We've Been Painting

Bedroom #1 Before




Bedroom #1 After

Bedroom #2 Before

After



They both wanted Star Wars. I had painted the farm mural 3 years ago. It was really hard to decide to paint over it but it needed to be done. They were putting so much stuff on their walls.

Here is my living room. Not sure if I like it yet.

Collage of 2010 Finishes

I joined Flicker

I just joined Flicker. You can find a sampling of all my quilts from 2010 on there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/25196429@N02/

Look What Ventured into Our Yard

We had a racoon visit us today. It has been in the 40s the last few days with lots of fog so the photos are a little hard to see. He even climbed a tree.

The End of 2010

I hope everyone had a great Christmas. We had the stomach flu the weekend before. My sister and her family made it back from DC for Christmas. We had not seen them in 1.5 years and I got to meet my 6 month old niece. SO CUTE! Unforunately they got the stomach flu Xmas day so we had to stay away from them for a while. The boys had a wonderful time with their cousins and loved all their presents. Except for my youngest, we got him a snow board and he said his cousin could have it :)
I have some quilt photos to share when I get some time to put them on my computer. I finished a 12 Days of Christmas quilt - I love it so much I bought more fabric to make stockings and a tree skirt to match.
I started a double hourglass quilt using Fresh Squeezed by Sandy Gervais. I just have to sew the rows together. Today I started a small table mat of stars. It is a mini pattern using 1.25 inch squares. My machine is not cooperating with such small pieces of fabric so it is slow going.
Had a wonderful night out with my husband tonight, my work hosted a dinner for my department. The kids are sleeping at Grandma and Grandpas for the night. I am hoping to do a little sale shopping tomorrow then we will do movie night with the kids for New Year's Eve.
Hope everyone is doing well. Will do a post of photos soon. Have a great last day of the year. Happy New Year's!!

Now for the quilts

Along with the house remodel, we have been fighting the stomach flu and now a sinus infection. Also my dog has been put on prozac to try and control her peeing in the house. She was a stray I picked up on the side of the road and she pees whenever she is excited or nervous so basically we can't touch her. So far so good. Now on to the quilting!

 This quilt is made from Denise Schmidt fabrics that I got in Minnesota this summer. I can't remember the name of the pattern, but it goes together very fast and is fun to do.

 Here are a couple of Fruitcake tablerunners for teachers.

 This pumpkin tablerunner was started almost 2 years ago. I finally finished it last week. I tried scalloped edges along the border - not too bad to do. The hand stitching of the wool pieces was why it took so long.

 I started these squares  to be made into a pillow (I need three more) but I don't think I am cut out for the free quilting on these. It was very stressful to get these 6 done. I am planning on just making them into a tablerunner instead.

 One more Fruitcake tablerunner. This is a Moda Bakeshop tutorial.

Here is my 12 Days of Christmas quilt. I saw this pattern on Moda Bakeshop and started it that same day. This and the Denise quilt are ready to be quilted. Hopefully I will start them this weekend. I plan on doing the Denise in a pebble pattern.

Well that is all for now. Thanks for stopping by!



I am alive!

I can't believe it has been over a month since I last posted. I have been very busy around the house. We finally got the drain tile and sump pump put in, retiled the basement, redid the downstairs and the upstairs bathroom. I finally have my house and my sewing room back.

Photos of the downstairs bathroom and my first Dresden plate and tumbler quilt. I still need to make a frame to put around the Dresden. I have always feared these thinking they were too hard but it was fun to do.

Upstairs bathroom - the walls are a very soothing blue-grey. My son says it is very pretty.

Also a couple photos of my sewing room.

I have also been very busy sewing xmas presents. I will be back with a post of the quilt projects. I need to make supper right now :)