Been Busy

I've been busy, but really I've done nothing of interest to post. We installed new blinds on the dining room window. These are 2" oak. Several weeks ago we did the living room windows. Now, we need to get four for the downstairs bedroom. The all the lower level windows will match.
In the photo, there are several socks that I've recently completed and one new pair in progress. In the background is one of the quilts that I pieced at a quiling retreat two weekends ago. There was a post about the weekend and the $8000 sewing machine that we used there. But, I must have done something wrong because that post is not on view. I hope this one works correctly.

I struck Gold!

---or more correctly red and orange. I am finishing cleaning the basement storage area. At the bottom of the basket I found the missing red and orange strips. Already, I have made more then 50 red striped blocks. I do not have enough red fabric for the sashing strips and backing, so that is on my shopping list for this weekend. If I finish the project planned for the weekend, I will probably start adding sashing to these blocks.

Baby quilt

This a baby quilt made for a friend of my daugther in law. It was completed more then a month ago, but I wanted to show it a my quilt meeting last night. Luckily the baby is not due until today. I have not heard any news yet, but best wishes to Ashley and Dennis in Fl.

Organized ???

I purchased a new crock pot last weekend. After 30 years, I finally replaced the old one. Worked great, but would not fit into the space of the old one in the cabinet. So the cabinet needed to be rearranged. Now organized by date (threw out the out dated ones) and type, I hope that it will remain that way. Note to myself: No need to purchase chicken noodle soup for many months. Looks great.

Close by is a table that I use for quilting supplies, that was calling out for attention. There is another cabinet that holds the fabric in bins. The pile on the table is scraps, strips and pieces from completed projects. I began to organize by color. Surprisingly, very few reds and orange, I guess I used them up entirely in the quilts. However, lots of green and blue strips. I ran out of room on the table, so upstairs I went to use up those first piles of scraps.

I straightened up those strips by rotary cutting them into even pieces, any width. Then sewed them together, starting with the longest, then adding on shorter pieces making sure that the same fabrics were not sewn next to each other. Then taking a 6" square ruler, set on point, cut out the squares. Sashing was added to two sides of each square, the all sewn together. Sashing was added to the final two sides, then quilted. I'll add binding later, when I feel like some hand work. Back to the basement, to finish the clean up, maybe find two more quilts hidden the mess.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year from Cape May. Early this morning we drove down to Cape May. We walked the entire length and back on the board walk. Many pleasant people greeted us as the completed their morning jog.

Then we drove down to the state park at the point. They had a lot of rain. The entrance ramp to their viewing platform was flooded. The weather was bright and sunny with a slight breeze. We saw some swans, but they were too far away to get a photo.

Christmas is gone for the year. All the decorations are dowen inside the house. Everything is back to normal. The outside decorations are still up, I like to see them lit when I get home after dark each night.

Yesterday, Sue and I went up to Joanne's for a fabric fix. I got fabric for the quilt I will be making on the Lancaster weekend in several weeks. I got bright batiks for a baby quilt. I plan to begin cutting the fabric this weekend. Photos then.