Wow! I did not realized how many calendar pages had fallen from the peg. I sit here this morning alone and too early even for the cats. Don is out of town, Briana got home super late from an Ashland Shakespeare Festival, and no one is awake even to call two time zones away. That's okay.
I am working one two quilts that are very involved. One is a Queen Size Bargello style with at least 42 different fabrics in it. With just a little more top stitching and an edging, I should have a finished project. I'll post as soon as it is done!! The other is called a spider web. It is a little larger than a lap quilt, but has just as many different colors. The entire thing is made of scraps. I used paper piecing for the first time with this one. That was a trip. Regular printer paper is pretty thick, so cutting the little bits away took an EON!! I am undecided as to what to do with this quilt. Part of me wants to hang it on the wall; it is that showy. Part of me wants to give it as a Christmas present to my friend Monica, and part of me wants to give it to a friend as a baby quilt. I'm stumped. I know three people who are pregnant right now, well, actually, I know six. Only three or four are going to get baby quilts. I suppose that is my next big push. (no pun intended)
School has started. This year I have 181 students currently enrolled in my 6 classes. I think this is a record for me!! Overall, however, the kiddos have been really good. Actually, I'm having lots of fun!
Don has found another property in Central Oregon for us to look at. This time, it is in the town of Culver which is right above Lake Billy Chinook. Can you guess why he likes it? The property is a little over three and half acres with a weird house and a new four car garage/rv/boat enclosure that looks better than anything we have. Bank owned and foreclosed means it comes as is. If you'd like to look it up RMLS#10048509. It has water, septic, electricity which is more than I can say for the last two vacation properties on our wish list. One place only had an outhouse. Ummm, that would creep Don out. He already has issues about the toilet. Anywho, this one is about 40K less than the place in an earlier post. Of course, that one had 20 more acres and amazing views. We'll see.
Last weekend, Don and I went to the Pendleton Woolen Mills Portland store. That was either a mistake or an amazing find. I LOVE this stuff! We bought several signature pieces. Then we went to the largest fabric store in Oregon which is across the street. There we found some luxurious taupe/mushroom herringbone micro fiber upholstery material that just matched the beautiful wool. In the course of dreaming we met an ace upholsterer who just happened to work there on Saturdays. Can you guess where this is going? I went home and took pictures of the couch and love seat in my living room, sent them off to this guy, and set up an appointment to have these two redone. We are going to use the Pendleton Wool as the pillows. Now I'm thinking about painting the living room and the hall and the entry way. I have already decided to paint the Kitchen and Dining Room this great Lobster red! Just what the Doc ordered!!
It looks like a busy fall ahead!! Yippee!!
