Time to Play CATch Up!

Now that I’m back, it’s time to CATch you up. I’ll start with the fact that we finally decided to morph our daughter Brianna’s room. It took us a little over four years to be “ready” to take this step and to help with our healing process since losing her. As most of you know, I started quilting after she passed away. We wanted to keep her clothes but healthily—what better way than preserving them by making them into quilts. We can wrap ourselves up with them, kind of like a hug from our angel. Looking at the quilts, I will say that it brings up many memories of her when she was here. In turn, this warms our hearts and makes us smile.
We started this process, and I do mean it was a process in 2019. Of course, this happened to fall not long after my previous employer decided to retire and close his business. I was unemployed and had ample free time to take on this endeavor. Emptying her room was challenging; however, knowing she would, without a doubt, love the idea of turning her room into my sewing/quilting room made it much more manageable. Brianna was a very artistic young lady.
Once the room was empty, it was time to paint. I chose white walls and a bright turquoise for an accent wall. My husband thought it might be too “loud” and overbearing, but I assured him that since blue was Brianna’s favorite color, it would work out purrfectly.
The next step was attacking the floors. Lovely oak floors that needed sanding, staining, and sealing oh my! On a side note, I did call a flooring place to price refinishing them, and I received a quote of a couple of thousand dollars. I made a deal with the hubby. We rent a sander, do the floors ourselves, and finally buy the last two windows for her room and our son’s room. Thankfully, he went for it!
Refinishing hardwood floors are quite the task. My husband did this portion, as I did all the painting. We tackled the window installations together.
Once we had all of that completed, I was able to install a new led light fixture. Doing this has proved to be a wise choice; it provides ample lighting while I am sewing. Less strain on these aging eyes! I washed and reinstalled Brianna’s white curtains. Chris (my hubby) was worried that it would wash out with the walls being white, but again, I reassured him that there would be plenty of “color” in the room once I filled it up with fabric and quilts.
Chris and Logan (our son) made me a quilt wall. We purchased foam insulation board at Home Depot. I covered them with my hanging quilt design wall. They did not understand why I needed the insulation board at first, but once we got home and they helped me wrap and secure the hanging quilt wall around them, they immediately got it. They proceeded to mount the covered boards onto the wall, and voila, quilt wall ready to be used!
The room was now ready to be set up for its new purpose: Emi’s sewing and quilting room.