Oops! I did it again!

 You know that big rain I mentioned in the last post, well we think what precipitated it was the washing of all the windows on the house!  I had started by washing 2-3 windows and that had only brought thunder and lightning, so the hubs was bored and he washed all the windows on the main floor, including the ones I had previously washed (due to having a large puppy named Willow, you couldn't really tell that I had washed them)............. the power of washing windows!

On Monday this week, I washed the car.  On Tuesday, I washed a few windows that needed it again (need I say, Willow!), and on Wednesday, I washed Willow!  And then it rained Wednesday evening.  And I hadn't realized that the hubs had his planter prepped and reloaded to replant some beans that had been washed out by the previous flood!  So now, we're in the waiting game again to hopefully have it dry enough to replant beans.  And, the weekend trip (replacing our vacation) to St. Louis is off.  What can I say?  How about this...........I solemnly promise to never clean or wash anything AGAIN!

We did have beautiful weather for the 4th.  We cooked out, and enjoyed the outdoors.  Of course, by the time the actual 4th rolled around, my allergies were in high gear.  OUTSIDE is just not my best side!  

We also attended a production of Greater Tuna at the Maples Theatre in Macon with my parents on Saturday afternoon with lunch out and a stop at Ben Franklin to look at fabric.

Some sewing has happened in little bits and spirts...........

My snowflake quilt is completely finished.  I love this snowflake meander quilting pattern and the light silvery gray thread makes it show up.

And in keeping a little more with the season, I have the flag blocks for my flag quilt finished.  I used red and blue homespuns and muslin.  I still need to find something to set them together with.  My trip to Sew Sweet a couple of weeks ago was cancelled due to the flooding, or this might have been a completed flimsy by the 4th.

The braided table runner got trimmed and a border added.  It's ready for quilting and will just have a scrap of muslin on the back.

This was the first table runner from the one pound scrap bag.  I used some of the scraps on the back as well.  This is also the July tablerunner of the month at Sew Sweet.

And another started project got all of the blocks completed.

These spools are 12" finished blocks that were started as part of a block exchange with my guild.  We were supposed to bring a certain color of spool to each meeting and exchange.  Well, I got the first month's finished and forgot to bring it to the meeting.  Then, I missed the next meeting, then I brought the wrong color (and hid it so no one would know), so finally decided that I was not meant to participate in the exchanging of blocks.  I pulled the box of parts (basically everything was cut except the colors) out and finished them in no time this week.  I have an idea of how to set them together using some more of my scraps.

So, there is quite a pile of completed blocks in the sewing room, which means there will soon be more things hanging in the TBQ closet, which seems to only be growing, so I probably need to spend some time with Lucey the Longarm..........

Good thing we're not taking a vacation!  And for those of you saying that just like in Field of Dreams, "If you book it, he will come.", that truly is a Field of Dreams.  

Well, it's Thursday again, so I have promised Willow another trip.  I think we'll head to Orschlens.  I need to look at a couple of things and we need more dog shampoo, bacon bones, and possibly a new toy.  Three different toys seem to have exploded their stuffing all over the floor in the past couple of weeks.  Perhaps we'll look for something with a little more durability.  

Oh, and you don't have to worry about the applesauce, it's all done and in the freezer.....about 35 pints.  I even managed to arrange the freezer with last year's applesauce in the front and the new stuff in the back.  Yeah, we pretty much doubled the amount of applesauce in the freezer.  Guess "things" will be flowing smoothly for awhile.

Christi