Quilting and other stuff this summer !!!!!!!!!

[QuiltR1024]

Hi All,
I hope you're having a progressive summer like me. I'm not getting as much
quilting finished as I would have liked. I've been to and from Pa. twice
this summer to see my mom, who has just started kidney dialysis and several
other things.
I just finished painting my master bedroom ( and inside my bedroom
closets) and my bathroom ( ceilings and woodwork too). It looks great
and is now a pale pink with white ceilings and woodwork. So I guess I'm am
using my artistic ability, but in a different way. I'm finally adding some
color to my walls ( except the main floor might still be an off-white,
because of all my dark furniture.
I'm working my way through the house. Every room needs painted. ( all
three bedrooms upstairs and the two bathrooms are now painted. As soon as I can
get the upstairs hallways finished, I'll have one complete level finished (
and I have four split levels in my house). Later today, I'm going to paint
the ceilings in the laundry room , powder room, upstairs hallway and
hopefully small landing room. If I don't get all this finished today, I'll
finish it up tomorrow morning.
I'm also striping the kitchen, bathrooms and laundry room floors and
re-waxing them & changing all the shelf paper in the kitchen closets and
linen closet. .
The biggest job in the near future will be tackling the downstairs (
the rec. room / sewing room) I have so much "stuff" there and I want to re-
organize my fabrics and crafts. If I have any extra supplies to give away,
I'll offer them at our craft group, Nellys Needlers or local quilt group.
When I do the downstairs ( before it can be painted too) , I also have to
clean out the utility room that is down there. My quilting and crafts supplies
have taken over somehow. <geez>.
I don't know what I've eaten to give me this much energy, but I'll let you
know if I figure it out.
I've enjoyed looking at al your websites this summer and being inspired. I
read most of the post here, but haven't had time to write a lot. I'll have
to get as much energy in my quilting as I have now for my house redecorating
and organizing. Maybe the re-organizing has to come first, to lead me in the
right direction. I need inspiration from you all and need to find it in
myself. I am in the middle of doing four different wall hangings that are 18"
x 28" . They are all in different styles and I am enjoying doing all four of
them. I'm using different applique techniques on them, along with fancy
threads and yarns, beadwork and fabric weaving.
I'm going to have to seriously take up my son's offer to make me a web page
, so I can show some of my quilts and garden. I've been doing a lot of flower
gardening this spring and summer and my first "Lord Baltimore Hibiscus" opened
this moring. I can't wait to take a photo of it. It's bright red. I've also
had my first "moonflowers " twrilling open in the evening. I have about eight
different flower gardens in the yard. One of them needs my weeding help, but
it's going to be near 90 degrees again today with a lot of humidity.
I've also been into the city ( Washington DC) about four times in the
past month . Once to see the rare diamond exhibit at the Smithsonian Museum,
to the Corcoran Gallery to see the "impressionists" paintings , to the
National Gallery of Art for a new exhibit and to the national botanical garden
by the Capitol to see the rare , giant " corpse flower" open up. It only
opened 40 % this year. It should re-bloom in about three years.
I've gone to the Gettysburg.Pa. quilt show and plan on going to the Ft,
Washington Quilt Show in Philadelphia, Pa also. I just need more hours in the
day. Stop on by if you need activity in your life. I always keep busy.
Where are you certain people that promise to stop by and visit????? You know
who you are & I'm waiting for you. Any words of wisdom out there to get
more quilting done., besides just getting into the sewing room and "doing
it". <smile>

Kris ( in northern Virginia)

[Beverly Archer]

QuiltR1024 <quilt...@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi All,
> I hope you're having a progressive summer like me. I'm not getting as
much
> quilting finished as I would have liked. I've been to and from Pa.
twice
> this summer to see my mom, who has just started kidney dialysis and
several
> other things.
> I just finished painting my master bedroom ( and inside my
bedroom
> closets) and my bathroom ( ceilings and woodwork too). It looks
great
> and is now a pale pink with white ceilings and woodwork. So I guess I'm am
> using my artistic ability, but in a different way. I'm finally adding
some
> color to my walls ( except the main floor might still be an off-white,
> because of all my dark furniture.
> I'm working my way through the house. Every room needs painted.

Glad to hear that you're sooo busy. I just finished painting the exterior of
my house, a little each day between the rain storms, it took 2 weeks.
Finally finished that quilt I was making for Josh. Our local "Tractor
Supply" had an exhibition of wonderful oil paintings of classic John Deeres.
They were all done with transmission oil, quite stunning.
Gosh, don't get me started on my gardening. Finally got ahead of the weeding
and my Ruby Red is starting to bloom.
I'm thinking of doing some beadwork this fall, a large wall-hanging
depicting the back yard furnishings from BB1.
I might be up your way soon and will share my "secrets to power quilting".

Bev