I started cleaning the area of the basement under the dining room and hallway. When they put in the new carpeting all kinds of grit filtered down through the floor boards. Luckily there is a drywall ceiling in the area under the 15' x 30' living room. The carpet was laid 6 days after my pacemaker surgery so I didn't even think about the dirt sifting down. I have all of the table tops and the floor clean in that area now. While I was down there I pulled out the batik orphan block box and looked through it. The new rust orphan blocks are going to be quite a contrast with the rest of the blocks. Here is the first orphan block quilt I made.
Last night the new season shows were on TV so I needed 3 hours of sewing to do. There is a new book coming out in about 3 weeks from C&T publishing by Maria Shell. Check it out here. Look at the 3rd image from the book. I have always loved Maria's quilts and now I can try some of her blocks. I used the strips that I sorted back on day 6 of my recuperation.
