Category: Beth Ann Doing Decorating

Little Red Pillows

Decorating with Quilts

I purchased these fabric’s sometime back 
quilt fabric
I have Husband old recliner in our
bedroom and I am using a quilt as a pillow. The chairs is really to big for me, but the leather is perfect ! 
quilt pattern drawing
I do this all the time, I draw a pattern
and started piecing pillow tops, it’s not brain surgery, it’s math. 
quilt block with triangles
Top ONE
quilt block 9-patch
Top TWO
 
I’m hand quilting them now ! 

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Pink Quilt in My Office

Decorating with Quilts

I pull out quilts all the time, I have had to stop painting so much, meanly with my knee replacement, but also, it’s exhausting for me now. Fingers crossed that comes back, our guest bath is calling, “Paint me.” So now it’s a different quilt to make things look new. 
Here’s the quilt that is on the back of my Chair at my computer now
I took a border class I think when we lived in Windom, MN, YEARS ago, 30+
It measures about 14″ x 20″ perfect chair back size. 
Pink Border Quilt
Each block is 5″ x 5″
Pink Border Quilt
Machine Pieced and I hand quilted, I would quilt it more now, but that’s just me, can’t leave anything alone. 
Pink Border Quilt

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Re-doing our Master Closet

On Our Own – A Custom Closet

It’s been along time coming, finding a place for everything. We went from a four bedroom, four bath house to a two bedroom, two bath condo, with no basement and a one car garage. And, I love it. I have gotten things paired down and now it’s time to make things pretty and finished. We went to all the show rooms and looked…but Husband kept saying, “I can do this.” So here we go ! Lots of measuring and plans later, here we go.
I love our Ikea dressers and I purchased the matching hutches for them. Painting walls, double up the rods, shelving above and a new ceiling light.
First, it’s time to “Clean it OUT !” I have been a bit brutal about it. Not worn it or seen it for years, “LET IT GO”!

The Fun has STARTED !

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Houseplant Appreciation Day – The Quilt Ladies

I have a friend who says, I live in a fantasy world of quilts, art and plants.  Today is Houseplant Appreciation Day. This is my little corner of the world. Plants play a huge part of it.

Decorating a Condo Lanai in Florida

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Everything is blooming right now in Florida. 

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This is the three time the violets have bloomed this year. I’ve learned to just water and leave them alone !

Violets in my World A Quilt Ladies World

Start of my Gerber Daisies, I purchased them last year and they are re-flowering, this is just two days open. 

Gerber Daisy just blooming

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Looking back in 2018 Myself-Care

Last week I started my annual writing out of my goals for the new year.  I took a bit of time doing them and even looking back into 2018. What a year it was for me, 2018. I had never really done anything that was closely related to self-care. 

Self-care can also be known as, “I’m putting myself first.”

Those around you, don’t really get it and will act and balk a bit, but that’s alright. I surprised myself a lot and walked away, turned quite or just said, “I can’t do this with you anymore.” I have heard from only one, “You don’t care,” I do, but it’s about me first now. I cannot be everything is everyone anymore. I have to come first. Funny what you learn at 60…..

I love the process of writing out goals, my ideas, sketches for quilt patterns and art projects. Loving a good list and marking off what I have finished from it makes me happy!

A huge goal checked off my list, my New book and it’s here for you!   It’s priced for all, with many ideas to make YOUR next 20-30 years of retirement great on a daily and emotional level.
So here I go into 2019, goals, ideas and a huge plan for travel, quilts, drawing, and photography. Plus a few more home decorating projects. 

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It’s All About the Plaid, How I Painted my Plaid Walls

New Look to my sewing room. 

How to paint a plaid design on a wall

Our plan had been to live in the condo for a bit and then purchase a house, you know a house like we sold..I don’t think that is happening anytime soon. AND… I hate my sewing room, yes I said it, “HATE” my sewing room. This is the THIRD do of it, there was no committee meeting about it…since Husband retired, he cares about me decorating??? 

I painted the two walls the standard white of our condo about two weeks before doing the strips. And BEFORE you all go off the deep end, I’m a REALLY good painter and I don’t cover things, I am slow and steady. Kind of, I paint at my own risk. BUT, you may need to cover….How to paint a plaid THIS piece of paper is the most important of ALL.  Plan it out. I like to work a couple of hours a day. I NEVER paint when I am tired. Nothing goes right and I really like painting so for me it’s get up, breakfast and paint. In the pool by 1:00, always my end goal.

I used a level and one of my quilting rulers, ten inch one, very fine lines across the wall with a pencil and then added the blue tape just on the outside of the lines.

I added the Valspar Clear Glaze to the paint, it’s doesn’t change the paint color it just lets you work a bit longer with the paint, it doesn’t dry as fast. NOT a paid promo…

I finished painting the strips and removed the tape pretty quickly.

painting a plaid wall

I let it dry a couple of days and then added the up and down strip. Same as before, measure, mark, tape and paint.

how to paint a plaid wall

how to paint a plaid wall

Did just a bit of touch up and I LOVE it.

I designed and built a HUGE table, with Husband’s help, will share soon.

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