Hello All

What the heck is going on?  I don't blog for a month or so and now that I want to, either my computer or Blogger is having a problem.  I restored my computer back to a previous setpoint.  Hopefully this will be the end of the problem.  Stay tuned.

So what have I been up to...not much.  I've been walking a few times a week with a new walking buddy, Diana.  She has a 4 year old dog very similar in look and size as Bailey.  Her dog, Spirit has had quite a bit of training so we're working on sit, down, stay, wait and walking nicely on a leash.  Bailey is making good progress.  At some point I'll probably enroll him in classes but for now these commands are enough to keep him occupied.  I took him a few weeks ago to a puppy play date at a local pet care site but he was pretty afraid of the other small dogs/puppies.  There were only five there but one was a pretty active terrier who chased him around and of course the more Bailey ran, the more the dog chased him.  We'll have to try again at some point but for now, we're working on meeting dogs on our walking route.  Bailey is 8 months old now.

I did a little sewing (in the sewing room) the other day.  I finally got around to putting up a curtain.  It's one that I'd made in my other apartment with the front side brown and back side green.  For this apartment In pinned some paper-pieced blocks to the green side and put it up.  Notice I said I pinned them.  I did not sew them.  I lost interest pretty quickly. 

 I haven't used the sewing room a lot since moving here but it's nice to have just the same.  I've been working on my hexie quilt and crocheting a dresser doily.  Photos later.

I was armchair shopping a few weeks ago and came across a bedspread and curtain set that was just so pretty and feminine, I had to have it.  It's the first time since I was eight years old that I had a store bought matching set.  I love it.  My new bedroom is large enough that I could have the bed on an angle to add interest.  I've spent a lot of time passing by the room just to admire it.

I hope all is well with everyone.  Even though I haven't been blogging, I have been keeping up with reading all your blogs.  

Hope you have a good day.

This and That

Let's see....what have I been up to?  Hexies, Paper Piecing and a new handbag.

front

back

The bag isn't exactly what I originally planned but I absolutely love how it turned out.  And it's just the right size.  I may add some pockets for my phone and camera.  I haven't decided yet.

Hope you have a good day.

Goodbye Google Reader

If you've been following along in blog land lately, you know that come summer Google Reader is going away.  A good portion of the blogs I follow have decided to go with Bloglovin.  So I have too.  It was easy to import the blogs I follow.  I'm all for easy.  Follow my blog with Bloglovin

And now, what you've all been waiting for...I can finally show you the wall hanging I made for my daughter.  It's approx 37 inches x 48 inches.  The first photo shows the true colors and the second shows it hanging on the wall.  The light was all wrong in her livingroom and I couldn't get it right.

Spring Has Sprung

Everyone had a good time trying to pick out which flower they liked the best.

Hope you have a good day.

Hmmmm....

Guess what I was doing at 5 am this morning...mopping the kitchen floor. Couldn't sleep. I've been up since 4. I'm planning to use the floor to put the wall hanging sandwich together today. Sorry...no photos. My daughter will be reading this.

Hope you have a good day.

-- Pat

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This and That

It's been a shopping sort of day.  First, off to Joann's to take advantage of their Coupon Commotion.  I had four 50% off coupons.  I bought what fabric I needed to finish the wall hanging and extra for my stash, rotary blades, new quilting gloves and thread.

After that, I stopped in at Goodwill.  I don't like shopping for clothes and most of the time do it online but I felt the urge to shop and didn't want to pay a lot.  I bought four tops/blouses for layering, a necklace and two pairs of earrings, all for $24.  You can't beat that.

Then I headed to Walmart to pick up some hair color--the grays are starting to peak through.

If all that wasn't exciting enough, I spent an inordinate amount of time trying to eliminate the odor coming from my garbage disposal.  It's been smelling quite fowl.  I never had the problem in my old apartment so this  cleaning thing is new to me.  I've tried a few of the suggestions listed on the internet.  We'll see if any of those solve the problem.

I'm especially happy to tell you that I LOVE my washing machine and dryer.  Not having my own for over 12 years, it's now a pleasant task to do my washing.  Especially my new fabric.

I didn't get to sewing in the sewing room yesterday.  I spent most of the day reading.  I did however sew some hexies.

Hope you had a good day.

Busy Hands

I didn't feel like sitting down to the sewing machine on Saturday so I worked on hexies instead.  Here are the ones I completed:

After that little break, I couldn't wait to get back to paper-pieced blocks today.

I'm not crazy about my color choices on the house block but I really like the other blocks.

Hope you had a good day.

Decisions, Decisions

This morning I finalized the design for my daughter's wall hanging.  And I thought I knew the exact colors I wanted to use but as the day moved on, I realized that I may want to change it up a bit.  I used EQ7 to come up with some layouts and color schemes but I just can't make up my mind.  I guess I need to give it some more thought.

Here are the paper-pieced blocks I completed today.

I like how vibrant they look against the blue background.  Hmmmm.....

Hope you had a good day.