Design Wall Monday

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No finishes, but a new start!

We showed our house 20 times this week... got 2 offers and chose the best, a full price with no contingencies (except the inspection). Hurray! So we will be moving before the middle of July.

Here's the new start. I'll keep it a mystery for a while, but want it done before I move. Strips sewn together hanging around waiting their turn.

 The lime green got it's turn first. I love this combo of lime and navy.

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And under the heading

Hubby Antics

Here's the "Castles in the Sky" of being Diabetic and 72. When you were young did you ever dream of all these pills?  Me neither. Here's your spot in history, Hunny.  LOL

So I'm linking up the Whoop Whoop Friday at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  See what others have linked up.

 

Have a Sew Wonderful Weekend!

 

Hugs

 

So I thought I'd stay away...

but I just couldn't. I took some pictures I want to share with you, and then I'm going to go mess up my sewing room again. LOL

Us in the airport at MSP (Minneapolis-St.Paul, Minnesota). A nice young couple wanted their picture taken here, so we took theirs and they took ours. We had to bend waaaay down to fit our faces. I guess it was only for kids, but we are kids, just antique kids.

 

This is our new house. 3 bedrooms 3 baths - one on each floor (perfect for an old lady). 1650 square feet of rooms plus a full basement and 2 car garage.

And last week this was the state of my orchids. A whole bunch more bloomed. Whatever I'm doing, they like it. (That's not just a oatmeal box there in the front, that's my granddaughter's invention, a 'Hersey' - her 3 or 4 year old pronunciation of horsey. It's a plastic golf club for the stick. I can still see her galloping through the house using that.... she's 19 next month. Aren't you glad I didn't mention your name, Rachael?  It's one of my bestest memories, and one of my best sentimental possessions. (It'll be there in my house until I'm gone.)

 

Without the very excellent memories.

Here is what the sewing room looks like now. Still more packing to do. I have a project set out to work on, but I'll have to be careful not to make a big mess. I don't want to clean anymore.

(Ashleigh, you need to come over and help make this quilt quick before I move away.)

 

This is the prize I made up for the H2H. It was going to be 8 different 1/8th pieces, but I couldn't cut that small... really, can anyone use that little a bit of fabric. So I cut fat quarters (somewhat loosely), and made sure that there was a designer name on it, if I had it.

  It was won by Jocelyn Pleus.  Just waiting for her to send me her snail mail address.

 

 

 Sew have a wonderful week,

Hugs

 

 

Been Tripping

We were gone to Superior, Wisconsin for the past week, looking for a new house.... Yes, I'm moving again. Ugh!  It's our old stomping grounds and a place where we could get a really nice bigger home for a price we can afford. Here's the showing on realtor.com:

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/2601-Ogden-Ave_Superior_WI_54880_M77566-01264

We made an offer and they have accepted. Now we have to sell this one. It's  a nicer part of town, close to lots of stuff and lower in crime than the area with lots of homes for sale. Ours is a reasonable price. Our Realtor says it should sell quickly. I'm just glad to have a place on the other end, first.

I didn't do any sewing last week.  I started packing the sewing room.  I'm 2 weeks in arrears on my bookcase quilt, but I can't work on it either because there is so much else to do. I've gotta pack out the sewing room and clean up to show buyers the house... and keep it clean for the wannabee buyers. I probably won't be blogging much either, although that activity is less of a mess than quilting. So know that I'm with you all in spirit, love your latest endeavors, but with nothing to show, I'll probably be incognito for a while.

Hugs,

The Last Dark Green Saturday

I might have to do some 4 patches instead of these butterflies... they take so long, and I'm not getting as much quilting time now (that I'm moving again) as I'd like to have.

Hope you all are having a beautiful Spring or near Summer day where you are. Here it's sunny and breezy and about 65 F. The perfect day... to do yard work.

Hugs,

Fun Fabric Trip to Fabric Depot - Portland OR

We have lived here in Vancouver WA for over 6 months now, and finally we went to my favorite place in the vicinity... Fabric Depot.  You can see how huge the place is... lots of it is quilting fabric.

 

 

 I got a couple of fat quarters and some Grandma Jewelry.... It's a bright light on a ring of hook & loop.  I'm having trouble hand sewing at night watching TV. This will be just the thing.

These are much more colorful than the photograph.

3 of these are purples and a yellow affecting the color of that one next to it.

 

So my weekend was wonderful so far, and I hope you have one as great.

 

Hugs

 

 

 

 

Blue Green and light blues for June

Here's the Crayon Reveal
Regular blues on the right were shown for January. Blue greens on the left are shown in the lower picture.

Shown on the left are Periwinkle, Robin's Egg Blue and Cadet Blue (kind of a greyed color).

On the right are Sky Blue, Turquoise Blue and Blue Green. So now that you know, Sew On.

May 30 is the next Saturday and still a green showing.

I'm glad Angela chose blue green and light blues. They remind me of the cloudless sky... a nearly summer thing.

 

Hugs,