tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16019407691910924462024-02-06T20:03:01.659-06:004 & FifteenHave nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
William MorrisSheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-10558174289637728092018-12-24T08:46:00.000-06:002018-12-24T08:46:28.677-06:00Merry Christmas 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
So peaceful and quiet on the pine ridge this morning......the pie is just starting to bake in the oven and all I really hear is the clock gently moving counting time, until it chimes again.</div>
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So thankful for the words in this verse and the picture that really shares the full story of His coming and his gift to me of His Son! Thank you Jesus!</div>
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Shot a little video of the house decked out for this year to share with a couple friends who aren't able to visit this time of year. Also it's good to take pictures to have a reminder of how decorations are arranged.....some things stay pretty much the same.....other things change and move around. It's pretty amateur video and I thought the battery was going to die at one point.....but it hung in there. It is what it is. It's about 30 minutes long.....FYI!</div>
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If you have hung in here this long....here is a piece of clip art for you Cricut people. If you have never brought in a piece of clip art for Design Space, here is your chance to practice and try it out.</div>
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You need to right click on it and save it to your computer, where you know where it is. Open Design Space and click on the Upload button and follow the prompts.....then you will be able to do Print and Cut with this image.....very cool. Sometimes I sit and do a whole page full of Print and Cut images and have them all ready to use as embellishments for whatever, cards, scrapbooking, etc. </div>
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Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-58258975516711712682018-07-02T17:00:00.002-05:002018-07-03T13:45:02.750-05:00World War II Pillowcase and Uncle Leonard WeaverA few weeks backs......while rumbling around in the store room, trying to make some progress and doing a little cleaning and sorting.....I came across this World War II pillowcase from San Antonio and knew immediately that my dad's Uncle Leonard Weaver had probably sent it or brought it home to his parents.<br />
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The vintage linen collection from both of the grandma's is vast and frankly pretty stellar for those that like that sort of thing like this writer does. I had no idea, there was such a piece and had no memory of it at all. So it was a nice surprise that day and I pretty much knew there was a project coming on for my dad on Father's Day.<br />
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Several years ago it worked out for an interview of my great-uncle Leonard while he was here visiting his Iowa family around Traer......where he grew up. I did not know him that well because they lived in California and Arizona for his adult life after the war. But I knew he was a favorite of my Grandma Mildred (his sister).....she always spoke so kindly about him. He was the youngest boy of their family. Here is the interview that I transcribed as he spoke.<br />
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</v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--><i>I interviewed Leonard
Weaver at Iowa Star Quilts on October 12, 2004.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was here in Iowa visiting family. He lives in California.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am writing this as was told to me and noted
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R. Lesh<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I enlisted 2/5/42. I and several others from the area went
to Des Moines to sign up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My parents did
know ahead of time that I was going to enlist.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My training included
a school in Tulsa, Oklahoma; Spartan School of Aeronautics.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then to Louisiana to train on maintenance for
AT-6 planes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I then went to another
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<i>For Cadet training I was sent to San Antonio, Texas, then on
to pilot training at Sikeston,</i><i> Missouri. This is called Primary training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dad & Mom Weaver & Mildred came down
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<i>Then went on to Winfield, Kansas; then on to Pampa, Texas
for Basic Flight Training, I graduated from there and received my wings &
commission.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>On to Ft. Worth, Texas for B-24 Flight Training.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>Then to Lincoln, Nebraska and received our crew assembly
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<i>Then headed to Casper, Wyoming for further training.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I left from New Jersey to take a boat across the ocean to
Liverpool.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I didn’t really like being at
sea.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I don’t know how to swim and there were enemy subs out
there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We always road in convoys for
protection.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You were not suppose to use
electric razors because the sonar could pick up the signal from that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember a guy really got in trouble for
using his razor. <o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>From Liverpool I went to Casablanca, Africa.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then on to Bari, Italy.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>My squadron finally arrived in Ceriignlo, Italy.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I flew my missions from there. The date would have been
August 1944.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>My squadron was made up of 12 plane crews.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I flew 3 days and then off some days, hit and miss.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But it varied, sometimes you would fly
several days in a row, before you had a day off.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I flew mostly in Austria, Southern Germany, and Northern
Italy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our targets were marshalling
yards, factories, and fuel storage sites.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I probably killed a bunch of people when we hit those targets.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Sheri--I did ask him what his thoughts were
about that.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He answered, you were young
