What I Have Been Up To

I have spent the last few days working on my guest blogger article for Electric Quilt.  It took me almost four weeks to come up with an idea.  My first thought was to write about how to learn EQ but that didn't feel right.  So I let it just roll around in my head.  Finally on Sunday night the idea came to me to write about some of the fun things I have done in EQ. 

So when I receive the link to the article I will share it here.  Some of the things I wrote about are handouts, custom borders and labels.  I just sent it off tonight so I'll be curious to know what they think.

A couple of new improvements in the house, my new design wall is up in my sewing room.  See I even made a couple of rows progress on my Twisted Hat.

Here is a close up of the hat. It sure is turning out cute, if I do say so myself.

 Mr. B is building a new book case in the master bedroom in this alcove we had that is only 28 inches wide.  It is going to be very nice when it is completed.


 Well it is time for bed, tomorrow is a work day.

Happy Stitching and Happy EQ Playing!

Remodeling

Yes we have been busy remodeling at our home!


Master Bath Before

The good news is we are almost done!  We removed all the popcorn ceilings from our four bedrooms, painted and had new carpet installed.  We also installed a new tub, tub surround, tile floor and vanity and counter top in the master bath.



New Master Bath

Above look at that old linoleum floor.  We have been in the house 19 years and I am sick of it.  I am thrilled with the results and glad to be getting my home back to normal.  We are down to the putting things away and a little de-junking.  I love the new updated look of the bathroom.



 

Sewing Room Before

One of the funny things that happened is I told Mr. B. to take a couple of boxes to DI (Deseret Industries).  Somehow he didn't follow up with the instruction. This was a few weeks before we started the remodeling.  I think we even asked a son to do this while we were in Miami on vacation.  They ended up in the garage and then back into the house.  Oh well, all is well that ends well.  We will donate them soon. 
 

Sewing Room Before

See the old mauve carpet, also not a favorite color of mine. The new carpet is called Wild Blueberry it is a blue grey and I love it.



Sewing Room Almost Done



Sewing Room Almost Done

We still have some things to do like hang up my design wall.  You can see the insulation sitting on my big board waiting to be hung. 



Basically the big furniture is laid out in the same directions.
I removed the file cabinet and some plastic drawers I had and replaced them with two book cases.  I like them better.  The room feels more open and I have more space for things that weren't fitting in my closet any more.  As you can tell by the top of my cutting table I still have lots of little things to put away.  Also notice the absence of the sewing machine.  I think it will go in tomorrow. 

So know you know why I haven't posted and sewing pictures i haven't been sewing.  I have been working on EQ 7 lessons.  They are kind of hard to post.

Way too Late

to be writing a blog post. So this will be quick.
We had a wonderful vacation in Miami Florida to celebrate our 20th Anniversary.  Here is a shot of one of my favorite places in Miami.

Key Biscayne Lighthouse.

We decided to remove the popcorn ceiling in our four bedrooms and replace the carpet, which is over 20 years old.  It was in the house when we purchased it and we have been here 19 years.  One of those four bedrooms is my sewing room.  Most of the stuff is going out into the garage, but I didn't want my fabric in the garage.

Fabric bins in the family room

Here is most of the fabric bins behind my husbands recliner in the family room.  They can't be seen from the front room but the rest of them may end up in the front room, it isn't forever.

While on vacation I took my fabric to make more Yo-Yos for the quilt by the same name.  Tonight I made the last big center Yo-Yo.  So 81 centers are completed and tacked down to all the backgorund blocks. Seeing how my sewing machine is packed this will be a wonderful hand project to work on.

All Center Yo-Yos are tacked on!

I also managed to teach two EQ 7 classes, one in Miami to my friend Linda and a few of her friends.  One here to several of my quilting buddies.  I do keep busy don't I.

So that is the latest and greatest from my house, I hope all is well at your house!!