Keeping Up With The Challenge

Sunday (July 21) was a very good day! I finally got to spend some time sewing in my new room. I was having sewing withdrawals. I am sure you know what I am talking about. So first I decided to make some green hexagons for my flower top. I saw Angie using this Sewline fabric glue pen to put her hexagons together. So instead of basting them which would have taken me hours I used the glue pen. It only took me about an hour

 to make this stack of hexagons. Now that is a time saver! I decided to make a yellow flower to add to the top.

 I cut and sewed the next two sides of the log cabin baby blocks.

 I also worked on some binding.

 Yesterday, July 22, I cut and added one side of the next round to the baby blocks.

 And I also attached seven of those green hexagons I had prepped on Sunday. Boy! do I like that glue pen!

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Nothing exciting!

This past Thursday I picked up a quilt from Laura who did the machine quilting for me. I got the binding sewed on that same afternoon.

 Yesterday I spent most of the day finishing up the caulking and touching up the paint in the bathroom I mentioned in the last post. I also had to put some sealant down on the tile too.The room does not really have that yellow cast to it but I just couldn't get the photo to come out right. So the bathroom is all done except for replacing the white knobs with some satin nickle finished ones that will match the faucet at the sink. I am really pleased how the tile looks.

So last night after I finally got caught up with all my email and replying to blog comments it was 10 pm. I sewed together some green hexagons and added another flower. I am going to have to make some more green hexagons before I can add any more flowers. I am linking this hexagon to Angie's Hexie Friday. If you have a minute you should go by to see all the other wonderful hexagon projects being made by other bloggers.

 So tonight I am going to see how much more of the binding I can get done on this quilt. So far I am keeping up with the sewing every day challenge even if it is a little bit of sewing.

 I was standing in my kitchen this afternoon when I noticed the culprit who is stealing the sunflower seeds. If you look close near the center of the photo you will see a yellow spot. That is a goldfinch. I had to zoom in. You can see what he looks like here. If you go to the link you can hear his song too. They love to pick the sunflower seeds out. See the orange and pink zinnias in the background? The goldfinch likes to pick the seeds from those flowers too. They are one of my favorite birds.

 With Passion,
Carrie P.

What's New?

Well, for me it the same stuff. Gardening, quilting, and working on updates in the house. I have not replied to all your comments. I have not even been reading many blogs either. So I don't know what you all are up to this summer. I am going to try to catch up on replying to your comments this afternoon. Please be patient with me. This morning before it becomes a sweltering hot day I went out to the garden to check on how things are growing. As you can see the sunflowers are loving the hot days of summer.

 The birds are loving the sunflowers. As you can see from this one where the seeds are just about gone from the center.

 I picked a few things this morning.

 At night I have done some sewing for Pat Sloan's challenge to sew every day. July 16 I finished up appliqueing those pieces at night while finally relaxing for the day.

 July 17, last night I added to more flowers to my top. Some hand sewing works for me.

 Here is the second bedroom done. This room used to be my boy's bedroom. Mr. P. and I put the bed in last night. I took this photo before that so you could see that great job Mr. P. did in this room. We ripped the carpet up in our bedroom last night so we will sleeping in the newly finished bedroom for a while. We had tile put down on the floor in what used to be kid's bathroom. I have been painting the baseboards which Mr. P. will put up tonight after work. Mr. P. has been working so hard. He works ten hour days, four days a week and then comes home to work on the house. We will both be glad when all this is done but it is going to take a while.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Boring..

to you but not to me. I have been very busy around the house but have still managed to fit in some sewing time. The reason I titled this post boring is because you are probably tired of seeing these blocks but it is all I have been working on lately. July 13 I added more to the log cabin blocks.

 July 14, same thing.

 I also added a few flowers to my top.

 Here is what it looks like so far. I really need to make some more yellow flowers.

 I am linking up my mid month progress to Melissa's blog.

 Today I added a little more to the log cabin and made the binding for my Willow Weave quilt.

See, I told you it would be a boring for you but I have been able to keep up with Pat Sloan's sewing every day challenge.

With Passion,
Carrie P.

Little Bits of Sewing

I have done little bits of sewing today. I sewed one more flower to my quilt top. I am linking up to Angie's Hexie Friday.

 Made a few yo yos.

 And I added some rounds to the log cabin blocks.

Did you get to sew any today?

With Passion,
Carrie P.