WOOD ON WEDNESDAY

I have been working on the finish on the outside of the the brown birch bowl-lots of sanding and Shellac, repeat!

But yesterday, I moved on to the the inside of the piece 

and made a bowl!  

I love to see the pile of shavings as I remove the wood to make it just so!

The putty has hardened and made a good repair in the crack (which was a chain saw stutter!

Today, I have to turn the bowl around and take off the tenon, 

sign it and take its glamour shots!

 And look what I have in the window over the lathe where I work!!!  An A/C unit! It's not enough to cool the whole garage to 74* but it sure will take the humidity and heat down and every little bit will be much appreciated!  

A HOME DAY!!!!!

Yesterday, I was on the road until 3:30 and when I came home,

 I was done in!  I sat in my recliner with Lena on my lap and didn't get up until 9:00 when I went to bed! 

 I had an eye Dr appt, ( I need new glasses with prisms to help with my double vision) 

a quick dentist appt to re-glue the temp cap 

and then to my primary care doctor! 

 In between appts I did some shopping which is Very unlike me!  But I didn't want to drive the 35 min back home and back in between things!!!  I did squeeze in a long browse at the Quilt shop and bought these three 1/2 yard pieces to help with the piano keys round on the patriotic quilt.

Today, I am going to spend some time with these batts!

 

MORE PIECING-NEW MONTH!

The square-in-a-square blocks are all finished 

(but not sewn to each other)

so I am working on making the star blocks;  

the corner units are completed and I am making the points for now--there has been a ton of corner stitching going on!