Small projects

I'm taking a quick break from waxing the downstairs floors. This job just has to be done twice a year and our dirty carpets need to be taken up in early May anyway. I used to pay my kids to move furniture and help (I even paid some neighbor kids once!) but Tetsu said he'd help me and that means he does all the work and I just direct. Nice for me! We've finished the first coat of wax and are letting it sit for 30 minutes before applying the next coat.

As you may have noticed I do not have anything quilty going on on this blog recently. I listed up my projects and I know I am working on:

The Wonky Word Love quilt but that came to a stop until I decide how to quilt it. I also need to buy backing material and I can probably do that more cheaply in the States.

I put away the feathered star quilt and that will be reinstated after the trip to the States and hopefully I'll find some fantastic fabric that catches my eye while I'm there.

I am finished with step three of Bonnie's Orange Crush but since I don't even know if I'm doing it orange or not, I am stalled on fabric there too.

I am FOREVER working on the 365 Challenge (less than two months to go!) and I might as well buy backing for that when I'm in the States too. I no longer take pictures of this project because it doesn't fit on the wall anymore so it is just sitting in heaps.

I have finished block three of Lynette's Noah's Ark and that is now put aside until I'm back from the States. I guess most of my quilting life depends on when I get back from the States.

I put in a vine applique on the bazaar quilt in place of the flying geese and I hope it will meet with approval when I show my friends next week.

I made up a little pin that I may or may not use but I had to see if I could make it or not. This is another easy project and I guess if done in white these bobbles are supposed to be lily of the valley flowers. I've made them exactly the same way but larger and with wire in the stems and they come out trying to look like tulips (they stand upright then). Again I was working with left over kimono fabric but I suppose my choice of color could have been a bit more springy...

Well, I guess the living room is back together and thanks to Tetsu the floor looks shiny again. The way Choco scrabbles around though it is sure to get marked up again quickly!