Killing Time... With No AC...

 I took a quilt to keep me busy yesterday... I got very little done.  Someday my quilt will be done... But not anytime soon, I fear.  This thing is done by hand with a needle and thread.  Did I mention that it will be king sized when it's finished...?

Last night Walter found that the water line for the air conditioning was leaking, by the back door.  Inside.  Not a good situation this time of year.  It is supposed to be over 100 today.  We have a call in to the repair place. 

I decided that I didn't want to start working with my head stuck in a dollhouse.  If the repair people come, I will have to stop, so I am finding other things to do.  Nothing new to show, as a result.

Tessie, Spike and I went out to the back yard to keep you entertained. 

That is my first Japanese Eggplant that Tessie is eyeing...  As soon as she saw it, she said, "That doesn't even look like an egg.  It's cute, but I don't know about eating an egg that is long and purple.  It smells funny too...". 

So much for Tessie trying out a new food.  If it were a cookie tree, maybe it would be a different story.

She is a fan of the tiny tomatoes.

I have a goodly bunch of yellow grape tomatoes coming along...  I accidentally mentioned the name.  That just brought on another controversy.  She started with, "These don't taste anything like grapes and they are the wrong color.  That's a silly name for them. Why didn't they just call them "Tessie's Tiny Yellow Tomatoes?  That makes a lot more sense."

She doesn't know that, there are some that are almost ready for picking, down by Spike's nose.  I am not telling her either.  I am saving them for next Wednesday, when I have the witchy meeting.  I may only have one or two per person, but I can at least say that I grew something good to eat...

Now if I can just keep my hands of off them until next week.... Oh well... There is always the produce department at the grocery store, down the street....  Just in case...

I think that I am going to go back to the quilt or the lace.  With those, I just have to put down the needle and walk away.  No bumping my head on the ceiling of the kitchen whilst backing out of the house with those.

See you tomorrow.

Why I Should Never Clean the Workroom...

First of all, letting me anywhere near broken jewelry is distracting to say the least. 

I now have a brand new antique gold ring.  I have been saving this short piece of a watch chain for years.  I knew it was gold and couldn't bear to part with it.  This time I ran across it, inspiration hit.  I wrapped it around the middle finger of my left hand.  It fit perfectly.

Who says that you can't have a ring that is part chain?  Pay no attention to them.

I started bending the one flat piece.  It was easy.  Being gold, the metal is soft.  I hooked it to the other end of the chain and  squeezed it shut with my needle nosed pliers.  Shaped the bar a bit....Almost instant ring!

This is the part that is really dangerous.  I found a partially made, mini octagon quilt.  The paper pieces are about 1/4" across.

It is in various stages.  Lots of paper pieces.  Some of them stuck to fabric and ready to be cut out.  Some are cut out and ready to sew...

I can't remember the last time I worked on this, but there is no new fabric in it...

When the paper pieces are stuck to the fabric, I begin folding the extra over the back and stitching it down. 

I found one piece that the fabric was folded and glued with a glue stick...I am wondering if the paper will come out of that one.  I am going to stitch it to other octagons and see.  If it does come out, it would sure save a lot of time sewing and maybe I would actually finish the quilt.

Tessie actually sat down and volunteered to help....The catch?  She wants it made into a sleeping bag...What is it with her and sleeping bags and naps lately?

If it gets her to help finish some of these projects that I have lying around, She can make it into an overstuffed chair, for all I care.

Little by little, step by step.   I am getting that icky workroom workable.

And what is more, I am finishing projects as I go.....Well, maybe not all of the projects....The fast ones like the ring get finished...The slow ones like the quilt get sidetracked  and sometimes put back on the shelf....Sooner or later, they will all get done...

Time estimation?  Four hundred thirty one years, seven months, six days 3 hours and forty two minutes....Admittedly, that is just a rough estimate. 

See you tomorrow.  Then it will only be four hundred thirty one years, seven months, five days, three hours and forty two minutes...

Five Generations, Minus One....

April came over today and we quilted... Maybe I should say that she quilted and I talked about quilting.

She recently "borrowed" the double wedding ring quilt in the first photo from me....It is one of those borrowers kind of things. I will not get it back. That's OK though. I know that it is in good hands.

It was made by my great grandmother for my mom and dad when they married. It's all hand done and she was a wonderful quilter. I have several of hers and April borrowed this one and another older one.

