Lots of sewing! It may not look like it but I have a ton of these done. I haven't counted them but I have a bunch of them ready to sew into rows.
A few hundred sets of 2, ready to be sewn into larger strips.
I also finished 3 Orange Peel blocks. They still need to be trimmed to size.
3 more Windmills...
I know this is a short post but it's actually going on 2am. I'm tired and have to get up early. We will be replacing our hot water heater in the morning as soon as the hardware store opens. Our hot water heater started leaking and I'll be honest, I just got sick from the thoughts of having to shell out money for a new one. So sick that when Richard stopped by the hardware store I sat in the Jeep. I didn't even want to get out. So I snapped this photo as I sat in the Jeep.... This is our local hardware store that has been in business for over 100 years.
Anyway, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Thank you Lord! Come to find out it was still under warranty!!! How great is that!!! The downside is that they had to order one so I've had to put up with a leaky water heater for a few days. So in the morning Richard is going to pick it up and install it in the morning right after he returns the old one. :) See....something good came out of a bad thing.
Yesterday I did some cutting and sewing of some scraps. This was another sleepless night as didn't even go to bed until after 4am. Anyway...I cut out more of my pieces for Tumbler II and actually started sewing a few together just to see how I was going to like it. I ended up sewing together a little over 100 sets of 2!!! Not too shabby of a day!
Here I even sewed 4 together just to see...
I ended up with 8 more Windmill blocks which brings my total to 159. I have a bunch more cut out in the colors but need to start cutting neutral pieces for it too.
Here is my cutting progress. Several more pieces for my Windmill blocks and a bunch of pieces for my Tumbler II quilt. I forgot to take a photo of my neutrals that I cut.
I also got to spend some time with this precious girl. :) My sister came up for a visit. (I say "come up" because she lives a mile away at the bottom of the hill) Anyway, Addison is so precious and makes me laugh constantly. She is a ball of energy. I snapped this photo while she was on her belly on the couch. :) Look at those big beautiful eyes! It's hard to believe that she will be 3 months old in a few days.
Richard is off work for the next 2 days so I'm not sure how much sewing I will get done. It's funny that I don't get near as much accomplished when he is home. LOL!
Look what I accomplished yesterday!!!! It felt great to actually get something done. Sorry about the light shining through but I had it in the kitchen floor.
If you remember in my last post I just had them sewn in sets of 4.
So I just sewed together what I had cut and ended up with something like 54x70.
Then I got the big idea that I would add a narrow solid border and then use this green stripe. You know the old saying, "measure twice, cut once"....well I messed up when I was measuring, I guess and cut the border too short. :( I'll just put the borders away and use them on something else. At this point, I'm just going to call it done and throw it in the pile to be quilted. When I get ready to quilt it I will then decide if I want to add borders or just leave it "as is"
I also ended up with 7 more Windmill blocks!
I appliqued ONE Orange Peel...
...and cut out a few hexagons from the "cut-offs" around the edges of the Tumbler quilt.
I even drove Hunter to town to watch the fireworks at 10pm. Tomorrow I will probably be down all day. LOL! Richard has to work all weekend. He gets home around 8pm and is in bed by 9pm so after he went to bed Hunter and I headed to town. He seemed to enjoy watching them.
Herbs....our Thyme is sprouting! I think our basil is too. We planted these on June 30th.
That's all for now...it's 1:15am and I will be getting Richard up in a couple of hours. I think I'm going to try to go to bed for a couple of hours.
A few hundred sets of 2, ready to be sewn into larger strips. 
I also finished 3 Orange Peel blocks. They still need to be trimmed to size. 
3 more Windmills...
I know this is a short post but it's actually going on 2am. I'm tired and have to get up early. We will be replacing our hot water heater in the morning as soon as the hardware store opens. Our hot water heater started leaking and I'll be honest, I just got sick from the thoughts of having to shell out money for a new one. So sick that when Richard stopped by the hardware store I sat in the Jeep. I didn't even want to get out. So I snapped this photo as I sat in the Jeep.... This is our local hardware store that has been in business for over 100 years. 
Anyway, it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Thank you Lord! Come to find out it was still under warranty!!! How great is that!!! The downside is that they had to order one so I've had to put up with a leaky water heater for a few days. So in the morning Richard is going to pick it up and install it in the morning right after he returns the old one. :) See....something good came out of a bad thing. 
