All sewn together

I got all the blocks sewn together. Tonight I will press them. Yeah for progress!

Getting stuff done

I was so tired Friday after work and Saturday I only managed to work on the pink and lavender flannel quilt. I got the rest of the pieces sewn together so that the next step is sewing the two halves together to make the four patch. Here is my stack of units paired up.

Sunday I was feeling better and I needed to make up for slacking off on Saturday. I did four loads of laundry, worked on the project I can't show you yet, and cooked food for lunches. I headed outside and four hours later I had mowed the grass and worked on the center flower bed. Here is the before

I moved all those rocks again since I didn't think they stuck up above the grade of the grass far enough. I dug down a little bit and put a brick under the rocks to elevate them. My arms are sore from moving them around. I added five wheelbarrows of dirt and finally planted the coneflowers that have been in pots for months.

I still need to top the dirt with sweet peat, but I will wait until I get a bit more done. I figure I am one quarter the way done. I need to get enough done at this end of the oval so I can get the three lavender plants in pots into the ground.

Thank goodness it is Friday!

What a week. I was so tired after finally getting home from work all I could do is make some dinner and take a shower. With running around and pounding on the computer all day, when I get home I just want to stop and do nothing.

It is FINALLY cooler! The humidity is still high - 69% - but it is 49 degrees and it feels wonderful! It is suppose to stay cooler all weekend so maybe I can go out and work in the front yard. I need to get the rock edging done on my big flower bed, plant the coneflowers and lavender plants that have been in pots for months, and get rid of this pile of dirt that has been in the driveway all summer.

Much of that dirt will be going in the big flower bed. I just need to get it out of the driveway before the snow flies in a few months.

I want to work on the project I can't show you too. I have a feeling the weekend is going to go quickly! Have a great weekend!

More progress on the flannel quilt

I got the rest of the units sewn together that make up one half of the 4-patch blocks.

I started pressing them and matching them up into pairs

I still have some 3 1/2" squares left

so I am going to take the leftover bits and make a few more 2" x 3 1/2" pieces to sew together then add on the 3 1/2" squares.

I was so hot at work yesterday. With having to help clean up the dusty footprints, I was sweating. This morning it is 70 degrees with the humidity 92%. It is not cooler like it was forecasted. When it is that sticky the construction dirt sticks to your skin and clothes. It is not fun.

A little sewing

I only got a few more units sewed together for the pink and lavender flannel quilt. These still need pressed and matched up to make 4 patch blocks.

I had a tree guy meet me after work. I need to take down a very tall and bushy pine tree that is about 10-12 feet away from the house. I have had the tree trimmed so the branches don't hit the house, but now the tree is getting lopsided and trimming a 50' tree is not going to happen. There was a raccoon that used the tree to jump on the roof last Saturday so I am getting rid of his pathway and taking the tree down. My neighbor has a beautiful magnolia tree that branches run into this pine, so it will be good for that specimen tree to have the pine removed. Then when the magnolia blooms in the spring I will be able to see a lot more of it and enjoy the color.

Work on the canopy continues. Here is a picture of underneath. Piles of dirt and materials everywhere! The concrete guys were pouring and forming curbs, the snow melt guys were installing pipes, and the mason was setting up for building the columns. Lots of action!

Was in the pile

As I cleaned up the studio I came across these pieces again. I know I have shown them before. I had a box of vintage fabric given to me and these pieces were in it. I laid them out and now I need to count the pieces to see if they are all there or I need to go digging thru the box for a misplaced piece. I want to use vintage off white fabric for the background so I am going to have to go thru my stash and see what I can find. Old pillow cases would be a perfect background fabric and I know I have a few of those.

I ended up fixing my shower control valve, doing a load of laundry and watching a movie "No Country for Old Men". The movie was on the list of 100 movies to see and I was disappointed. Did the bad guy kill the guy's wife? How does someone walk away from a car accident with a compound fracture to the arm and continue on his quest to find the guy who had the money? The whole thing was far fetched.

At work we are building a MRI room. Much more complicated than I would have thought. First, the ceiling and part of the walls needed to be covered with fire resistant plywood. Then part of the walls, the ceiling, and floor needed to be covered with steel sheets. I have no idea about why some areas get the steel sheeting and others don't.

Then the floor was covered with 3" of concrete on top of the steel sheeting.

This is after the basement ceiling, which is under the MRI room, had been reinforced with I-beams and covered in steel sheeting. We are not done yet! Next there is another layer of fire resistant plywood and more after that! Those walls are going to be thick once they are done! In case of a tornado I am headed to the MRI room for shelter! The room is below ground with masonry walls.

Then the new front canopy is going up. This will be the main entrance for drop offs and pickups.

They are finishing up welding the deck on this morning. I have no idea what is next, but I will watch and post a picture tomorrow of the progress. The concrete curbs and sidewalks are getting poured also so there is a lot of action at the main entrance. We need to have this done before winter sets in.

Dealing with piles

It was hot this past weekend - in the mid 80's - way hotter than it is suppose to be this time of year. The humidity is brutal too so I stayed indoors in the A/C as much as possible. I did have to mow and trim. It was hard with the sun beating on me.

Since I stayed indoors it was time to do a bit of cleaning and deal with piles. You know, those piles that just seem to appear! I moved some scraps around and emptied three containers. Two of the containers I wanted to put the flannel projects in them, so I had one for the baby quilt top blocks and the other I put the blocks in for the 9-patch quilt. Then I had kept the box from the new fry pan I bought a couple months ago and it was perfect for the pink and lavender pieces. Now if I need my big table for laying out something it will be easy to just move those containers.

I also now have a pile of four patch blocks

I have a pile of pieces that need sewn together to make more 4-patch blocks

and here is a pile of squares and pieced patches to make more units for more 4-patch blocks.

My sewing studio looks so much better with the clean up this weekend. I also did some cooking, dishes, and visiting family this weekend too. The temps this week are 87 today, 85 tomorrow, 81 Wednesday and 69 Thursday. It is going to be brutal at work with the heat and humidity so I am looking forward to Thursday. So with the cool down finally happening maybe next weekend I can get the garage straightened up and work on the rock borders for the large flower bed. I would like to get the pile of dirt out of the driveway before it snows.