Tilled!

Tilled today and painted the gutter, later I will fill it with soil and poppies and petunias! It was about 85 today in Chicago, unheard of record heat for March.

New Fabric Powder Room

Yes, the Powder Room was in need of a little makeover and since its spring and green is my favorite color (for obvious reasons) I chose green. The walls are covered in Quilters Cottons I also have sewn a sink skirt and also lined the little loo cabinet windows with the same fabrics, have a peek here:

I also had a brass sink faucet that had worked just fine but lost its patina so I painted it and the light fixture with this rustoleum in "Oiled Bronze", what do ya think of the fabric bathroom?

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Paper Pots for Transplanting Sprouts

Today I made a few paper pots to transplant the tomato and artichoke sprouts into. I used one page of the Baker Creek Seed Catalog for each pot, just fold in half lengthwise, wrap it around a Campbell's Soup can, fold over the edges at the bottom and hold tight with a wooden clothespin. When ready just plant in the ground, pot and all.

Still left to transplant are the eggplant, paresely, onions, peppers and dill sprouts.

Will be starting all the annual flowers this week too in the now empty seed starting trays.

March Sprout Status Update

The Sprouts are doing well:

Onions:

Artichokes:

Tomatoes:

Parsely:

Kalanchoe:

Work in Progress Wednesday

This post feature on WIP "Work In Progress Wednesdays" over on Freshly Pieced Bloggy.
Still working on the twin bed quilts, here is a photo of one of them, the pillow is finished as of today and the quilt top is finished, next I will start to baste, tie and bind both quilts. What do ya think?

Twin bed quilt tops done!

Here are a few photos of the twin bed quilt tops hot off the presses. In hindsight I wished I waited for the sun to hit the tops to take the photos but then again it was super windy and really whipping them around.

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Vintage Camper block

A sneak peak at what Im currenlty working on:

Feb Sprout Status

I have started a few vegs and herbs in the front window a few weeks ago, here is how they look today.

Pictured are tomatoes, onions and artichokes

Today's Estate Sale Finds....

Nothing better than an Estate Sale....well maybe a Quilters' Estate Sale!
Today I ventured out in the snowy cold weather, but it was well worth it! The vintage wooden spools are for a shadow box im working on.
Here are a few photos of my purchases today.

A Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek at my current project..

A Little Gnome and his seeds

I went out today with the express intention to buy a few seeds, came home with:
Two types of green onion, peas, eggplant, lettuces, summer squash, artichokes, parsely, brussel sprouts, green beans and cardinal climber and love in a puff for fun.

I plan to recycle an old gutter by fastening it to the top of the garden fence, fill it with dirt and the climbing flower vines.

Here's a pic of the seeds we will use this year and our gnome "Mario"

Sprout starting

Have started all the tomatoes, peppers and lettuce seeds in the front window (Southern exposure) I've been waiting for some to start sprouting. Here is a pic of the lettuce popping up and some basil, hyacinth and kalanchoe house plants.

Decoupage'n the craft cabinet

Gram left behind an awesome little galvanized metal cabinet, it had 5 layers of peeling paint and had rusted, I could either repaint, or hot dip or repaint and decoupage it. I had never tried the later so it was a new craft to learn. One important tip, roll your fabric a few times after application, air bubbles will appear out of thin air and expect them they seem to be inevitable. This little beauty will be going into the laundry room for table linens and things.


Here are the before and after pics. Don't you just love before and after pics?