So.

How many quilts do I really need to make?

I certainly don’t need more for me. And a lot of my friends and family (Not all) have already been gifted a lovely home crafted quilt.

So.

Do I really need to make more?

Reality is……

Yes. Yes. I do. For my own mental health. I need to make quilts. I need to touch the fabric. Smell the fabric. Buy the fabric. Cut the fabric in bits and pieces and then sew the fabric back together.

Thought I would be a little closer to having my sewing taj mahal this week but ……

Got the quote back from the painter for painting the remainder of the rooms in my house I haven’t already painted plus the shop….

OMG! Who knew that I could buy a used car for the amount I would need to finish the painting?

Estimate to refinish the floors in the sewing space….

oh, not this year.

It’s put my plans a little behind but I can paint the walls myself and I can have a lovely sewing spot with chipped concrete floors. (The industrial look!)

And on the positive side of progress, I have two almost completely installed French doors.

Not a great photo but this is the new French doors off of my office/music room that connect to the deck.

And here are the doors from the outside of my sewing palace. Someday there will be a little deck there. Someday. (Not this year)

Progress is slow, but it is progress! We are creeping forward!

I am back to sewing on the dining room table. Making curtains. And a quilted wall hanging is soon to come. Not the first time or probably not the last time that I have done my stitching in the dining room. When we have our big weekly family dinner–I will tuck all the equipment away. (and you might notice that I have not pulled my big Babylock or Brother machines out yet. This is the basic machine that I bought last year to get me through the summer. And it’s a pretty good trooper!)

Speaking of family dinners, here is granddaughter Adley and me. In almost matching outfits. Totally accidental. But it was a good reason to have a little Kodak moment. (I possibly need more colorful socks!)

Besides sewing, I have been refinishing furniture, and building furniture, and the knitting practice continues. I am no longer forecasting knitted socks for Christmas gifts. Everyone might get knitted coasters!

And I have peonies! Which reminds me of my youth in western Pennsylvania. My mom had peonies and she was always dusting them for ants. But I recently heard that they need ants to bloom. Is this true? Inquiring minds need to know and this inquiring mind will probably do some research!

I have been gardening in the south for over 40 years so these new Northern blooms are always a pleasant surprise!

More next week!