Too damp to paint

I am getting a reprieve from my painting due to damp weather. There was some rain overnight and they say we could have more today which means the humidity is too high to paint. Instead I spent the morning in my sewing room and got my center block for Spring Fling Round Robin 2 ready to mail. And because I ended up with extra pieces from that and I liked it so well I decided to use it for my other mini quilt for August. You are just getting a sneak peek of one of them here because we are not supposed to show the whole thing for SFRR2 this time. This is because participants were allowed to include preferences so one might recognize one's quilt before it arrived and spoil the surprise factor. I didn't really give any preferences because I am not too picky so any of them could be mine!!!! But it is hard to just to a sneak peek all the same. The mini is basted and ready for quilting so I hope to get the part done this evening and then maybe the binding tomorrow so it is ready to mail with the SFRR2 center and my other mini which I finished yesterday.

Now it is time to get in the shower and do some running around.

Well, people, I feeling pretty good about what I got done today, paint-wise. I did the second coat of green on the wall and then finished my primering since the 'boss' brought home another gallon last night. And then I did the second coat on 20 of the deck roof squares and then used up the white I had poured on first coats. I now have 30 with a first coat!

I did get started on my SFRR2 center square last night. It took most of my time to figure out what I wanted to do. Then I did my cutting and got a start on the sewing but I was just too tired to continue. I am nearly finished with the hand sewn mini for August as of last night so things are going pretty well on that front.

Now I need my shower and some food!

Progress and a little quilt!

Here it is - the new color of our house. If you don't like it please don't tell me - it is hard to choose a paint color. We are happy with it and hopefully will remain so as long as we live here! It really looks better in person. This side gets the afternoon sun so it is hard to get a good picture. I gave this one coat today and also got the first coat on 22 1/2 of the 90 roof sections over the deck. It was just getting too warm this afternoon to paint anymore. I hope to get another coat on the wall tomorrow and maybe the first coat on another 22 1/2 sections. If it doesn't get too warm I might even do more.

This is the little quilt I received in the Small and Scrappy Exchange. It is from Susan. This isn't a great picture either! The backing is Little Red Hen fabric and so cute. With this quilts arrival I just have 2 more out there from last month that I am waiting on. There will also be a center block for Spring Fling Round Robin 2 coming soon and I need to get mine made and in the mail in the next week! I think I might do that this evening - at least the making part!

I have spent the last two days primering the roof of our deck. A total of about 9 hours of overhead painting! There are 90 'squares' in the roof and all but 3 are finished. I ran out of primer so I couldn't finish those last three. Having it primered gives us an idea of how much brighter it will be on the deck even on those gray days in winter.

Today I think I will paint one of the walls so I feel like I am getting something accomplished. If I try really hard I could get both coats on it even. I will post a picture later so you can see what color the house will be when I get done in a few weeks.

I have been working on one of my August mini quilts. This one is supposed to be totally hand sewn. It is an different take on a traditional pattern. It is turning out pretty well, but I can't show pictures until I know it has been received.

One more arrived

Today was a good mail day - I received my mini quilt from laurajay in New Brunswick! Isn't it cute! It is 3-D even!

I picked it up on the way to the paint store to spend lots of money that equates to lots of work for me! I bout 18 gallons of paint for the outside of our house. And that doesn't count the primer I need to do first. I got started on the primering today and got the bare siding done on the deck side of the house. There is a little bit more primering to do on siding but lots more to do the deck roof which has been waiting for 6 years to get done!

Yesterday I got more quilting done on the SIL quilt and I put the binding on since the rest of the quilting is either hand quilting or not close to the binding. So far things are going well with the quilting. I have started working on the handsewing of the binding and also tying off the tails from the quilting.

I couldn't add pictures for some reason yesterday but when I tried again this morning it worked! As an update - I finished the binding on the SIL quilt so now I can figure out the rest of the quilting!

Here it is!

I am liking this little bed! It isn't too high for Lucy to jump up on readily either so she can nap there while I type away the computer. That will keep her happy!

It sort of feels like I didn't get much done today but only because nothing is really finished! Yesterday I pieced the back for my SIL's quilt and today I got it pin basted and then decided to go ahead and do some machine quilting. As I went along I decided I would do as much machine quilting as I can in the ditch and then in the larger space I will do some hand quilting. It is going pretty well and I look forward to getting it done and ready for her visit in September.

After that, I felt like I should do something outside so I picked what was left of my raspberries and then cut back the old canes. It is now ready for a serious weeding and then we need to put in new posts and some wires to hold it all up next year. There are a lot of new canes that will have the berries on next year!

Hubby painted the metal bed frame for me today so maybe tomorrow we can get it moved into the house and decide whether we need a box spring or not.

Yesterday I tested three different green paints for the outside of the house. Yesterday I had decided but the hubby wasn't as sure. Today he came to the same conclusion I had yesterday so tomorrow I will go and get the paint while it is on sale. I will need to get in gear and start getting the painting done. There is some primering and then I will probably be doing two top coats on the whole house!

I have been working on the borders for Ludvina's Legacy and I have one put together and have started on the second. It is going pretty quickly so I hope to get them done and on the top so I can put that away for a while.

Oh, I forgot to add that I received my little quilt from sheila in Australia in the Four Seasons Quilt Swap Summer edition. It is just lovely and came with lots of wonderful goodies including the cutest little bag with lots of great embellishments.