning. Here is the bracket that is ok

Here is the one that pulled out of the wall. See how the rod is sitting on the door track?

Gather up trash - check! I had to take the bin out the garage man door this morning

Get the bin down the steps and drag it up the side yard slope, but it is sitting at the curb so I would call that a success.

Earlier I looked at the front flower beds and the daffodils are coming up because it has been so warm.

I received more minion fabric last night. I got a panel and one yard of the orange and yellow print.

This fabric got washed, pressed, and is ready to go.

Squeeze in some texting and a couple of phone calls and I was done for the day. I ended up with this for steps for the day which was more than I thought I would.

I was up early enough time morning I baked the cookies so I could take them to work.

Cookies packed and deliver - check!

No sewing happened; the unexpected garage door problem slowed me down.

Better than nothing

I had a busy day at work yesterday. The contractor was taking down a part of the building that was closest to the new school and care had to be taken. I was outside a lot. The temp was 32 and by end of day I was beat. As soon as I sat down my legs just stiffen up and it was all I could do to get up the steps and make some dinner. Here are my steps for the day

Here is the building before

And here is the after. The lighting is coming from the big curtainwall of glass on the natatorium. The contractor did a great job and falling this section of the building went off without a hitch.

Let's just say I went to bed early, really early, last night. After a couple of Excedrin this morning I am feeling much better. I managed to be up early enough to get two rows sewn together on the 3rd quilt top. Like I said - better than nothing!

Two tops done

Here are the two tops I finished this weekend. Both tops are about 48" x 60".

I have another top on the design wall ready for stitching together.

I have been using these strips I cut last year for baby quilts. These are on my UFO list. Last year I made 5 baby quilts and these are what I had left.

Here is what the strips look like now. I may have to cut some light strips just to used up what is remaining. I think I can get one more top out of what is left. I also removed the flannel strips I had mixed in with the cotton fabric.

Gone off the deep end!

I was going to try and not buy much fabric this year, but I have already jumped off the deep end. I am going to make several minion quilts for birthday gifts this year so I needed to get a bit more fabric to add to what I already had. Here is what I already had which I had bought on sale for like five bucks a yard except for the minions on scooters which was gifted to me by my sister.

I hit another sale this week and picked up more at five bucks a yard. The shipping was very reasonable and it came fast! All the way from Texas to Ohio in two days! Fort Worth Fabric Studio did a lovely job of packaging the fabric and included a pen and some hot chocolate! It is a good thing the fabric was wrapped in plastic because the box sat on my stoop in the pouring rain.

Hancock's of Paducah had minion fabric for six bucks and I picked up a few more pieces plus several other pieces that were in their clearance sales. I went ahead and bought enough to qualify for free shipping. I will probably get that next week along with three more pieces I got on ebay. I think I now have plenty to work with and can't wait to start making minion quilts!

I did work on the log cabin top last evening. I was just too tired to finish it, but it is almost done.

I would love to get two more done this weekend. They need to be about 48" x 60".

Have a great weekend!