We have had a rather exciting week. Making plans. Getting all of our ducks in a row.

Now the buyers have backed out................

I suppose we will be here for awhile.

Finished at Last

Two years ago I agreed to tie this quilt for someone.......... It came with thick poly batting. I began right away........ Then broke my wrist which put it on hold for some time.

Then I worked on it some more.........Till I ran out of thread. I got more thread but by then I was out of steam.....

Last weekend I got it out, purchased more thread and worked on it till finally the last spot was tied. I machine quilted the borders and went to the shop on Monday to get binding fabric. This past week I got the binding cut and on Saturday I put the last stitch in................

She is picking it up this afternoon. I feel lighter already knowing that this is off my plate.

We put an ad on Craig's list for items we did not want to move. I spent most of the weekend packing.................

The house inspection was on Friday. We have not heard from the buyer since. We had an inspection done ourselves last year to make sure there were no surprises......... But until we sign Purchase and Sales documents on July the 23rd there is still a chance that the Agreement we signed could go astray.............

I am still packing..................

News Alert

I have not posted in for over a week. Things have been upside down at our house since Monday, June 29th when our realtor called wanting to show our house to a "motivated buyer".

I went home from work to help Lem get the show towels hung and the show bedspread on the bed and to make sure everything was put away.

She called again on Tuesday to say that they wanted to look again. Things seemed to be looking up.

The lady of the house and her parents were looking but the husband was not going to be on Cape till Sunday........... Fourth of July weekend....................... Our realtor told us the were VERY INTERESTED.................... And wanted to close in 30 days...........

Lem and I spent the holiday making a list of what needed to be done and making plans just in case.

The husband came on Monday........... They looked and it was reported by the neighbor that they sat on the patio and enjoyed the weather.

Yesterday they made an offer................... Needless to say there was some bargaining involved.

Lem just called to say that we had reached an agreement.

I suppose that means that we will be moving in 30 days. I am still in a state of shock. What hand project should I get prepped to tide me over till we move?

TaDa

The quilt is designed and quilted by Judy Laquidara. It is one of her Hour A Day quilts from some time back. I have actually finished it..................

I am always amazed when I finish one of Judy's designs that I actually am the maker of such a intricate looking quilt. She knows how to make simple to execute designs look much harder than they really are.

Since Kim likes Purple.......... I will send this quilt to her...... I haven't been quilting that long and I have so few finished. Right now I am using all my finished quilts but soon I will be parting with them. I did give one away this year and now this one will find another home. I have two more here that are going to other family members but I am holding on to them just in case I need them for house guests. There is only one blanket in this house now and it is a light cotton blanket for summer. I am using all quilts now. Now off to stitch the binding on the next one waiting.

A Package in the Mail and a Finish

While surfing one day I came across a site for knitted lace socks at Wendy Knits. She has some wonderful free patterns that seemed to be a bit more challenging the the plain sock pattern I have been knitting for years. Most of her patterns called for a size 0 needle and naturally I did not have one that size. I found a set of sock needles at Knit Picks that seemed just the thing. I purchased some sock yarn to go with the needles to take advantage of the free shipping. I will not start these socks right away as I have other irons in the fire.


I finished the last stitch in the shawl I started last year.



It is such an easy pattern and as I mentioned before the lace edging is knit right onto the shawl after the shawl is knit.



I made it big enough to keep the shoulders and upper arms warm on a cold winter evening. This is an easy pattern and I will probably make another one later.

Finishes

The top from Judy's last scrap quilt is complete. I did not have enough fabric to do the pieced border in different colors so I used what I did have. The pink in the pieced border is different from the last pink border. There is not enough material left from any of the fabric to use as a the binding except for one aqua that really does not look great so I am using half of each on the pink and alternating them.



I did get enough of the backing from Thousands of Bolts. It is cut and sewn together. Now it is ready to be mailed for quilting.


I finished the socks I was making. I picked up the yarn a couple of weeks ago because it was half price. How good it feels to use right away. Now to make socks from the yarn I have on hand.



I began this shawl last year. It is a free pattern from The Wooly West. A very easy shawl to make. The yarn is the real stuff........Fresh off the sheep. Not pleasant to work with but will really keep you warm. The lace edging is knit onto the shawl. I made a smaller edition of this shawl from blue yarn some time ago and used this brown as the lace edging.

Wade Hamilton

Lem took this picture yesterday. I just could not resist putting it on the blog. There is Wade Hamilton our little guard dog making sure all is well.

One Border, Vickie's Quilt

I finally began working on the pieced border for the quilt I am making using Judy's scrap quilt pattern. The scrap quilt part is where I ran into trouble. I did not have enough fabric from making the blocks to use the different colors in the pieced border so I used what I had.


It really gives the quilt a different look.




Tuesday night was Pickle. Vickie is making a quilt for her son-in-law.




Look at this amazing applique lobster she put on the bottom.


Such detail....... She is quite an artist. I am blessed to have her in my circle of friends.

Backing Ordered

I ordered the backing.....................

I called to make sure that I would get enough. There were several orders ahead of mine and if none of them ordered the same material I will get what I need. If not I will do something else. Just not sure what..................

Possible Backing

Here is part of the quilt...............


This fabric is on sale at Thousands of Bolts.............. I think it would be a great backing.

Getting My Groove Back

At last I am getting on track again. I began another pair of socks. I will work on this each evening till they are done.



This morning I discovered that I was not yet ready to add the pieced border to this quilt. There are 3 borders to be put on before the pieced border. I had only added one. Now there are two. If all goes well by tomorrow there will be three and I can begin work on the last step.


The rain makes the peony blossoms so heavy. I cut three to bring inside. The others that were open enough had too many buds so I left them for later.

Stopping for Fuel

Lem is flying home today. His plane left Raleigh. NC but it has to go to Atlanta, GA before it can fly to Boston, MA. His brother took him to the airport. Rebekah left Kinston this morning too. She was driving to Atlanta. She got on her way and Lem and his brother stopped for breakfast and then to Raleigh. Probably an hour and half drive. But you have to get there 2 hours before flight time. His flight was at 3:28. Fly Atlanta, two hour layover and then on to Boston to arrive at 9:30PM.

Rebekah is two miles from home. She lives on the same side of Atlanta as the airport. In fact in the summer they sit on the deck at night and watch the planes stack up for landing.

Lemuel is not there yet. His plane had to stop in Greenville SC for FUEL....................

He is still in Greenville SC and the clock is ticking on his two hour layover. This could be interesting.