Blue Strip top done!

 It did  not take a lot of time to do the blue strip.

 First square!

My set up!

 

Blue strip! My kids approve! I didn't measure, but the muslin I used for the base I cut into 7.5 squares. So it's about 70 inches long.

I didn't even make a dent in the blue scraps box! Now onto green! 

Organized!

 I finally got all the scraps separated by color!

 That was a fidgety 3 day chore! And now I'll probably find more boxes, LOL.

 Our new treadmill arrived! Ralph did ten minutes and 1.1 mile this morning before I got up. I added it to my morning routine and did .8 mile in 5 minutes. I'll do that for a week or so before upping the time. I kept my phone in my back pocket and it added the steps, yay! The treadmill is in the dining room, because the guest room has a queen sized bed and the recumbinant bike, and we didn't want to totally fill the room. With it in the dining room, we can have the Amazon Echo play music while we walk. 

We're supposed to get a nor'easter tonight into tomorrow and end midday Monday. We went to Aldi yesterday because we were almost out of milk, and several other things. So we're set.

 

Starting!

 Before I can start Manda's wallhanging, I decided to organize my scraps by color. Yikes, I did not realize how many small bins of scraps I had!

 I decided to do the sorting in the living room, so I could watch TV while sorting. So far I've been sorting for 2 days! When I'm done sorting, the sewing won't take that long. It's the prep!

We got our flu shots on Tuesday, and I also got a Covid shot. The flu shot are have a huge red and itchy area, which is a reaction that I always have. The arm is a little stiff, also.  

My next project

 I saved this picture a while ago.

 I showed it to Manda when she was here. She has a two story house in WA state. She loved it!

I'm going to make 7.5 squares, backed with muslin. I cut some muslin squares. I plan to make each strip a different color family, so it will give the look of a rainbow. The longest strip will be 10 squares, and it will be blues. I'm going to stitch and flip the squares. 

 

I got out the scrap bins. Yikes, I didn't realize I had so many! I started pulling and ironing blues for as long as the knees let me. 

Because I'm using muslin as the filler, I'll let it act as batting. I'll back it by sewing the backing and front right sides together, then flip and do some top stitching, like I do with the table runners. 

It should be a fun project. I'll ask Heather if she wants one for the steps to her finished basement. And I'll ask Steph if she has a wall that she'd like one for. I'm an equal opportunity mom, after all!

Yesterday we bought a dryer. Ours is on it's last legs. The new one, a speed queen gas dryer, comes tomorrow.  

October!

 Wow, September zipped by!

 Hello October! One of my favorite months!

Manda's table runners and coasters are done and in the mail!

Now I'm fixing Heather's quilt that I made her over 20 years ago. The bottom has shredded from being tucked between the mattress and the footboard. I cut off the bottom two borders, and cut new binding. Now to sew it on!

She went from hair to her mid back to this! She looks so adorable! She has her mama's curls, and her dada's thick hair.

 

I bought this! It will be delivered next Friday, yay! They deliver and set up, for a price of course, which is fine. I need more steps for my weight loss.