Unexpected Disruption

Our water situation at the house is less than desirable. We have a high salt content in our well (running raw without the softener) and even after running through the softener the salt content is still very high. The only way we get drinking water is through our R/O system and even that is chewing through my granite counter tops. 

Our plumber was out to check the bladder tanks to see if that was the problem. We have two down in the crawl space and after he checked them both, deemed one completely shot. He unhooked it and aired up the second one (it only had 9lbs of pressure). All was good. Until it wasn't.

Jim was in the shower last night and the water pressure was about non-existent after only a few minutes. He called the plumber back and he'll be here this morning after another earlier appointment already scheduled.

Meanwhile, I took a little "shower" in the kitchen sink to wash my hair/face and did a small sponge bath upstairs. I hate not taking a shower in the morning. It wakes me up and I feel all refreshed; ready to go for the day.

I have a lot of visitors coming today. Jim is gone to PT and I'll be dealing with the plumber (when he finally gets here) and I have a customer coming to drop off sometime after 10:00 (???).

I'll be working on getting this piece done throughout the day in between all of that.

A little quilting eye candy

I had to move the bow to the screen door yesterday and so far it's holding. Once I was done working for the day, I cut out for the next Quilt Room block and then moved over to DW to get the second row done in Book Nook.

Then I started piecing the block in the Quilt Room and actually finished it before quitting in the studio. 

Block #9

I better get to it since it's nearly 10:00 now.

Spartan Bow

The bow was worked most of yesterday. Here I am quilting it with straight lines on my DSM,

Doing some quilting

My Spartan bow looks like camouflage. But it was up for a bit. 

It looks great here!

And then while relaxing for the night, I heard it fall. The Command hook isn't sticking to the bumpy siding very well. 

I'm going to try the door later this morning to see if it sticks better there. That's about all I did yesterday.

Today I'll be starting out on Bernie on this little winter quilt.  

Diane's second quilt

All while I'm frame ironing for Diana's next quilt on Marty. I have a Diana and Diane both and their quilts are going to be done on each of the Bernina's. Isn't that funny?

A Little Sewing

Prior to our having to head to the picnic I got a little sewing done on the bows. Then we were off to the dam. Here is a one-time-only pic as people are not allowed up here ever again (unless authorized).

Looking north off the catwalk towards our house

That's our first gate looking down over the catwalk

We buzzed home real quick to grab Ben's muffins and to let the girls out one last time before heading down to Lansing. Aren't my grandkids silly?

Hannah is so pretty!

From left to right: Zechariah, Hannah, Elijah, and Jacob

On the way home we picked up a new TV for the studio and I'm going to fuss with that most of the morning. And then more bow work since today is a holiday. 

On a Whim

The morning started out with the Temperature blocks and then I had to make a prototype of a notebook cover to see if I liked the pattern I've selected for that. 

This is the before

Here is the after. 

I messed up the measurement (which is why I always do trial run) wrapped cover. There shouldn't be any of the blue polka dot fabric peeking out of the right side. 

I made a fabric bow last year around the holidays and wanted to make a few larger ones for the door to the studio. There are plenty of free videos on how to make one of these. Kind of. They give you the general instructions, but aren't specific about cuts/amount of squares, etc. 

I purchased a pattern from a maker on Etsy (must support small businesses) for the full pattern since I plan on making many of these.

Here's where I left off late last night.

It looks like I'm making a camouflage bow doesn't it? It's all the left over Sparty fabric I have in my stash along with a few other fabrics that worked well here. Before the picnic I want to get started sewing these all together. 

From the picnic we have to head to Lansing for Bens birthday. Don't know what time we'll get home so this morning may be my only sewing window.