April is very carefully repairing a few patches in it that have worn through. You can't tell which ones she did.

April made and tied a fence rail quilt about ten years ago and, at the time, swore that she would never make another one. I am happy to say that she reneged on that. She is now happily quilting away when she has the time.

The reason for the title of this entry is, with the exception of my mom, we have all been quilters for the past five generations....The catch is, my mom was not in the direct line. She married into it.

You saw Great Grandma Mary's Double Wedding Ring. Then came my Grandma Daisy. She was a get things done kind of lady. She pieced by hand and then tied the blocks. She is the one that taught me to piece. Unfortunately, non of hers survived. They were well used.

As I said, it skipped a generation. When it came to me, I did quilts off and on for many years. I probably started the piecing part when I was about 10. Notice that I didn't say that I finished any at that age.

Some of the ones that I made went the way of Grandma Daisy's. Well loved and well used. Some baby quilts were given away as gifts.

I tore my hair out looking for a lap quilt a year or so ago. I couldn't find it anywhere.....The borrower struck once more....April absconded with it without telling me. Now I know....

The Octagon Paper pieced one that Tessie is sitting on in this photo is one that is about 1/4 done. I had big plans for king sized.

Today April suggested that maybe the six year old should turn it into a lap quilt....I am not sure that I trust her. If I make it a lap quilt, will I get to keep it?

At the other end of the spectrum are the other mini quilts . This one is a cheater and matches Tessie's Christmas apron.

This is the quilt that April is presently working on. She must be getting old. She has to have Tessie thread the needles for her...

I particularly like this one. It is all 30s reproduction fabric. Very soft colors, but not quite pastels.

April is definitely carrying on the family tradition.

See you tomorrow.

PS. I have had several people send me copies of the missing entry of two days ago. Thank you all for the help! Now I will at least have a copy of the original. I do wish that there was a way to put it in the correct order in the blog. Oh well. At least it is there. Thanks!

A Day Out.....

April and I met up and went garage sale-ing and antique shopping this morning. It was a fruitful day. Maybe I should say it was a bookish day. Most of the things that we purchased were books and more books. She is looking for things from 1937 because that is when their house was built. I was just looking for anything good that I could lay my hands on.

She showed up with a book called Rugs and Carpets by Andrew Middleton for me. That's the great thing about having a librarian in the family. Sometimes she gets first shot at discarded books. This one was great! It is a large format book that is all color!There are beautiful photos of rugs from all over the world. It is a treasure.

When I got home, Tessie had to have a look at all of the things that I bought. As you know, she always thinks of these shopping trips as..."What did you buy for me?" or if I didn't buy her anything that is instant gratification, "What are you going to make for me?" In this case, it was the latter.

Her eyes started sparkling when she flipped the pages. She found what she wanted. The ones that she is standing in front of in the photo "match her apron". I guess it is important to have rugs and aprons that match in her world. Or maybe she just wants a new rug. Do you think???

I went on to look at a few "Magic Crochet" magazines. She wasn't the least bit interested in those. I didn't tell her that some of the patterns could be made in miniature.

Then I picked up a miniature book that I found. Yes! A miniature book that I didn't already own! She immediately found the interest that she had lost. She likes this log cabin quilt. As you can see from the illustrations on these two pages, this one is easily made in miniature by strip piecing. Add another project to the list that she wants for her new house...s....

She has Theo with her today because she seems to think he should be interested in some of the rugs since they come from the same area that he is from....I didn't burst her bubble and tell her he was from down the street, right here in Tucson.

Walter brought home a big bag of kettle corn. Yay, Walter!!! I now have an official way to distract Tessie!

She tried it. She liked it. She is hooked. I tried to take the bag away and she slapped my hand.

Unfortunately, Theo seems to like it too. That means me against a weird little witch and her faithful tiger sidekick. I don't like kettle corn that much. Let Walter fight them for it! I am going away now and read new, used books for the rest of the afternoon.

See you tomorrow.

Witchy Quilt

The witches came to my house today. I made pita bread from scratch and put out all kinds of things to stuff them with and then we stuffed ourselves. A good time was had by all.

I did manage to finish the quilt that I started yesterday.

