Tolentreasures

She gets this from her  mother  and  great grandmother. Organization Coordination Order She cleaned out the basket of seashells  in the bathroom and organized them.  She gets this from me!  She dumped the excess glitter out the window on to the porch roof!!! I so get that side of her!  Nothing better than a little girl running in the clover! 

Edging a table runner, Upholstering some chairs,  thank goodness  JWS came to the rescue  and  helped me finish them!  One side of a mailbox,  have the other to do yet.  Daily checks on the signs of spring.  A painting class. A little bit of sewing. A craft class at Michaels with Gracelyn.  Lots of class prepwork. Some spring owls.  Still working on this bedspread.  Kendall, three days a week!  And a nursery painted.  And that's where my weeks are going! 

I picked out the pattern over a year ago. I think that Mom has fretted over it since then.   A year of finding the fabrics, all batiks, coming from quite a few states and trips.   Finally this weekend, we started. Figuring, sorting, cutting, figuring, re cutting, sorting, figuring and finally some sewing.   It all took me back to high school geometry class and poor Mr. Simerlink.   I am really not sure he ever liked me, but I sure would have made him proud this weekend.   I used every bit of geometry that I remember. (which is not much considering it was 40 years ago!) This is what my dining room looked like for much of the weekend. And it even spilled out onto the kitchen floor at one point!   Mom brought in Kamden's quilt that she had finished. This one looks a lot easier! Some time out for Gracelyn Cheering, she is the little blonde in the middle. And ...

  Who? Kendall, the one on the left asks a lot of questions.  Gracelyn, the one on the right is more , let's say, ethereal.  She makes up her own stories... and answers. Kendall is literal, grounded in the who, what, where, when, why and how. They love to play in the tailgate while we are waiting on the bus in the morning. Makes me have to keep it cleaned out. What? That is not an easy task! You will see why later.   Where?   This is my attic.  This is open house stuff! I have painted and knitted and sewed and, wait for it, Priced Nothing!!!!   So, I spend a lot of time sitting up here doing inventory and pricing.   When? Early morning. The Great Grout Experience See how bad the grout looks? One morning I tried Baking soda, Vinegar, Lemon juice, Toilet Bowl Cleaner, Ammonia, Clorox, (not mixed of course, I am not that dumb, well... to tell you the truth at on...