One more job for the embroidery machine

I have made  ballerina's before but I thought I might make one with a little tulle added to look as if her tutu has some dimension.  That old embroidery machine be small but it be mighty!

One more donation is all done and ready

This is a scrappy log cabin quilt. It has a fleur de lise pattern top stitched on it, because of the backing which is also fleur de lise- it was not hard to figure out what to do it all fell into place well.

Had a friend over who had a pattern for

In the hoop pouch but had not tried it. Some folks are allergic to reading instructions. So there I go and it turned out as expected. SURPRISE. This was done in the hoop on my embroidery machine- so easy!

Luckily I had a blue zipper then I found some fabric scraps

I have been busy

This is a free pattern for the pansy quilt- have no idea why it has that name no matter what colour it doesn't look like a pansy but I suspect they used a pansy patterned fabric on the details. I used blue toned anything, I lined it with fleece and no batting so it is going to be warm and lightweight. I have yet to bind it!

It has been a long summer!

In the last week of April we had a flood in the house due to a broken pipe. The insurance was great and a restoration company showed up almost immediately to remove walls and flooring. Then the wait began with approvals and subcontractors. Almost three months and we are crawling out of boxes! We had the house packed up we were able to have our bed assembled and pushed against one wall. One bath had a toilet intact another a sink. With lots of coordination, consideration for holiday time , we have two almost new baths. One toilet and one shower remained while new vanities and flooring and mirrors were applied and of course new paint no wallpaper!

Furniture was replaced and all but one wall was repainted.  As the fixit men were required to paint 1/2 the house I did the other parts while they went home, in the evening. All new interior doors and continuous flooring throughout.New bedroom furniture and while we are at it I replaced some new towel bars , toilet paper holders and lighting. We have had a forced makeover.

So next up is to see what type of kitchen I will replace the old one with , however in this case we will do the work and it won't be 3 months!! It may take me awhile until I find a new kitchen setup that I want but for now one can dream!! Maybe next summer!

I am so behind and chores that should have been done months before are just getting attention now! The summer has come and gone, I played an important supervisory role with making sure each task was performed. At the end of each day I did a walk through and made notes. Each concern was pleasantly addressed. I am pleased with our contractor- one subcontractor was not one that I would recommend to anyone but we managed to work around him for a good outcome

And then this happened

I managed to lasoo a bit of fabric from a lovely donator. As a result I have been able to make a few quilts for charity cases. I am so far behind because of the house reconstruction but finally after 3 months we are able to navigate around the house. Most things are in an orderly fashion although one never knows what I will change! Ben has given me his den and sorting out his extra toys in the spare bedroom which may take a while to sort out- but I am told it will be eventually

Retaining wall

after 30 + years our rock wall slumped to the depths of despair. We were forced to rebuild at a pretty penny. Lucky for us it is quite a snazzy wall as you will see. We decided to hire out this project as we are no longer able to sling rock as we did with the original rock wall.