Sewing and Cleaning......

Mondays are good days to clean! 

I attacked the guest room with a vengeance! 

Nearly everything got dusted or wiped down with Pine Sol.

This is an old fashioned 'old lady' kind of room - but I LOVE it!

I draped the antique iron bedstead with lace and used the vintage lace comforter which remains a 'work in progress.' It's about 35 years old and as the lace tore on the cover I would 'mend' it by sewing lace pieces or doilies and such over it. Every year I pull it out to use for a few months and sew more lace on it in the occasional afternoon.

The pillowcases are vintage embroidered ones I have collected over time.

A few I sewed myself and I think Louis Dean's beloved Ellen sewed a couple.

I have quite a collection of them now along with a big container of lace doilies, scarves and tablecloths.

Summer may spend the night on Thursday and I wanted the guest room - which was HER room from 1967 to 1985 - to be fresh as a daisy!

See the new 'Grandkids' frame?

Deanie gave this to me and I filled it with 'old' photos of the quads.

I have 8 grandchildren and there are 9 letters.

That's space for a picture of each child and one of US in the middle!

I hand washed the ceramic tea set I made for Amber's first birthday.

Soon this will live at HER house!

Praying she GETS a house soon!

This vintage pair of lamps is one of the 'old lady' charms in the room.

I ran by Amber's to help her with the 3:30 feed. That's the one where they get to practice their 'table manners!' I took Jello cut into cubes and I am here to tell you it was a HUGE Fail!!!

No matter! I got to see, play, rock and love on the babies before I raced the 2 miles back home to SEW!!!!

The quads birthdays will soon be here and I want them to ALL have their very own quilt!

The driveway is the only place around here with enough space to spread this 'crib' quilt out!

I made it a little on the large size because I want them to be able to use them for years to come.

This one is for Trystan. I used black denim (recycled, of course!) with a good batting sandwiched between the lion print plush backing.

Thank you, Deanie, for the BOLT of both this fabric and the black quilted fabric I have used so MUCH of lately!! Who KNEW I would be using it for quad quilts one day?

I added a border of khaki around the whole thing hoping to tie the lion print in to the black.

DONE deal!!! Except........

I'm thinking 'T' is for Trystan!

Perhaps a big 'T' on a shadow of khaki in the big middle??

Louis Dean and I usually end our day with a glass of wine.

It may be in the gazebo or sitting out on the driveway with our feet propped up on the stone wall.

In a pinch we have been known to drink it in the living room or den.

HOWEVER, I noticed the scales were a tad heavier the other day so I decided to forgo those calories the last few days!

This afternoon I was doing some laundry. The HUGE container of detergent usually lives BEHIND that curtain. When in laundry mode I pull it out until the last load is in.

I was about to measure out the soap when I realized I was holding the plastic Tide cup UNDER the tap of my box of Almaden Chardonnay!

So, tonight I had a nice satisfying SALAD for dinner and - if you are in the neighborhood right about now - you will find us out on the driveway enjoying the ritual of an evening glass of wine.

Cheers!