Tile Me A River

Well, sort of a little one at least and not wet. Maybe just a dry gulley? Anyway, the tile project is DONE! They came on Tuesday and finished on Friday. All remodels should last but one week don't you think? For a chuckle, this is the little island we traded our big one in for.



Gene wanted to know why we had spent all that money way back when after he saw this little wonder! ;-)
Without further babbling, here is the project from start to beauty shot.

Self leveling cement

Hallway to foyer

Tile laid awaiting grout

Grout! Color Wild Mushroom

Back together again

While grout and cement waged war on the floor downstairs, I did get a wee bit of sewing done. The last of my cut out Hey June Cheyenne shirts.

Another Dear Stella fabric with foxes

 In fact I need to get cutting. Try out the Liesl & Me shirt pattern, do the rest of the scrub tops now that all the other sizes of top have been traced and cut out on Swedish tracing paper. A pain I might add. I am worlds laziest person when it comes to patterns. I cut mine out. I'm also going to try a simple kimono type jacket. I picked up some lovely wool crepe fabric for a song and would like to have at least one pretty little jacket to throw on in the fall.

Look at this  lovely little spindle that friend Michelle selected for me from Wanda Jenkins.



 It's a Jenkins Aegean model done in a beautiful Big Leaf Maple. Michelle included some sumptuous fiber too, Shetland from one of her flock, Vienna. It is lovely to spin even for this spindle novice. Thank you so much Michelle, you may have started another little fiber obsession!

Since the 25 boxes of tile had been taking up critical space in my back weaving studio, once gone I went to town rearranging.



I like the set-up much better. Buttercup and Sheila work nicely together.



The old mid century modern dresser friend Mary gave me before she abandoned us for Arizona is perfect for holding some specialty yarns, rag fabrics and weaving bits and bobs that needed a place to call home. Still a little more organizing but pretty much done.



Speaking of Buttercup, her place mat warp is off and a new rug warp is being measured to go on sometime this week.



 These rugs will be for me I think. I could use a few small rag rugs here and there. And here is a quick blanket shot of all the stripes.



 I'm well into the center body of the blanket which is done, of course, all in natural.

Song for this post served up praying we can get back to the place of hope. and kindness.  BTW, all the verses are sung. This is my way of sending you all a big hug. And don't forget to vote! ;-)

Parting shot:A Photo bombing Jack!