Here you see it ironed onto the pellon and laid on the backing fabric. I trimmed it to the edges of the interfacing. Then I put the backing fabric under it, face down. Then I trimmed the fabric to about 1/2 to 3/4" all around. I cut off the corners to about a quarter inch and then folded the raw edge of the fabric to the raw edge of the tape all around and pinned it in place. I blind stitched the edge to the front of the quilt and mitered the corners as I went.

Here's Tessie, holding the quilt up for you to see. If you click on the image, you will get a larger view. As you can see, the back is solid and just wraps to the front for a border. It is a bit stiff, but it can be pinned down or glued to a bed if that's what you want to do. Tessie will probably just use it for a lap quilt, since it is quite small. I didn't bother to quilt it since it already resembles a quilted piece with all of the squares that are kind of three dimensional.

I have to go clean up the witchy mess now. Sorry for the short entry. Let me know if there are any questions about the quilt.

Gotta run. See you tomorrow.

Still Another Way......

Are you tired of the many ways to make a quilt in miniature yet? I remembered a really old one that I learned when I first started out.

It turns out a bit stiff, like the last one, but is much less complicated. It is made from bias tape. If you have a bias tape maker for the smallest size, you can even turn out your own fancy tape to use.

I used some old double fold(the least amount of work)1/4" tape and some single fold 1/2" that I had on hand, so the colors could have been better. I used four colors each way. Don't use any of the same colors going in both directions or you will get a lot of weird patterns.

If you are satisfied with a checkerboard quilt, simply use one color for the horizontal and another for the vertical. In this case, I had a lot of different colors so I used 4 colors in each direction.

The first thing that you do is cut a piece of iron on interfacing the same size as the quilt that you want to make and place it glue side up on the mat. I like doing this type of quilt on a ruled, padded surface. In this case, it is one side of a double sided cutting board. It is easier to tell if you are keeping the lines straight.

Anyway, first you pin the horizontals(or verticals, depending on the direction that you want to do the weaving). Then you simply start doing an over and under weave through the tapes that you have pinned down. Notice that the pins slant away from the body of the quilt so that they will hold better. Put a pin at the start, outside the body of the quilt and weave to the other end and pin again.

At this point, all you are concerned with is doing the weaving. When you get to where the second photo is you will want to tighten the weave so that there is no interfacing showing. You may have to adjust the pins.

Tessie has volunteered to pose for scale.....No, not scale pay as in acting. Scale to show you how big the quilt is going to be. She, of course, has already claimed this one too.

You will have to come back tomorrow to see the finished quilt. It is time for me to stop and work on dinner.

Basically, if you want to finish one before tomorrow, all that is left is to iron the tape to the interlining. Trim to size from the back. Put another piece of material on the back that is a bit larger and wrap the edges around to the front and blind stitch the edge. I will be back tomorrow to show you the finishing.

See you then.

Sewing on the Square.

This is for the people that wanted a "Pattern" for the folded star quilt. As I said before, I can't really draw you a pattern. I can give you measurements for cutting and folding.

All of the strips that I cut were 3/4" wide. All of the folded corner pieces were 1" square.

I cut the base, white squares 1 1/4". I used the rotary cutter to make a fast job of the strips.

I decided to use a base piece to make the back of the quilt look a bit neater.

Down in the lower right of the photo you see the foundation piece with a black square added to the center.

I eliminated the thin white pieces around the center in the original quilt. It only added to the bulk. Instead I added a strip of the yellow all around. As you can see, I did not fold the piece in half. I folded about an eighth of an inch back before adding these strips. That's how I did all of the strips to try to get rid of some of the thickness.


Here you see that I have trimmed off the part of the yellow that will be covered by the next layer. I did this in every step. The original quilt was not trimmed at all and was very thick and stiff. It was also very messy on the back because there was no base fabric.

The next layer was done with green squares. In the photo you can see that I have cut off most of the second layer and left about 1/8" folded under.Then I turned the corners to the center point to make the square. I have one turned down in the photo.

I then sewed the top point of the green to the center of each side of the yellow. I stitched down the top sides of each square. I did this in white so that you could see where I stitched.

After they were stitched down, I carefully folded the bottom point back and trimmed away any excess green beneath it.

Next I stitched a folded strip of peach to each corner. I did this carefully to make the green appear to form a diamond on each side. Then I trimmed the edges to match the white foundation piece.

I decided to put a square of black in each corner using the folded square technique. This time I simply folded a strip that was turned under on the top edge and trimmed the corners when I finished stitching. I think that this would work on all of the squares if you wanted to do it this way.

