Something Happening!

Do you see that sunshine?

With spring on its way - it's about to be project season around here as well.

Something we've needed to do is about to happen.

Our porch railings are about 20+ years old and were added at the time the cabin was built.

It's time for a re-do!

Old railing on the right, new railing on the left!

I love how the wire mesh doesn't block my view when I'm sitting in a chair the way that the wooden slats did.

One problem though (And this is me speaking as a mom who wasn't consulted)  Husbeter Dave and son Jeff who are in charge of this project brought the wire mesh down to the floor of the porch instead of leaving a couple inches of space.

"Isn't this going to make it harder to blow out the leaves come fall?" I asked.

I got looks of "We didn't consider that."

SO....we will see if they will fix that issue, or think it's not much of an issue and can be ignored as "mom talk."

They'll be working on it as weather permits, and today it's supposed to rain so I don't think today will see any more progress on it.

Look what's coming up!

While waiting for the March Quiltvillians to arrive I took a little look behind the brick wall off the back porch at the inn.

There they are!  They are coming up!

This made me extremely happy -

Back in the studio:  Remember me sharing those sawtooth sashing strips I've started in on?

For years I've been stuffing those cut off triangles form other projects into this tall pretzel jar just waiting for "Some Day."

Getting the colors out of here that I want is proving to be a bit of a problem, so along with reoganizing my sewing station a bit to make it more sewing friendly I did this:

It's now a basket I can pull from easily.

Honestly, it's a bit like an archeological dig in here.  Some of these cut off corners are from quilts I bound years and years go.

I've had questions on "how small is too small?" And honestly it depends on the project you are saving them for but to stop myself from being overly ridiculous I "ONLY" save the cut off triangles if the strip or square I am saving the from is at least 2 1/2'' wide. Anything smaller and there is really not a lot to sew with unless you want your finished triangle to end up at 1/2'' or something.

I'm trying to be real here.  Half of a 2 1/2'' square used as a stitch and flip triangle I can easily use.  Anything smaller?

Well - it just ends up here:

How do you know Bonnie has been paper piecing?

Just take a look in her trash can!

Oh, that blue shirt plaid triangle?  Yep.  I pulled it back out and sewed it onto a triangle sashing.  LOL!

By the time I am done using my fabric there literally isn't anything left.

Last evening's resuming of the hand quilting.

I was tired.  I only managed to quilt one hoop's worth of cross-hatching.  I've moved the hoop to the next section and it is ready for tonight.

But it is so nice to have that excess batting and backing removed and the edges bound.  It makes it so much easier to work with.

Abbeygate will have its pattern release when the hand quilting is finished.  Stay tuned on that one.

Throwback Thursday!

Remember this one?  Checkerboard rails was our Leader & Ender challenge several years back.

It's still available under the Free Patterns tab if you are looking for a way to sew up a whole bunch of 1 1/2'' strips.

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

This is my plan and I'm sticking to it!

Have a terrific Thursday, everyone!