We have a couple of things working against us on the house progress front right now, some planned some not planned. First we have busy Saturdays entirely for 4 weekends in a row. Second Ryan got sick, his work got busy then Bella got sick this past weekend and his work is still busy. Travel …
This past weekend I went down to DC with my group of stitching friends from Boston! We met up initially at In Stitches in VA and what a great store it is! We shopped, took a break for lunch and a needleshow nearby and then shopped more. On Saturday we spent the afternoon stitching! On …
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Ryan spent the weekend working on trim in the upstairs hallway and master bedroom. The door trim and baseboards are well under way now! The next few weekends are all booked with activities – but hopefully we’ll get some Sunday time to continue work on the trim – we’ll see!
I can’t believe how quickly these little guys stitched up – considering I started them back in 2003! I just did 4 of them, taking about a week each! They are officially done now and I have to decide how to finish them into a quilt and also what on earth to work on next??? …
More progress on the master bedroom this last weekend! First up – fun thing – since I finished installing all the outlets in the master bedroom and hallway last week I was able to install the LED strip lighting in the linen closet : It takes a power supply, switch and this strip of LED …
I’ve been working on the dragons exclusively now that Celtic Banner is done! Love and Trust are now done. Just 1 more to go and it will be quilt time. Peace is the last one to do!
This past weekend was a busy one! Thursday night Ryan finished installing the trim in front of the tub and I got all the trim caulked and holes filled. Friday Brad sanded and primed all the trim. Friday night Ryan and I finished the master closet ceiling bead board installation and moved tools downstairs. The …
Finally a post with house pictures! This weekend while I was away Ryan surprised me by finishing the trim in the linen closet and having Brad prime/paint it along with the door (and the door to Alex’s room which still needed paint!). I just have to finish the outlets in there, set up the lights …
This past week I finally finished up a very large piece called Celtic Banner by Butternut Road. I used a ‘green’ conversion so it’s not in the original browns but was inspired by one we saw finished in this color way in a store that no longer exists. In 2006 my best friend and I …
No house work this weekend because we went to NYC for my xmas gift! Ryan got us a hotel and tickets to see Wicked! We left Saturday morning when Mark and Suzanne came over to watch the girls for the weekend (THANK YOU!). Poor Bella of course ended up with a nasty cold but is …