Here's the finished block. It's not perfect, but with practice I think that it will get better. After all, this is the first try at sewing one.

Here's the back side of the foundation. I don't think that it looks too bad. Go look at the original if you don't believe me.

If you want to make it a whole quilt, just make as many squares as you need to cover your bed and sew them together with an eighth inch seam. Then bind it all with bias tape. You can use purchased tape or make it yourself.

One square was enough for me for today. Tessie wanted nothing to do with this project. She said it was too much like work.

See you tomorrow.

A Way Out.....

Since I finished the workroom, it was only logical to work my way out to the rest of the house. I wanted to see if I could replicate the folded star quilt. In order to do this, I had to find some solid colored fabric.....In order to find solid color fabric, I had to venture into the hall closet just outside the workroom....Good intentions are often not good. I wound up taking everything out of the closet(mostly fabric) and starting from scratch. This closet is kind of around the corner and hard to take a photo as proof of work finished.

I can actually see everything in there now. Before it was like Fibber Mc Gee's closet....OK. I am sure that some people don't even know who that is. He was famous for having a closet that, when he opened the door, everything fell out on his head.

I did find the fabric in the process. I drew a diagram of the quilt blocks from yesterday's entry. Literally. I put the quilt away and already it has been swallowed up by the evil workroom.

I grabbed a pile of plain colors and a glue stick and went to work. I didn't expect to turn out a finished quilt the first try, so I just temporarily glued the pieces together to get an approximation of how to do it.

I will show you the steps. If you try it, please sew. Do Not Glue! Don't do as I do. Do as I say! That is, if you want a finished product that you can use. I didn't measure I just snipped off some strips and squares and went at it.

It was pretty easy. First I laid down the center piece. Then I folded the white strips with some glue inside to hold them. Next I cut some pink strips and did it again.


If I were sewing this, I think that I would cut about half of the back side of each strip off to lessen the bulk.


The third layer was the blue diamonds. I simply cut a square about 4 times the finished diamond and folded it diagonally, with the glue inside again. Then I folded the two corners down to the center point. I glued the folded point of one of these to each of the four sides, centering them.

Then I went back to strips and glued the light blue on to make the next layer.

The yellow layer was once again the folded diamonds like the blue. This time there was one in each corner and one in the center of each side.

The last layer was simply a single diagonal folded triangle, placed in each corner. They are alternate colors on the original.(See yesterday's photo.)

My assistant says that when I make her a quilt "we" are definitely going to sew it! She is not crazy about puce school glue. Too sticky!

Anyway, there you have it. In the original quilt, each block was a different color arrangement. The edge was simply more long strips to fit around the quilt and the final edge was wrapped around to the back and stitched down.

Maybe one of these days I will do one the proper way. For now, this will have to do. If any of you try it, I would love to see the results. Have fun!

See you tomorrow.

Finished.....Kind Of......

OK. I saved the closet and the floor in front of it for last. I haven't gone through every drawer and box yet. I figure that I can do that, one drawer at a time, in the next week/month/year....I will do it. Honest.

All I have left is this. It is a stack of baskets full of refuse that was left on the floor yesterday.
Amazingly enough, it didn't seem to grow while I was at the mini meeting!

My daughter always accuses me of saving some stuff for "seed". The first thing she always asks when I finish one of these cleaning sprees is...."What did you leave in the laundry basket?" It used to be "What's left in the garbage bag?" I changed to the basket because even if it's full of miscellaneous items, it looks so much better than the bag until I finish putting it all away.

I promise that I will get it all stowed away, maybe tomorrow....

I did find the "folded pieces" quilt. I wanted you to see it. If you click on it, you can see how it is put together. There are no actual seams in it. The pieces are all folded to size and put in with tiny stitches. Each square starts in the center with the black piece. Then four white, folded strips are stitched down to that with tiny stitches. After that, the fabric that forms the X is put down in four pieces then the diamonds at the edge of the black. Next the pieces that form the star itself are laid on and last the folded squares and triangles that form the background of the star. They are actually the closest to the top. The last step is adding the large corner triangles to make it look like a large block. The boarders are done in the same way. Then it is edged with a wrap around binding.

Here's the back of the piece. They definitely are not worried about neatness counting! Since they didn't trim any of the layers, it is quite thick in spots.

