KatyQuilts

I finished my little HSTeria top yesterday.

It measures 20″ square at present. I have no idea how I will quilt it.

I can’t believe how many of you said, “Don’t throw away the scraps!” LOL! I didn’t. When it came down to it, I had to use them. I made three mug rugs and can say that I used every stinking bit of those Kaffe charms! Having said that, these are pretty ugly mug rugs and are much more likely to get used than the first one I made.

I’m not a pastel girl so it’s no wonder that these are the scraps left at the end.

I finished a little project at work yesterday too.

Do you like my freshly painted book cart? My supervisor at work let us each paint our own cart whatever color we wanted. We have magenta, orange, red, purple, etc. I am really pleased with how mine turned out. It’s the little things, people!

Linking up with Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday , Vicki at Field Trips in Fiber who is hosting the HSTeria Quilt Along, and with Modern Traditional Quilts for Keep It Simple and Make It Fun.

I got one more HST block made last night.

I am trying to evenly distribute lights and darks but am not concerned with color placement. I have the next one all set out in case I find a few minutes to sew.

Mr. Wonderful was off yesterday and got the computer set up and lots of work done in the office. I moved a lot of stuff from the new sewing room into the office so we can get ready to do the floor in there. My big job this week is to finish painting in there and the stairway.

Remember my old sewing desk that Mr. Wonderful modified for me?

I bought this steel case desk from a thrift store for $25 and He made it so I could set my machines in it flush with the desk top.

Yesterday, he suggested giving it a makeover with white paint. It isn’t finished but already looks SO much better! I am really happy with how this is turning out!

The little white dog has decided he likes the cement floor in the basement.

He really blends in! I had to pay attention so as not to trip over him.

Linking up with Connie at Free Motion by the River for Linky Tuesday.

Yesterday was a lovely day. After church, we went to Daughter #1’s house for dinner. We came home and went back to work. Baseboards in the office are done.

And Mr. Wonderful and I moved furniture into the office.

Sadly, the sewing room still looks like this:

But Rome wasn’t built in a day. Mr. Wonderful is home today so i need to get to working helping.

I hope to get to a little slow stitching in later today putting a binding on this little piece.

I couldn’t find the walking foot for this machine or I would have added more quilting.

Yesterday, we took a break from the basement and went to the local antique fest. I saw this wonderful old quilt frame just covered with quilts.

I found a couple nice enamel pans but that is all that followed me home.

This morning before church, I got the first coat of paint on the new baseboards for the office.

Linking up with Kathy for Slow Stitching Sunday.

I’ve been picking a bit through the bits from the sewing room that I can get to looking for little projects to finish. I found this one:

This is at least 5 years old. I would like to add borders but can’t find anything suitable in the mess. These hexies are about 2″ across. They are all from my tiny, precious Liberty of London stash purchased when we lived in Europe. Finding this is the only sewing related news to report.

However, more than half the painting is done in the new sewing room and the floor in the office is finished. On to the base boards!

Now I am off to the library for work.

Have a beautiful day!

And a wee bit of sewing:

Still not sure how they will go together.

Also started painting, the new paint is on the right.

And a picture of my happy thought:

Now back to work! Have a great weekend.

Linking up with Vicki at Field Trips in Fiber for the HSTeria Quilt Along.

It’s what I have to do to keep motivated on this project!

I’ve been scouring Pinterest for ideas. I really like this work table:

We are getting closer on the office floor but that closet won’t be fun.

This is what I will start on after work today:

All the while, I will be mulling over this:

Have a great Thursday!

I found a few more Kaffe scraps, uncovered my die cutter, and cut a few more HSTs to match the ones I have been working on.

Because I die cut these, no trimming will be required. Yay!

I got off work at 9 last night but that wasn’t too late to work on the office floor.

We are about 3/4s of the way done and then there is the closet. I may start painting in the sewing room tomorrow. When the office is complete, then we can move stuff in and out of the way to work on the sewing room floor.

Mr. Wonderful bought me these:

Living up to his name! LOL!

I would like to start painting before work today but there is housework to be done. Darn laundry and dishes keep piling up!

Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday.