what a day

Well Tuesday started out as any other day.. get up, feed the dogs, do some chores around the house....  I started by cleaning the rug I bought in Wisconsin... I was waiting for a few HOT days so I could wash it, block it and let it dry in the sun.... Wow did that do wonders! the colors are so amazing in this rug... I love it! My patio is pitched, which helps it drain and I can leave it right where it is til it's dry.

Then I did some more clean up around here, and fiddled around a bit more in Beatrice room... the fabric I ordered to cover two of her walls, is not getting here til Saturday. BOOO!!!!!  Beatrice comes home Thursday... So it won't be totally finished in time for her... I ran to my studio to see if i had Anything that I could hang to cover the mural just for effect on Thursday... I found this green/white Jennifer Paganelli fabric that actually looks really nice! But I don't have enough to do all of two walls... So when I get the other fabric. You will see what I mean.. ;-)

The desk came fro her room, and chair and drapes, Wednesday the lamp... So I'm pretty much done... 

I think she will be quite pleased...

Then. I went back to my studio to do some work, and I checked in on Facebook and saw that people were getting notifications for the quilts they entered into International quilt Festival in Houston. I checked my email, and no email.  My stomach began to turn... then I got nervous, as more people were getting there emails. Where was mine!! Then. Finally. My emails came.

Both quilts I entered got in to HOUSTON!!! TWO!   I'm so excited I almost fell over.  I have tried for three years to get a quilt into Houston, and well, three times was a charm!

I would have been OK if I didn't get any in. Trying makes me a better quilter...and I like making better quilts! So to get one, then two accepted, was mind blowing....

Now that was pretty cool ... Definitely made my day... then....Hours later...
We, ( the same group as I was a part of last year for our group quilt, Kathy York, myself, Frances Holiday Alford, Michele Muska, Leslie Tucker Jenison, and Hoodie Crescent,) got word that, our group quilt,  got in to Houston, too!

YAY!!!
THREE QUILTS!
I'm overwhelmed and stunned, humbled... ( and really happy!)

What a day.

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 July 17th

Lisa Mason

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Flaun Cline

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 July 18

Pat Sloan

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Jessica Alexandrakis

http://lifeunderquilts.blogspot.com

 July 19th

Jacquie Gering

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Lee Heinrich

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Monica Solorio-Snow

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room redo

Boo comes home from camp on Thursday. YAY!!!  She had been talking about wanting her room updated, so while she's been at camp, I decided to take on the challenge to surprise her. The last time we updated her room, we covered a large wall mural that I painted when it was her nursery....(SEE OLD POST ROOM REDO HERE... Pretty funny! We put the Joel Dewberry Brown on the walls, (her choice) and it has looked great for quite a while.  She had said she wanted me to take it down and paint over it.. But myself and my husband, can't get ourselves to do that. LOL!  So for starters, She loves BLUE. It's been her favorite color for quite a while now... so we picked out paint to cover the other two walls that are not mural covered...

So long blue/green/orange walls, Hello Navy blue! I love how it looks with the white trim. and a  yellow ceiling and closet!

Here's the Murals... see what I mean?  I had so much fun painting it when she was tiny... I've ordered new Riley Blake Zig Zag to hand over  the two walls...  ( I just can't paint it out!!)

Boo had decided she  didn't like her old IKEA bed a while ago, and asked us to take it out, so her mattress had been on the floor, which she was quite happy about... Made me a bit crazy, but that's my problem...LOL!  She likes to feel like she's in a nest, so when I found an upholstered day bed, I knew it was perfect for her. She wanted a room like a nice hotel room. ;-) her words, not mine... So, I scoured the internet and found a great navy/cream rug on sale that would set the whole design of the room.  I also found a new duvet in pale flying geese patterns, kind of fun and modern looking... She already had a nice Fake fur blanket I had made her a few years ago, so that helped make it look fancy!

She has said, she doesn't like to sleep under MY quilts. haha!  So I hung up the quilt I made her way back in 2008. She and I learned about Gee's bend on a JFK documentary video, As she is a huge JFK Buff!  I had not heard of the Gee's bend ladies at the time, and we quickly ordered the book. Boo asked for a quilt like theirs...So I made that quilt and hand quilted it in 2009... So, while I wait for the fabric to hang over the murals, I was thinking about what would also look nice on her wall... I decided the QUILT would look fantastic behind her bed.  The room is slowly coming together...


I'm praying the FABRIC gets here by Tuesday, so I can get it up on her walls before I have to go to NYC to get her Thursday! I also ordered her a small mirrored desk to sit next to her bed. Won't that be fun? An extra little touch to make her room more grown up and "hotel like!"... Now to get her pictures hung, and drapes hung... waiting for the drapes and a YELLOW  lamp for next to her bed, to come too, so stay tuned for part 2 of the room redo!

I ran to TJ Max yesterday, to see if they had anything fun in the home section, and I found these AWESOME metal baskets, one for LAUNDRY, and three nesting ones... Since she doesn't really have a dresser in this room, these will work well for all things that don't hang... They were on sale and very cheap, but are very sturdy baskets, so I feel like that was  giant score. That, and the great light blue sheets for $19.99 by some fancy designer...

So, tick tock, I have a few days left to get the room in shape, and go through all the STUFF I took out of her room... sigh. It's all sitting here in my living room... I'd rather be sewing then sifting through what to throw out. haha!

So, will she like it? Or will I be in the dog house?  Fingers crossed!

Hoping tuesday will have everything I need for the room finish.