More UFO's - Finished!

Good Monday Morning All!

Today I'm happy to share with you two wall hangings that I completed over the weekend. They both started out as round robin blocks that returned home just stunningly, beautiful and have sadly, been tucked away in my UFO box for way too long.

The first is from the CQI Spiders & Webs II round robin: January, 2009. (finished block size 16" square)

The block went out like this:

As each of the five ladies in the rotation worked the block, it transformed into this:

(credit and thanks go out to Janet Popish, Lauri Burgesser, Lindy Walker, Gerry Krueger, and Marya Blackwell.)

The second is from the CQI Hearts II round robin: January, 2009. (finished block size 18" square)

The block went out like this:

As each of the four ladies in the rotation worked the block, it transformed into this:

(credit and thanks go out to Cathy Kizerian, Debbie Quirion, Carol Davis, and Karen South.)

This was the first time that I used a stencil on the borders. I'm very happy with the way it turned out. No doubt I will be using it again!

Well, that's it for now. Hopefully the rods I ordered will arrive soon and I can get these pieces and my Water Goddess piece displayed in the office/study.

Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!

Gerry

On The Home Front...

DH and I have been busy with home improvements - AGAIN! Or should I say, still? Luckily, this go around instead of construction and demo, we concentrated on cleaning up the drywall dust and mess from previous projects. Trying to keep on top of the dust around here became an exercise if futility. Needless to say, I lost my sense of humor about it and the clean up began.

We had our air ducts cleaned out on a Wednesday, and the carpets shampooed on Friday. There is no doubt in my mind that this was the first time that the ducts and carpets had been cleaned in this house since it was built. Gross and disgusting doesn't even begin to describe what was hauled out of here. But it's gone now and no longer a problem!

The only thing left to do was to go room by room and clean EVERYTHING in the house. And I do mean everything! Every room, closet, drawer, cabinet, you name it. Soap and water became my best friend for three solid weeks. And in the end...we are now nearly dust free!!!!! The side bonus is that we did a major purge (of clothing and stuff) and are now a lot more stream-lined and organized.

When I finished doing my HAPPY DANCE through the house I decided it was time to tackle another couple of rooms: First, turning DH's office (an upstairs bedroom) into a library, and second, moving his office downstairs into the study.

So, while DH was out of town, I made my list and I was off to buy paint and supplies to paint those two rooms (ceilings, walls, doors, frames, and baseboards).

(DH's side of the room)

(My side of the room)

Then we turned that spare bedroom into a library. Painting the walls a grayish blue was quite the stretch for me because I'm not a blue fan! But after we got the loveseat sleeper set up, the books on the shelves, DH's beloved "Wolf Picture Collection" displayed, and a little extra color spread around I was okay with it. In fact, I actually like it!

Of course both rooms still need window treatments which will come in time. Especially since I still need to make the window treatments for the basement windows. I'm hoping to get those started next week.

I share these photos with you because I'm am so very happy that I was able to get some of my dolls out of the closet and boxes during my cleaning spurt. I love this little girly room!

Well, that's it for now. Have a great weekend and thank you so much for stopping by!

Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!

Gerry

UFO Finish

These are a set of blocks that I started as part of a Season To Season block share on CQ4Newbies in 2009. I actually sent two of the blocks out but then reworked one of them after it got home. The other two I have been working on - off and on - for what???? Two years????











Fingers crossed that I can get them sewn into a wall hanging before I loose my momentum again. LOL.

Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!

Gerry

Roses 3 RR - Nicki

I finally finished working on Nicki's block a couple days ago and got it in the mail to Lorrie. Nicki chose a pink and black theme for her block. What a wonderful color combination, huh? Too bad that I found my black silk ribbon AFTER I mailed it out. I think black roses would have been really, really pretty - oh well...

Anyway, here is what I added to her block. I hope she likes it :-)

A little apology here for running about a week behind schedule. I've been painting, decorating, and sewing again around the house.

Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!

Gerry

CQJP 2012 - February

This month's block is complete. I hope yours are coming along also.

Until Next time...Happy Needling!!!

Gerry