I have always planned to try this technique. I do believe that, if you trimmed it more than they did, it would make a nice mini quilt. As it is, I love it, but it is hard to get it to drape well on a bed. All of the stitches are by hand.

I guess that I should go rescue Tessie now. I asked her to hold the quilt up so that you could see the back. I think she is still under there somewhere. Gotta go before she starts yelling.

See you tomorrow.

I Will Quit Quilting Now......

We finished the red quilt this afternoon. That's what made me late with the entry. Tessie quit and I had to finish it myself and now we both have sore fingers.

Before I show you that quilt I have just a couple of more ways to do a quilt. Then I promise not to mention quilts until next time I come up with a harebrained scheme.

This first one is a pattern that was in one of the craft magazines years ago... I believe it was Mc Calls. It is all done in cross stitch on #22 hardanger. The blocks are faked with lines of white cross stitches running diagonally between the tulips. It was pretty simple to do once I got the pattern established. There is no backing on this one. Poke the photo to see it better.

The point is, you can take a quilt pattern and figure out how many cross stitches it takes to do the pattern on a piece of graph paper if you don't have a computer program. It is time consuming but turns out a very effective quilt. If you do have a program it is quick and easy.



The next method is with straight needlepoint stitches. I did this one with just straight stitches on the diagonal. If you try this, be sure to put it on stretcher bars or some kind of frame. Be warned. Doing all diagonal and all in one direction warps the fabric.

Here's a close up so that you can see better. I did each square over one thread then two threads and then three threads, back to two and then to one. Very simple indeed. The inner border was over two threads on the diagonal and the outer border was over three threads.

And yes, I know it's not finished. It will be when I have a place to put it........Don't nag!

There are many other ways to make mini quilts. I have one somewhere from, I believe, Thailand that is all folded pieces of cloth stitched to a base cloth in a star pattern. I need to dig that one out to show you. It is really neat. My friend Pat brought it back to me from one of her trips. Some of these days I am going to try making one with that method.

Now about the red quilt. After I finished the border, Tessie and Spike tried it out.

Zar happened by and saw it.

He likes it......I mean really likes it. He wants one.

Tessie told him that she would consider making him one if he would show her what is on the other side of the bathroom wall......He's tempted, but he isn't giving in. He keeps telling her it is all in her imagination. I don't think that he is going to give away his secret room for a measly quilt. It's the only place that he can get any peace and quiet. No quilt is worth that. Especially when it is Tessie that is disturbing the peace.

Tessie made me swear that I wouldn't make him a quilt. She thinks that is leverage for finding out the truth.....How many times have it told her? I am saying it again. "Tessie. Don't hold your breath!"

See you tomorrow.

The Easy Way Out......

Since we started talking about quilts, I decided to show you how to take the easy way out. If you want to make a quilt, no fuss no muss....this is the way you do it.

See all of the pretty quilts to the left. They're not really. All of the overlapping quilts on the bottom are one piece of fabric that I purchased at a quilt shop a few years ago. Some of it can be pieced into a very convincing antique quilt. Sometimes, as in the Rusty Needle, I simply put a bit of light weight quilt batting, felt or flannel behind it and fold it up to look like a very impressive and convincing, antique folded quilt on a shelf. That's about the easiest thing you can do. Or you can fold it in a long triple fold to lay at the foot of a bed. In that case you have to glue under the edges to make it look finished.

Then there are the whole quilts that you can make from the other fabrics on the pile. Just about anything with a small square motif will work. See the blue plain and patterned four patch fabric in the center? Tessie will be working with a piece of red in the same pattern to show you how to do it.

I about fainted this morning when she told me that she was tired of puce. "I am on a red kick now. No more dull pucey colors!" I think maybe the fact that I started a red and white quilt and refused to switch to puce may have had something to do with the decision. Whatever happened I am so relieved to be shed of the puce. Red will do just fine. I actually like red. I wonder how long the color change is going to last. Next week it will probably be taupe.

Anyway, we took a piece of the top layer that allowed about about two inches overhang on either side of a 4 1/2" bed. A standard bed would be about 6" long so I allowed two inches for the end and one inch extra for a generous turn back at the top. In other words, the quilt will be about 9" by 8". This sounds like a lot, but I don't like to have to fight with the sides not being long enough to cover the sideboards. You can make yours to fit whatever your bed measures.

