It's ready to be quilted!

So I finished the quilt for the guest room, now I have to get the backing and drop it off for Chris to quilt. I just wish she was bad at the long arm quilting stuff, because then it wouldn't take so long to get my quilt done! She has a waiting list. And believe me, she does a great job making it worth the wait!

I am calling this quilt "Grandpa's Pond". I spent alot of time playing in that pond growing up, and all these fabrics remind me of the pond. And the bear? Grandpa said he saw a bear back there one day.

The Quilted Moose has a mascot

And my apologies, it has taken me one week to get the picture of sweet Abby up!

She is a sweetheart, and really enjoyed her visit to the Moose. :-)

Class at the Quilted Moose

It was great fun yesterday, we had class at the Moose. We took fabric, like this,

And then we cut it and put it back together to make blocks like these:

Then you add a border, and then sashing and cornerstones. I haven't gotten that far yet. I ran out of the teapot fabric, but I have more on the way from my friend in Ohio who happens to work at Joann's. Thank goodness! Our Joanns sold out of it. But here are some more blocks from people that were at the class.

Paige was trying to decide what color to use for the borders.

And Judy actually got some borders on her blocks,

It was really neat, and I will definately do this one again!

Quilting yesterday at the Moose!

I had such a great time yesterday, I got to sew all day at the Quilted Moose. We had the Trip Around the World Class, I like this one so much that I've taken it twice! This time it's a quilt for our guest room, and all the fabrics relate to my grandpa's pond. I spent alot of time in and on that pond when I was little. So here are some pics from yesterday:This is what we started with. I went bigger, my squares were 6", Paige went with 3" for a baby quilt.

We got halfway done, and here is the size difference:

By the time class was over, Paige was done with the baby size.

Another quilter went larger, with a 6 1/2" square:

It's a fun class and I really enjoy it. And here is the quilt from the new class they just decided to do next month,

And of course, there are always quilts that are laying around tempting you.

Yes, yesterday was a good day!

Jim in the classroom

Here is Jim in action. :-)

Shhhhh!!!!

Jim doesn't know, but our bedroom now looks like this:

I am making a new quilt, but that class isn't till the end of May. This morning I woke up to more snow, and I thought I would share:

I spent part of the morning shoveling so that they could bring the new furniture in! It was well worth it. Jim has no idea the new furniture is here, he will be home in a few hours from Indy. He does know that the room is about finished, just a few minor touch ups that will be done on Monday.

We have a floor!!!

We have a floor in the guest room.

It is stunning! Tomorrow they are doing the master bedroom. And then it's just trim and the doors and the closet doors and and and. :-) Soon though, soon we'll be back in our rooms! And not "living" in the living room.

Tonight Jim and I started Tai Chi class. It was excellent. It felt really good to slow down and breathe...

And on today's agenda

Today I am going to work at ripping out more quilt squares that aren't lining up, and I want to start my quilt that I have do all the embroidery on. So today that is what I shall do. Yesterday I went to the Quilted Moose for a bit. I just couldn't settle down, even though it was Diva day and all. And Pajama Party was last night and I didn't go to that. Pajama Party is once a month, and you can go sit and quilt all night and eat pizza and desserts. Maybe next time around.

Jim showed me the railcar they burn in yesterday. They build "rooms" and then set them on fire to train the students. And they have a 2 story smoke tower, here are pics of that.

And before I forget, here is the quilt Chris is working on, it's gorgeous!

We have color!

They have finished painting the guest room,

And put up the new light:

The master bedroom is done as for the lighter blue,

But they have 1 or 2 more coats to do on the darker blue.

I love that blue! It's actually a bit darker than in the picture, and this is the wall that will have our headboard and the 2 nightstands. I'm anxious to see what happens when you do the 2nd coat.

Now I shall head off to the quilt shop for much needed time away from construction!

Not much to see...

The rooms are both primed and ready to be painted, and that will begin tomorrow. In addition to the floor getting installed, new lights, etc, etc. I am hoping by Thursday night we will be sleeping back in our own rooms. Because I am REALLY tired of sleeping in the middle of the living room. It's just not comfortable. We have our bed set up, but it's just not the same. It's too open. And I'm tired of feeling cramped for space. Tomorrow we are under a winter storm watch, a possible 8" of snow between tomorrow afternoon and Tuesday afternoon. It has to end sometime!

We got the fan!!!

We had to drive an hour and a half one way, and cross the Mighty Mac:

http://www.mackinacbridge.org/ If you need, you can have someone drive you across in your car. Alot of people do that I think. The water looked very cold! On the way to Petoskey, we stopped in Alanson, and found this to my delight.

It's called The Dutch Oven Yarn Shop. http://www.dutchoven.com/ The bakery was closed, but the yarn shop was open and it was a great stop along the way. I got yarn to make a cardigan for me, she had tons of samples and I love that, being able to see what I am making.

No work being done today, but this is what it looks like back there.

It's all just drywall and dust right now. But I do have to admit, here is the original flooring,

Yellow linoleum. How pretty. UGH!!!! Pretty soon it will be replaced by beautiful hardwood. And it will last forever.

Big sighs from this end of the world...

but progress is being made in the bedrooms. I don't really like camping in the living room, so hopefully by in a week or so we'll be back in our own space.

Here is what happened yesterday:

That's alot of drywall! But as of tonight it's all put up. I will have to get pics tomorrow, no power to the back rooms right now. But here is the flooring we picked, it's called "gunstock"

And that is our new bedroom set. We got the headboard, my hope chest will be at the foot of the bed. And we got 2 side tables and on the right there, we got that long dresser without the mirror because we are going to mount a flat screen tv up above it. It is going to be WONDERFUL!

Home Sick

I am home yet again today. Going crazy because for the life of me I can't find anything to watch on tv. And so I put on Blair Witch (free from the On Demand cable thing). The contractors are back there working, but they don't seem to think making chicken soup is part of the job. http://www.qualityalaskanfinishes.com/behling.cfm This is Joe's website. He normally works on log homes, maintaining them. We were lucky to get him before his busy season started! I am going to knit for a bit. And take some more ibuprofin.

Home sick and construction begins today!

Here is our bedroom last night:

And the guest room:

And here is the master bedroom today:

And the guest room:

The kicker? I came home sick, and I think I have the flu.