From One House to Another

On April 7th the truck showed up to take our belongings to NC.....

The house was looking rather empty except for all the boxes..................






They opened all the doors to take things out and it was rather cold that day. Rebekah found a place on the sofa and wrapped up in a quilt.


Little by little it was all put on the truck.


On April 11th the truck arrived in NC.............. And the process began of unloading everything.


Little by little things came into the house. Most of it went into the garage. That is where we are storing all of the things we can do without for the next six months.





The Studio got full first of course. I am still trying to get it arranged.


Lem's office already had a desk in it so we stored his in the garage. That was much easier than trying to move them.





The house was built in 1952 and has lots of lovely touches. Like the shelves over the stove. They are so much fun that I plan to have them put in the new house.


Here it is.................. on Meriwether Lane...........


A lovely street and a pleasant neighborhood.


This is the view from the kitchen window.


And on down the block...............

Now to get the necessary unpacking done..............

Beginning To Catch Up

So much has happened in the last two weeks. I have lots of memories to make note of. Lem finally got his new computer on Wednesday.......... Oh Happy Day........... I got my computer back again. Now to find the time to post now and then. I am still unpacking but more on that later.

Before I left Orleans I got a few gifts from friends.............. This is a charm for my Pandora. It is made by a designer on Cape Cod. This was from Jean Mello (Quilting in Mequon). We always teased her when she lived on the Cape because she always wore flip flops.........Summer and winter............. She has stopped wearing them so much since she moved to Wisconson. This charm is Flip Flops all the way around.............

What a lovely memory..............


Adele is a friend that is my opposite. She does most things with a machine. And she is really good at it. Perhaps that is why I stay with hand work... I seem to have greater success.

What could be nicer than a Scissors Fob with a sewing machine on the end. A constant reminder of a dear friend.



There are more to report on but right now I need to continue to unpack so that I can start sewing again.

Quick Update

Many things have happened since my last post.

We finished packing, the truck was loaded and all our belongings will be delivered today. I have been taking pictures but so far there has not been time to download them. Lem and I are still sharing my computer and it is not always possible to get a chance to write anything.

This is the center panel from the quilt my dear friends made for me........... Peg did the embroidery and Nancy did the quilting. How lovely to have such talented friends.


This is the label they made for the quilt.



As you can see the border and backing is just the perfect choice for this quilt.





And this is the choice for the inside border......... A constant reminder of the glorious days of living on Cape Cod.



Well, I must be off now to accept delivery and begin finding my way around a new abode.

Surprise...Surprise

Last night I was surprised by my friends with a dinner.........

We had such fun talking and laughing and talking about quilting...........

They also surprised me with a wall hanging........... Just the thing for my new studio.....

I am fortunate to have such wonderful friends....

I will do some close up shots of the quilt later....... It is a real treasure.

One Flower Wednesday/Thursday

Well, here I am once again posting Wednesday's flowers on Thursday. I just can't keep up sometimes. I keep reminding myself that this is not a contest.

I have some Hexies all ready to become flowers. I have enough sewn or prepped for the blue and white strips for my table runner.



These are the latest finished flowers I made... Now to get them sewn together and ready to put the blue and brown flowers in between them........... I might get this finished soon.

The Maple Table

This is for my sister.......... We had a discussion today about tables and I promised her a picture of the Maple Table........ My grandfather made this one...... Great end table and the drawers hold knitting or whatever I am working on at the time......



This is the Thangles 2010 BOM. I got the sashing cut and placed....... Now to sew them together and make the Friendship Stars that are the cornerstones..........

Tomorrow I will finish packing the living room and I might even get some sewing done.

Blocks are Complete

Yesterday afternoon I slipped upstairs long enough to finish the last of the blocks for 2010 Thangles BOM................ I also purchased the finishing kit to go with this quilt and I might even find some time to get the sashing made and the corner stones done.


Today will find me finishing the packing in the family room............. I am packing all the things that will go into storage first. That will leave the lamps and such that will have to be packed last. It will be good to have one room completed..............

Happy St. Patrick's Day..............

I thought I would whip up a batch of sugar cookies for St. Patrick's day.......


And finish a hat and mitten set in honor of the Day..............



Dave Nichols, our moving representative came by to get the signed contract...............


And to bring moving boxes.............. I set up a table in the guest room downstairs and I will be packing in there....... Since I had so many gift boxes I thought I would use them to hold the fragile tchatkeys from around the house.............


Lem has already taken the pictures off the walls.......................


Now to get these boxes filled and ready to go................

Celebrating

Our prayers have been answered. God's timing is always perfect even if we mortals do want to rush it a bit.