I cut the top and a piece of flannel the same size. Then I cut a back piece that was about 1/2" larger all around. (Tessie couldn't handle the scissors. She was afraid of cutting her foot off.)

We lay the backing face down on the table. Next we centered the flannel on that with the 1/2" showing all around. Then we lay the top face up. It should be the same size as the flannel.

If you have not done any quilting before, it is a good idea to run a long basting stitch from corner to corner each way and around the edge of the quilt to hold the layers in place. The stitches can be removed after you finish quilting.....Be sure to use a contrasting color so that you can see it to remove.

In this case, I started at the very center and did small running stitches out to the center of each edge. I had a cross of stitches. Then, always starting on the center line and working out, I did a line of stitches on either side of the center line.
(three rows of stitches going in each direction)

I kept doing this until I was to the edge. It will depend on what fabric you use. I did this in white so that it would contrast with the red to be seen. The reason for working from the center out is so that the fabric will not stretch out of shape. It should stay square and not have to be blocked.

The last step Is to roll the edge of the backing around to the front. I start in the center of one side and blind stitch it to the front of the quilt and miter the corners as you go.

You roll the edge and stitch all the way to the corner then fold the next side into a triangle shape and fold the edge inside and put a couple of stitches in to hold the angle. Then just continue blind stitching the next side.

You can insert a thin wire at the edge as you stitch if you want to be able to drape it on the bed when you finish.We didn't do it on this one. Tessie may want to fold it somewhere for display. After all, it's her first quilt.

She is now poking and prodding me to get back to work and finish the last bit. She complained that her fingers were sore. I guess I should finish it. I think she is loosing interest fast.

See you tomorrow.

Yet Another Way.....

In the past couple of days, a couple of people that I follow have put up tutorials on how they do quilts.

Debby of Petit http://petitpunt.blogspot.com/ has a wonderful one with a blue quilt made of men's shirts.

Mercedes of Liberty Biberty http://libertybiberty.blogspot.com/ did a scrappy block quilt of many colors.

They are both beautifully done. Go to both sites and check them out. Worth the trip. Both tutorials are great.

Theirs are both machine made. I am way too lazy to dig my machine out of the cupboard and put it back after I'm half way done. Then dig it out again to do more.....So I decided to throw in my two cents, for what it's worth.

I learned to do English paper piecing years ago for real quilts. I have don a couple of mini quilts that way. Unfortunately both are gone to other homes and it was before I learned to take photos of everything.

Everything that I need fits in a small box. It is very light and doesn't have to be plugged in to work.

I use the hexagon on a protractor as a pattern. You can use any shape that will make a quilt piece. I usually do the paper pieces on graph paper. I did these on unlined paper and it is harder to keep them straight. Anyway, I drew up a bunch of hexagons and cut them out with a pair of small scissors. I keep thinking that I should look for a paper punch in that shape. It would be much easier and more uniform.

Next I use a glue stick to stick the paper pieces to the backside of light weight cotton fabric, being sure that one of the straight edges of the pattern is running with the grain.

Cut them out with about 1/8" all around. Fold the edges to the back and making a crisp corner fold, stitch twice in each corner to hold it down. The back will look kind of messy but It will look better later. The front of the block is in the second photo, the back(messy) is in the last one.

Now you pick out a couple of hexes and, holding them right sides facing, whip stitch them together, trying not to catch the paper. Select another one and whip stitch two sides of that one onto the two that you have done. Keep doing that until you have six hexes around the center one if you want to make a Granny's Flower Garden type of quilt. Each seven hexes will make a flower. If you want a traditional looking quilt you will add a strip of green hexes between all of the flowers. If not, you can do any pattern that suits your fancy.

I have a large quilt started that has black as the center and scraps all around each one. That makes a pretty pattern.

After you finish piecing the hexes press the quilt. Then you can take a pin and pull out the papers. from the back. To finish, I usually simply sew the hexes with their uneven edges to a base fabric and turn it under and hem. If you get bored or frustrated after one flower, you can always applique it to a pillow.

Any more I can't seem to finish anything with out Tessie butting in. I guess she got bored with trying to get into the secret room.

Now she has her favorite piece of puce material and thread to match. She is threatening another do it yourself project if I don't make her a purple quilt. Have I mentioned that I hate puce with a purple passion?

Back to the RED and WHITE quilt.

See you tomorrow.