Busy day today made tomatoe juice out of the end of the season pick, have 6 more qts. in the freezer.  Cleaned up the kitchen and started beef stew for dinner with the juice that wouldn't fit into a jar  Then I baked a butter pecan bundt cake for our sweet tooths.  Cleaned up the kitchen again, plus mopped the floor.  I am such a messy cook.  Then I went to the sewing room and quilted some more on my bed runner, just might finish the quilting tomorrow.  Then the kids stopped ;by so I could see Emily's dress, very pretty, it just covered her butt and I questioned that but just got and "Oh grandma, it's what they're wearing".  I still had to give her a bad time about it.  If I don't who will?  LOL

Now I have to go get our bed made, I washed the sheets today too.  No wonder I'm tired tonight.  Shees!!! 

All dreesed up and ready to party.  They are going to a friends homecoming this weekend and Emily's next weekend.  Have fun kids.  (((hugs)))

Sean and Emily stopped by for a photo before Sean got ready.  Cute couple.

Well even though I had really low vision day today I got the bed runner pinned and started quilting on it.  Going to get it done before it gets cold and we need it.  Yes!!!  I decided to go ahead and quilt it, it is going to be utilitarian quilt so if I goofed up, it is what it is.

Made a big kettle of chicken soup with egg dumplings for us and for the kids.  Katie has strep throat, poor baby, so I thought that would taste good to her.  Also sent a banana cream pie with the soup missing one big piece for my in house pie taster.  Sending the whole pie would have created a really ugly scene around here.  Seeing an 80 yr. old cry is not a pretty picture.

Well I'm off to see what's new on Pintrest and maybe play some games.

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I got the last border sewn on the bed runner, the backing and batting cut to size and layered all three layers.  Started pin basting the layers and my vision got really foggy so had to quit.  Hopefully tomorrow morning it will be cleared up, it is a little better tonight so I'm able to play on computer. I hope I can start quilting it tomorrow after I finish pin basting. 

Have been searching for a pattern for a fire place screen cover for Lou and Terry to use over their fireplace  in the summer.  I think I've decided on what I want to do.  Eleanor Burns 30's applique flowers and a picket fence border.Will make a nice summer cover for the fp screen.When I finish the bed runner I'll start selecting fabric, I think ecru, beige, tan backgrounds for the 30's bright yellows, red, lavender, etc. 

That was my day, all in all a good one.  Kathy called and she's gotten another pt job on the weekends at Joann's, this should help her keep up with her bills.  Every little bit helps.

Got this picture from Mike, Katie atop one of their huge pumpkins.  The vines took over their back yard, Mike thinks some are as much as 300 lbs. 

The 6 blocks I've done for the Xmas swap look better with same colors surrounding the center.  They do look like ornaments, I want to put a pretty red ribbon on the top to make it look like it's ready to hang on your tree. 

Here's a picture of the ornament block I'm making for a swap, think I need a darker fabric on the side of the center piece.  Or not. 

Hasn't this been the most beautiful day ever.  Very  low vision day so no sewing but George and I worked in the kitchen washing down the cabinets with Murphy's oil soap on all the wood.  I did the counter tops and shined up the appliances.  George is applying a coat of urathene to all the window sills, they needed it badly.  Things are looking good around here.

I still haven't found the right fabric for the borders on the drunkard's path bed runner.  I really just need to make up my mind and go for it, this isn't going to be a judged quilt, it's just going to be on the foot of our bed.  Shees!!! 

Well better get off the computer and go watch some tv with George and enjoy the rest of the evening.  Might be able to see enough to do some hand piecing on the Orange peel top. 

Windows done

and I've posted a photo of the clean guest room.  You should have seen it before, no you shouldn't.  That's why I didn't take a picture.  Now I'm ready to relax and do some more sewing.  George has gone of to brother Bill's to work on his new windows, someting was missing.  Going to finish my bed runner for our bed.  Back is killing me, low vision day but all is well in my world, I can see enough to do some sewing.  My Bernina 200 is in the shop for its annual check up so sewing on the +40 yr. old Bernina that still sews like a champ.  I've decided that I need to make some new curtains for the bay window in the living room, the old lace ones are shredding away in spots.  George just called and wants to go visit our money at the Casino so it's off to get cleaned up.

 

Pictures of our guest room, gess I should have taken a before.

Still hanging in there

been busy but not sewing.  George and I have been cleaning windows, curtains, guest bedroom and anything else that looks like it needs clean up.  We should finish tomorrow, hope I get a call that my beloved Bernina is done with it's annual check up and up date, took it in Monday.  It was working fine but kept getting the pop up that it needed to see a service guy so took it in Mon.  I could get my old one out and might do that tomorrow when all the cleaning is done.  Doing the windows a few weeks early but George is driving the vote mobile in Oct. for early votingg and he'll be one of the 3 election judges.  I will be finishing  the drunkards path bed runner.  It should feel good to have it at the foot of the bed by then.

Found out our sweet Katie's little hamster, peanut, is not  with us.  I know she's heart broken, she loved that little fur ball.