We no longer have to leave home while strangers wander through our home. We have sold it at last.................

Life will be busy for the next month. The movers will arrive on April 7th...............

I am off now to start packing..................

Design Wall Monday

On Monday, Judy at Patchwork Times hosts Design Wall Monday.

Today I actually have something different on my design wall.

Four blocks of sixteen are complete from my JANUARY MONOCHROMATIC QUILT CHALLENGE.

And the February blocks are complete for the Thangles BOM that I signed up for this year.


This is not the final placement. That will be decided when the other twelve blocks are complete.


No, I have not finished the Thangles quilt from 2009 or 2010 but I have started 2011. Who knows I could finish them all this year........... Time will tell.

Thank you Judy for this opportunity to share. You can go HERE to see what others are up to these days.

Late Again..............

I got my eight Hexagons finished on Wednesday but never got them posted....... If all goes as planned I will have the eight mug mats finished this weekend.......................

Time will tell.

Sewing at Last

This is the fabric I selected for the Mug Mats I want to make..............


I thought this might be a good layout.............



And then I tried this one........... I really like it best.......


I cut the hexagons I needed for the number of mug mats I wanted to make and have them ready to make..........


Then it was time to come downstairs and finish cooking supper..... The Chicken Pastry was excellent............. Lem and I both ate too much last night....... Thank you Kim for your help in getting it right this time.............

After dinner I finished another pair of socks.......... That is the third pair I have completed for Lem in the past few weeks. I am still using the first cone of yarn. It looks like I might get four pairs of socks from one cone.......... That brings the price down to $9.00 per pair of wool socks. And I still have another cone........... I will have enough socks to keep Lem's tootsies warm all next winter....................

Where Did the Day Go?

I had great plans for Saturday. Do a few kitchen chores and then go upstairs to sew all the rest of the day.................

The only problem is that I tend to move slowly these days.......... Since I can I don't rush through things as I did in the past........... Part of the is due to my nemesis...... That also takes hours from me each day.


I did get the bread baked............


and a batch of cookies................


Then off to the grocery store and home in time to cook supper............ Oh well, one day gone. I will sew tomorrow..........

This morning I rolled out pastry. Old North Carolina recipe......... Flour, water and one egg. Roll it out till you can read through it (I keep rolling till I can see the red marking lines for pie crust on my mat). Then place it on the counter to dry................

The chicken is in the crock pot and later I will take all of the meat off the chicken and add it back to the broth. Put it all in a pot on the stove and bring it to a rolling boil. Then cut the pastry in strips and drop it in one at a time.......... DO NOT STIR......... Lem just loves chicken pastry and I rarely cook it.............


I also whipped up a batch of sour dough bread................


Can I go upstairs and sew now?

Well That Didn't Take Long

I was amazed at how fast I got that job done........... All vacuumed and the spider webs are removed.............

So are the pictures of my STASH.................... This is not to be confused with what is on the second floor in the studio... Most things are in containers are quilts planned and ready to be made.................



More quilts waiting to be made and three totes of flimsies waiting to be quilted.........


The boxes contain my quilting books and such.








This is my knitting stash................


And this is my beading stash..............


Lots of projects all waiting for retirement....... Maybe soon.

No pictures yet today.......... It is raining here and quite dreary. The perfect day to go downstairs to the basement and sweep away the spider webs and get things a bit neater in the nether regions. If possible I will take a few snaps of my snaps..................

One Flower Wednesday/Thursday

Here I am again............a day late.............. I do hope you will think "Better late than never"......

Somehow I managed to finish four hexagons this week.......... It was not easy. Lots going on around here.


Monday was a holiday and some schools were out for the whole week. We have had lots of extra people on the Cape looking for a place to rent in the summer and some folks wanting to buy a house.

We have had eight couples looking at our house this past week............... Whew........ I would get up every morning and make sure all was neat as a pin........... Put out the show towels and put the show bedspread on our bed........ Then we would wait for the time to leave so they could come to look...............

One time we got home and I went to take the show bedspread off the bed and Wade Hamilton followed me. He stopped at the door and stared at the corner where his crate usually sits. ( It had been folded up and put away for the showing.) He then walked over to the spot where it should have been and looked all around......... Poor baby. He thought his home was gone for good but his daddy came in and got it out for him.

We put his basket of toys out of sight for each showing and when we get it out again he carefully checks to make sure that it is all there.


We did get to sit Skaket beach and have lunch a couple of days............. Time will tell. Maybe someone will purchase our home and we can spend the rest of the year in North Carolina.