Changes...

 

                                                    

                                            You been waiting long?

So... this happened...

 always something when you start tearing into a 53 year old house.

Our house was built in 1972. We are the 2nd owners. so was expecting some wood rot behind the vinyl.

the chimney is being torn down to, to the roof line.

its in bad shape and what we have inside are ventless propane logs.

south end is not too bad. but all fascia and soffits on back will have to be replaced.  The tear down continues.

Got the dback patio awning off in 3 pieces.

Looks different.

at least its not supposed to rain this week.

Made myself a throw...

top... disappearing 4 patch

Back... a Cross made from leftover fleece.

still working on the machine quilting.

 

How it all started...

 We got tired.

After 25 years redoing the inside of the house we could no longer finish the ceilings in the living room/dining room/ kitchen and the office. So we hired David.

After prepping and covering everything for almost 2 days, he had them painted in less than 2 hours.

there SO shiny...

He also saw my list of "To Do" projects and said, I can take care of alot of that.   

and so it began...

MAJOR RENOVATIONS... BEFORE

 

So...we're having the back patio awning removed, taking off the vinyl siding  and going back to wood, paint the entire house. 

Dorian Gray on the brick, fascia and soffits. Salty Dog (navy) on the peeks and front entrance with cedar shutter and embellishments. 

Will also be adding an enclosed back porch.

Similar to this with cedar.

Very excited.

Project Linus Quilts

 Discovered Project Linus Quilts. See there information here...

They came to our church.

Before momma passed i hadn't sewn or read a book in 3 years. Everything just kinda got put on hold.

The lady from project Linus said if all I could do was just sew 2 5" squares together it would help.

So I did that and returned them to her.

and I realized I could sew again.

It was such a peaceful experience.

I've  since seen some 4 patch blocks, some rail fence blocks and 20  2" strip, quarter  log cabin blocks.

And the top pictured above.

Then I made 30, disappearing 9 patch blocks which I'm going to finish into a throw for me.