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Hi Friends, Today we opened up the soffit in our kitchen. But before we get to THOSE photos, here are a couple of BEFORE shots. West Wall... North Wall... South and East Walls... ...and here's the soffit opened up... I'm not sure if you can tell, but where Jim is, the soffit is actually a… Continue reading Home Improvement – Support Beam Bummer!
This is a good bye post and a post just for me to remember the best cat I've ever owned -- and I add to say ever KNOWN. Hands Down. Chloe came into our lives in July 2009 and has been a re-occurring feature here on the blog. What made her so different from all… Continue reading Sad Day Here – We said goodbye to our 1 in 2 Million
Hi Friends! As I've been working on these 'Back to Square One' blocks I've been writing up this tutorial and paper pattern pieces...so first things first. Here is the pattern: Back to Square One Block r1 This is a combo-pieced pattern using Paper Piecing for the Flying Geese blocks, Paper Foundation Piecing for the String… Continue reading Back To Square One Block Tutorial – Part 1: The Flying Geese Segments
We have a new water heater installed and the flue pipe issue with our furnace is now fixed! I spent the day home so the crew could be here to work. So glad this part of the kitchen remodel is done! I poked a hole in our soffits on Saturday to see if I could… Continue reading New water heater!
I'm testing my posting abilities from my phone. I 'm one of the last dinosaurs to get a smart phone, so please just ignore this post for the most part. Above is our sweet niece we were able to visit last weekend. She'll turn 2 come August. ~More later
Here is tester block No. 2 for 'Back to Square One'. I'm much more pleased with this version but I still had difficulty getting to be EXACTLY sqaure. I think I was taking too much of a 'Bite' when sewing the paper piecing... I made a conscience effort to remember to make all the center… Continue reading Testing my ‘Back to Square One’ Block again…
I took lots of photos of the International Quilt Festival - Chicago yesterday both before my volunteer work began and after, when I had time to just gaze and admire all the quilts... I've included the maker's names where possible in a corresponding photo. These red and white quilts (names were not listed for the… Continue reading International Quilt Festival – Chicago
Friday I was working on a complimentary block to my Scrappy Arrowhead block. I think I'll call this block "Back to Square One". So appropriate don't you think considering our dilemma with the kitchen remodel? It could also most definitely work for my Weight Loss Journey Quilt I've boxed up and put on the shelf… Continue reading Back To Square One Block…
I just LOVE this above photo. Complete chaos! Ha! Actually, we are moving everything out of the cabinets in this photo so it literally is a complete mess. But I took a photo none-the-less and our cavern of blegck is here for you all to devour! Can you believe, after almost 20 years we are… Continue reading Home Improvement – The Kitchen Planning Begins!
I've been working all week busting my scraps into these Arrowhead Blocks.... I'm up to 15 so far! I'm gonna keep going until I get to the bottom of my 2" strip pile! This is really making a dent! Stay tuned! ~Cathy
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