What a Great Day!

The chimney is completed!  It was drizzly and chilly yesterday

 but I worked anyway until it was done! 

 What a good feeling to have it off the unfinished list! 

 I really did enjoy doing the tile;  

it looks just like I envisioned 4 years ago!

Inside, I wanted to sew the rest of the blocks for the QAL.

I placed two fat quarters face to face, 

drew the grid to sew the HST's 

and then cut them out-within minutes I was done 

with this part of the first clue!

The part that took the rest of an hour was the trimming! 

But 40 squares later, 

it is going to be worth it later when I sew them in place!

The instructions and the 40 blocks were packed 

             into a large baggie.  I'm ready for clue # 2!             

I wasn't ready to quit sewing so I appliqued the other stem

 and pieced one more of the shamrock lobes.

Yes, it was quite a good day!

Squares on a Wall

I worked outside until the heat chased me indoors-yes, heat! 

 A very warm 87* today!  

The sun was too much for me 

but I did get halfway up the higher section of the chimney 

so I am on the home stretch now!

After a nice glass of iced tea, I played with fabric squares! 

 This is just for placement right now, 

once sewn together this section will be a 26" square

-two will make my table runner for the month! 

 In the big white square will be the appliqued stem 

for the shamrock.

Goodbye, February!

 

Tiled........

 I worked the rest of the wall and then added tile around the corner...

 Hmmmm, it didn't look right.  So I Googled how to apply back splash tile at corners;  the consensus was to NEVER DO IT THIS WAY!

 Okay.  I pulled back the 'around the corner' tiles and scrubbed the adhesive off the wall.

 Ahhh, yes;  much better!

 Now on to the stove and baking counter area.  It went pretty quickly after I worked around the electrical boxes!  They were fiddly, but the tile and glass saw made it doable.  Never try to put up your own tile without one of these saws!  It cranks through ceramic and glass very easily.

 Yes, I am so pleased with the results!   I have an appointment tomorrow so I won't be hitting the grout-trail until Friday.   (The day off will do me good, too!)

 Bill finished the siding on the well house!  It is so nice to look out and see it finished!

 I had one box of tile left over so we will be going back to the Floor Decor store for a return and then we will be purchasing tile to finish the chimney box!  I'm thinking beige ( like the house)  with some colored tiles scattered in randomly for a pop of color!  I am going to wait to see what they have before I get too specific on the design!

Now to the recliner for some down-time!  ( a new pair of socks for Matthew on the needles!)