Now we are making progress

I got those blocks sewn last and so that first block now has company!

I managed to get a few more strips sewn together and cut too! I will sew these tonight.

I don't know how big I am going to make this quilt yet. The finished blocks will be 10" so I might make it 90" x 100".

Yesterday I told you about the water bottle that my nephew engraved at the library, he also make this vinyl sign.

You can also borrow baking pans and art work from the library!

Here is the sunrise this morning. This picture does not do it justice. It was magnificent!

16 patch progress

I now have six more blocks ready for sewing together. I will do that tonight after work.

When I met up with my brother, SIL, and nephew to help wallpaper I was given a custom engraved water bottle. My nephew engraved it at all places … the library! I guess the library has all kinds of different machines including one that makes vinyl signs too.

Remember the Akron Art Prize I entered four times with my embroidered t-shirt pieces? I got an email that it has gone under so no more Akron Art Prize. It lasted seven years.

Progress on the 16 patch

First, I thank all of you for your get well wishes. Overall I feel a whole lot better! I still have a bit of a cough, but other than that I am almost over this cold. I am glad it only lasted a bit over a week rather than drag out for a month!

I finally took down the Harley quilt top so I could start using that design wall to hand up the 16 patch blocks. Here is the one lonely block hanging - LOL!!

I spent time on Sunday cutting more prints. I dug thru my African Dutch Wax prints and found some blue prints which I needed. With the digging around, I cleaned up three more shelves in the fabric storage room. Slowly the fabric storage room is looking better. Here is what the strips look like now hanging

I have the pieces cut and ready to sew together for the next block. I think I will stop cutting for awhile and gets some blocks made.

Friday I was so tired I could hardly keep my eyes open so I went to bed early. Saturday I helped my brother, SIL, and nephew hang wallpaper for 6 1/2 hours. Where the paper is going is in another room of the new studio Michael is putting together for a fellow. The studio will be for recording, rehearsals, and shooting videos. The space consists of the main recording/rehearsal room with a separate engineering booth, a storage room for instruments and cords, an isolation booth for one or two people to record in, and this latest room is for video recording. I took a few pictures of the progress of the paper hanging. We hung 14 lengths of paper before I was too tired to do any more. The wallpaper was 27 1/2" wide so one strip covered a larger area which was nice.

The paper is going to be painted black on some walls and white on others. Since I was too sick to help the week before, they installed the floor instead. I don't know if I will be needed next weekend to help again or not. My brother did most of the work smoothing the paper onto the wall and he was getting the hang of the process so they might not need me to help finish this.

Lucky find

I was digging around last evening for more prints and came upon a pile of strips. These are African Dutch Wax fabric. This is going to save me some work! I will have to trim the strips from 3 1/2" to 3", but that is an easy job.

I am feeling better. I have my cough under control and I am not as tired all the time. Today is a week since this cold started, so I am glad to feel as good as I do after 7 days. Sometimes you never know how long one of these is going to drag on. Thanks for all your get well wishes!

I have no big plans for the weekend except to get plenty of rest and get over the final lingering symptoms of this cold. Have a great weekend!

A few more cut

I still feel lousy and energy level is zero. I managed to get a few more strips cuts, but that is about it. All my energy is used for trying to get thru the workday and there is not any left by the time I get home from work. I am sure I will feel better in a couple of days.

Rough four days

I started feeling a cold coming on at work on Friday. Saturday I felt awful, Sunday a little better but the coughing started, and Monday I had zero energy. When I had a moment that I felt a little better throughout the weekend, I would dig thru my stash for prints and got a few strips cut.

Here is a stack I still need to cut strips from.

I still have a lot more fabric to sort thru. I did find quite a few scraps mixed in with my yardage that was just enough to get two 3" x 42" strips out of.

Today I feel a bit better and I am not coughing as much.

More strips

I only managed to get a few more strips cut, but it is better than none! What is nice is I am using up bits and pieces and not just cutting off of yardage. I probably won't be able to tell that I have cleared out some scraps because there is a lot more!

I am going to try and get more solid strips cut and maybe get into cutting some of the prints too this weekend. I have a lot of things I would love to work on this weekend including getting those door final painted for my new cabinet.

Chris - you are a no reply, but I appreciate your comment. I am excited to find some prints to go with the solids and start getting this quilt put together. I will probably make more blocks than I need, but I will use those to make baby quilts or veteran quilt tops to send to Vicki of Colorways

Have a great weekend!