Lotsa Quilts ~ Part 2

Carol here ~ 

Are you ready to view the next batch of quilts? All of the following are quilted by me using Lena Longarm's computer system as opposed to last week's where most of them were free motion custom quilted by me.  Free motion quilting allows for intricate and creative stitching by the quilter. I always tell people that I use the needle like a pencil and create from there.

I think we are getting to the end of the large quilts, well, except for one that I know of that hasn't been found yet. Hopefully it will turn up eventually.  

I am saving all the "Show Quilts" until the end.  They are all here in the house so no musty smells but they should be periodically opened up and refolded. 

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening. Nice day today, a little breezy here today, calming down nicely now. I may be forced to have a fire. Only problem is, is that I soaked the fire pit so I could empty the ashes. In order to have a fire it would require me to walk the couple hundred yards up to the shed and back where the wheelbarrow is. I keep threatening that I will buy another to have one up there and one down here. Sad to say I don’t really have room for a wheelbarrow to be kept down by the house. I suppose walking back and forth all the time will keep me thin. It gets dark so early now that by the time I finish writing this it will be dark anyway, so the heck with a fire.

Lotsa Quilts

Carol here ~

I know Dan has mentioned that our Climate Controlled Storage Shed where we had all our quilts was not so climate controlled. It was starting to smell musty which means some of our quilts were also smelling musty. That is when Dan moved them all to our storage shed up on the hill.

I decided it was time to sort through, wash, organize, photograph and document the size and type of batting used for each quilt. Luckily, I was pretty good at keeping records back in the day ~ batting used, thread color, quilting pattern, hours spent quilting, etc.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening after a nice day. Quite breezy here on the pond. Carol had set some quilts and wall hangings etc. out on the chairs out front to air out. She is doing this as we begin to go through all the quilts etc. that were in “climate controlled” storage, Except as we mentioned before, it may not have gone below freezing but moisture levels were way too high. A nuisance but hopefully all the items can be salvaged without too much effort. You got it, time will tell.

Earlier this week as I was cleaning up around where the now gone motorcycle trailer used to be, I found this little guy. A spotted salamander. 

 

He was just there doing whatever it is the salamanders do. I covered it up with the same clump of pine needles and let it be. I checked the next day and Spotty had moved on.

Another Bag

Carol here ~

Happy September!  What a beauteous day it was yesterday!

Dan and I went out in the kayaks. It's good to know he hasn't lost his Master Turtle Plucker skills.  He reached in and caught this guy,

while he was showing it to me he saw another so reached in and grabbed him too.

Dan's Ramblings

Dan here ~

Thursday evening. Labor Day is this weekend if you can believe that. I am finding it difficult, I have no idea where this summer has gone. 

The two graduated seniors are ensconced in their respective dorm environments, Kailey at MECA in Portland and Parker at Bates in Lewiston.  Evan returns to his dorm at USM this weekend as well. New adventures for them all.

Another Bag Request

Carol here ~

It seems like grand Evan has confiscated his mother's Chubby Charmer bag that I made her (many years ago) as I got a request from Erin for another.  I think I've actually made her several in the past including this well loved one that is still being used.