Stash Report

I have done some sewing this week but it was all by hand and it had already been counted.  I went to a quilt show yesterday with some friends and didn't buy anything.  I just didn't see anything that caught my eye.  Once I figure out how to download pictures from my cell phone I will post them and tell you about the quilt show.

Used this Week:              0 yards

Used year to Date:         33.25 yards

Added this Week:            0 yards

Added Year to Date:       28.5 yards

Net Used for 2011:         4.75 yards

To see what others have done with their stash go visit Judy L's site Patchwork Times

Update on what I've been up too

Well I have the room we moved out of almost emptied (had some stuff in the closet to go thru and decide if it was staying or going) and have vacuumed up all the dust bunnies and pet fur.  I have the paint for the walls and ceiling.  I have been working at my own pace as it will be one of my sewing rooms.  There will be one for the mid arm and some of my fabric.  The other will be a guest room and have my book cases and a bed and dresser.  
My daughter stopped by and talked with me and DH and asked to move back in.  She can't afford her house with out her husband.  So being the good parents that we are we said yes, of course.  No mid arm room for me now.  I will try to get the room painted before she moves in.  I wish that everything would fit into one room but the rooms are 10' by 13' and the mid arm would just have fit with the shelving for fabric.  Maybe I'll clean out the basement and put in a dehumidifier and set my sewing room up down there.  The only problem is the stairs are very steep and narrow and I have a very hard time getting up and down them with my cane.

What I've been up to

I haven't done much sewing for the past couple months but I hope that I will get some time now.  I am currently finishing a binding on a table runner and have a few wall hangings that I would like to get done.  I also have a few jelly roll 1600 quilts to quilt and bind.  We will see if there is time before our guild quilt show in October.  
Tomorrow is our first guild meeting of the season.  We meet for 10 months out of the year.  I'm the editor of the newsletter and just finished it up and emailed it out.  I also need to update the webpage. 
I would also like to get some quilts made for Christmas.  I have patterns and fabric picked for the grandchildren and just need to get going on them. 
The master bedroom redo is complete!  After 5 years it is finally done and we have moved to the bigger room.  I tried to convince my DH that it would make a perfect sewing room instead of the 2 smaller bedrooms.  He didn't buy it.  Now I just have to wash everything down in the room that we vacated and get it painted.  Then the hardwood floor can go down.  My mid arm will be set up in there after the third bedroom is painted and hardwood floor is installed.

Back from vacation

DH and I went to Vermont for the long weekend to visit with his family.  What an eye opener.  There are still places where the roads are closed and Black hawks are being used to deliver goods to areas where you still can't get thru.  The NY Thruway was down to one lane in one place and the road didn't look too good, so I'm glad that we were detoured.  It rained real heavy Sunday night with severe thunderstorms.  When we left Monday at lunch time, it was still raining and it was beginning to flood again.  Not needed for sure and with Lee coming up the coast it may get bad again. 

Please pray that the rain isn't as bad this time and that there is no more flooding.