Now I can relax...

Doing a happy dance! No more making my bed everyday, no more doing the dishes every night, no more picking up everything every day!! Okay, so I'm still doing all that but I don't HAVE to. Bella's toys can be brought out, I can leave the ironing board out in the sewing room and I can start shopping again in Oregon for a new house.

I took three quilts to my longarm quilter today (boo hoo, I'm going to miss Barb), the only sewing I've done this past week is making a back for one of the quilts.

Last week, to cheer myself up, I went and visited my friend Angela. See what she made me!!

Isn't this cat just the cutest thing ever! Angela doesn't do a lot of sewing (yet), and I think there may have been a few bad words said, but I think she did a great job.  Best part, this cat doesn't bite or claw my furniture. ;o)
 

Nothing New

 
Lots of house cleaning. Lots of lunches out so people can look at the house. Starting to hang out at the library as it is close by and has air conditioning. Not much sewing going on. And no offers so far.

I've been putting the columns of the trapezoid together...

Can you say boring? I have three quilts that I'm going to take to my longarm quilter that I need to cut batting for. I also have one back to make (I thought they were all made, good thing I double checked). I'll get that done this week.

Here is a picture of a very unladylike Bella.

Don't touch! You risk blood loss if you attempt to rub that belly.
 

A Finish

  
Selling your house is an interesting process. My realtor has called the realtor for all of the people who looked at my house. Their reasons to not buy are interesting...# 1 - the back yard is too small, #2 - they are going to look at new houses (there are a lot of new housing developments around here), and #3 is the house is too small - they should try cleaning it every morning just in case someone wants to view it, 1900 sq feet is a lot of floor to vacuum every morning (or almost every morning). But then maybe I shouldn't criticize as I've looked at over 30 house in Oregon and haven't found anything yet.

If this week is like last week I should be able to relax a bit until Thursday.

Sewing and cleaning up the sewing room every night has not been too bad, but so far everything I've worked on has been an ongoing project...

I finished (maybe) my Threadology quilt:

I decide to change the layout of the blocks, which meant I had to make four more small ones, but I sooooo like this version.  I'm still debating if I should add a small border of the cream as a final border.

I also quilted and added the binding to this wall hanging. In the picture I haven't hand sewn the binding down yet but I did finished it tonight.

Looking at the picture part of me wants to add a little bit more quilting between the flower pots. Hmmmm, maybe just one more echo line?

I rebelled against house cleaning today. Tomorrow, before I start working on the trapezoid quilt I'll clean. I don't want to tempt fate too much.
   

For Sale

   
Kinda bitter sweet...

If you would like to view the listing click here. I've had three viewings so far. Today was pretty quiet so I took advantage of that and the cool weather to work in the back yard...mostly dead heading roses.

I took a quick trip to Oregon last week to view houses. The one I really wanted to see had sold already - note to me, leave quickly - the second one I really wanted to see was about 1868 square feet but felt really small and was laid out kind of strange. There was one possibility - nice layout, but I would consider it a fixer upper, I'm not sure I want to go there. So the search continues. My truck is packed with another load to take to my mom's just in case.

I have been doing some sewing. So far I've done a pretty good job of cleaning everything up every evening. I decided to change my original plan for my Threadology blocks...

I've sewn the larger blocks together and plan on bordering it with the small blocks. So far I'm really liking the new layout and it will be a little bit bigger as I'm sashing it with the background fabric. I should have it finished for next weeks post.

Think positive thoughts for me...both buying and selling.
  

I got to sew!

  
Yay!! Stephanie and Nancy joined me for sewing this past Saturday...this is probably our last time getting together at my house to sew (boo hoo). It was fun and productive as always.

Nancy finished the center of Atkinson Designs Sugar Sand Beach Pattern - still needs the white framing border.

She might have left out a piece in the blocks but we decided it was a new design feature. I might have to borrow the pattern from Nancy...I really like this quilt.

Stephanie worked on Jaybird Quilts Snack Time.

She also did a variation of the pattern but hers was intentional. What you can't see is the black background fabric has bright color confetti. Love the bright colors.

I cut out my June Aunt Addy blocks and but them together on Sunday.

The mystery was revealed today - it is a row quilt. I've never made one before so it should be interesting finishing this up. But alas it will probably have to wait as the house goes on the market Thursday. I have to keep everything picked up and clean until the house sells. I don't know about you but I can't sew and have a clean / neat / picked up sewing room. The two just don't go together in my world. ;o)