Quilt Studio Walls Update

Yo!

Why, "yo", I don't know why, I'm in a silly mood I guess.

Hubby and I got the walls painted!  I'm so glad the brown paneling is covered up.  Speaking of which, did you know you can't buy real paneling anymore?  I mean the thin stuff with the grooves in it.  You can still get the thin boards but the wood grain and grooves are printed on it!  Not going to work when you need it to match your existing walls.  Thankfully, hubby stole a piece from our pantry area so that all my walls have the actual grooves.

Here's the before and after photos.
Door to back yard.  Notice there's no trim and that's just plywood on the left.  The colors in the after photo are "off" a bit as I took it with my iPad.

Looking at the office area:

 


Looking from the office area toward the kitchen.  All the floor space you see will be my quilting studio.

 

No, we haven't gotten to the flooring yet.  Hubby just found a really cool rug at a local auction and got it as a temporary "fix".

Here are the details on the paint:

• Walls - Behr Ultra eggshell, Bakery Box (white with the tiniest hint of blue)
• Ceiling:  Glidden flat ceiling paint, White (goes on pink, dries white - very cool!)
• Closets:  Behr Ultra eggshell, Tahitian Breeze (sea-glass green)
• Trim:  Behr Ultra eggshell, Calligraphy (blue-gray)

Next studio project:  shelving for both closets.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Quilt Studio Ceiling Update!!

Hello Everyone!

This is one of the more exciting posts for me because there is actual progress on my quilting studio!  This is post 1 of 2, just to keep the posts a little shorter.  Welcome to the ceiling!

As you may remember, hubby and I had painted the ceiling...which started to peel only hours later (sigh).  Well, hubby had the idea of covering the existing ceiling with beadboard and 1" x 6"'s.  That took a little detour when we saw the price of beadboard.  We're trying to do this "remodel" on a shoestring budget.

We looked at alternate ways of doing this and came up with using luan (think old-school paneling without the grooves) and 1" x 2"'s.

Original ceiling:

Close-up:

Luan going up (the 1" x 2"'s were purchased pre-painted white):

Let the painting begin.  This took awhile as we both kept saying, "We're too old for this.".  Painting above your head is hard!

...and fully painted:

As you can see, the new light fixtures are also in.  They are track lights that I got at Home Depot.

Next post will be painting the walls and closets.  Whew!

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Mini Wings In Repose update

Hi All!

A couple of days ago, I finished pages 5 & 6 on Mini Wings in Repose [retired].

Here's my progress pic:

I did 5 & 6 together because 6 was a partial page.  I'm now back on working on God Speed.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

Finish It Up Challenge 2020 edition

Hi Everyone!

I've been doing a personal Finish It Up Challenge the last couple of years and it seems to help so I'm going to do it again in 2020.  Quite a few of these are carry-overs from last year, but I did finish some items in 2019 so it's not the exact same list!  I'm going to show the updated list from last year first.

2019 Finish It Up Challenge:

• Finish hand-quilting my antique grandmother's flower garden quilt finished on 19 May 2019
• Paint the ceiling of my new quilting studio - finally got it done though it was more than just paint
• Finish the top from Bonnie Hunter's 2018-19 Good Fortune Mystery finished 18 Jan 2019
• Paint the inside of the 2 closet areas in my studio - finished late January 2020
• Paint the walls and trim of my studio - finished early January 2020
• List a bunch of items in my Etsy Shop XedStitches finished 21 Feb 2019
• List items on FB marketplace tried, no interest - items will be at local auction or on eBay
• Lay new flooring in my studio
• Build new cutting table
• Clean and re-frame cross stitch for my sister - I cleaned it, she framed it
• Install shelving for fabric in my studio
• Install new light fixtures in my studio - finished December 2019
• Paint chest of drawers that will go in closet of my studio
• Move quilting supplies (fabric, books, rulers, etc.) into new space
• Finish crocheted cardigan finished 5 Feb 2019
• Make another bull's eye quilt top
• Finish Little Bee Eater [retired] cross stitch finished on 11 Feb 2019

Whew!  I did get more done than I thought!  As you can see, a couple of them were completed in the last month, but they're done!  There are a couple on last year's list that I've thought about and I'm not going to do:  build a cutting table, and the chest of drawers.  

Hubby has an electronic drafting table that he wants out of his space so that's going to be my cutting table.  I'll be able to adjust it to the perfect height for me and it's got a lot of surface space!  I also decided against the chest of drawers in the closet and am going with custom cut shelves - hubby's going to cut them for me.

So here's my list for 2020:

• Lay new flooring in my studio
• Install shelving in the closets
finished in early March
• Move quilting supplies into studio
• Make another bull's eye quilt top
• Finish Bonnie Hunter's 2019-2020 mystery quilt
• Scan at least 1000 family photos (I have hundreds!)
• Make/buy new curtains for my studio

That's it for right now, but the list may grow.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy

God Speed update

Hi!

I finished another page on God Speed from HAED!  I actually finished this on January 19, but hadn't bothered to write the blog post. 

Here it is:

Next up in my rotation:  Mini Wings in Repose [retired].  Well, I need to get back to blogging more regularly.  I am back working on God Speed today because I finished my rotation on Mini Wings in Repose.  Update for that is in a separate post.

Both progress bars have been updated over there --->.

Happy Stitching!

Stacy