and you just did it because you had to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<i>I was first injured December 12, 1944.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The navigator took us down in over Zabreg,
Yugoslavia. We were in heavy flack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
was hit in the knee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It felt like
someone hit my knee with a baseball bat. I had the co-pilot fly the plane back,
but I came back up in the cockpit and helped land it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plane was not particularly damaged. The
shots had just shot through the skin of the plane and hit me.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I was injured the second time, April 25, 1945 over Linz,
Austria. There was heavy flack. The sky was black from them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were hitting marshalling yards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was hit in my left arm and damaged a nerve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a permanent injury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The plane again was OK.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>When we got passes we would go to Naples or Rome.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>One time when we were in Rome, the sidewalks were very wide
& we were walking side by side, one of the paratroopers came by and hit me
in the face.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I had a black eye for quite
awhile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would not fly for awhile
because of that.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a rivalry
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<i>Another time we went to Capri I went with another squadron because
I was still healing up from my knee injury.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We didn’t enjoy it so much because it was cold while we were there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Italians took us out on a boat trip,
fishing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They would fish with bombs, put
an explosive in a can and throw it out in the water and then the fish would
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<i>(Sheri--I asked him if he ever was scared.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My co-pilot would freeze.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The radio operator would lay down on the
floor of the plane with flak suites laid under him to protect to himself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His oxygen came unhooked one time and the
co-pilot saw it and connected it back up; that saved his life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was turning blue, so if he had not done
that, he would have died.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>We used oxygen at 12,000 feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We normally flew at 22,500 feet.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>We would usually fly about 6 hour missions, approximately.
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neighbor (tent besides mine).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had
gone to do a milk run that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of
the planes went in the tail of another plane and many were lost that day
including several buddies. One of the guys that survived parachuted out through
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<i>I had two good friends from northwest Iowa, went through
most of my training with them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their
name was Schindler.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were brothers
and at that time, they kept them together.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They were on the same mission.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One was flying “Lead.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The other
one flying “Able.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The one brother
flying “Lead” was hit and went down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While the other brother watched and he just went to pieces and was hit
also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Lead, Able, Baker, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leonard told me this is what they called the
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<i>We always had food, although you sometimes got tired of the
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fighter planes though. The Germans would pick up planes that had been shot
down, scavenge parts from all different ones and put together another one that
they would take up and be a scout.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Looking for where we were running out routes and what altitude we were
at and then radio the information down to the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That would give them very accurate statistics
on where to fire their anti-aircraft at us. (heavy flack.)<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I met my wife Chris in Denver, Colorado, Fitzsimmons General
Hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I ended up there after being
in several other hospitals from the wound to my arm. They actually sent me to
the wrong hospital, amputees were sent to Colorado, but they moved me to
another area in the hospital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I retired
from service there. The war was over at this point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I met Chris on a blind date.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was in 1947.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I didn’t think about the danger much we just did it but the
artillery guys would say they didn’t want to do what we were doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They wanted to stay on the ground.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still think it is hard to think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It makes me emotional.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>I haven’t seen the WWII memorial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Maybe I will if I have the opportunity.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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<i>My navigator is living and an attorney; Sr. Advisor to the
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<i>My co-pilot is in South Dakota.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I still keep in touch with them.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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He received many awards and metals including a purple heart for his service. This article tells of his marriage to Chris and his service record from the Traer Star Clipper. A farm boy from Traer, Iowa to a WWII B-24 bomber pilot in the European theater.....pretty amazing!</div>
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Sadly he passed away on January 16, 2008 and as far as I know he never got to see the World War II Memorial in Washington DC. He did not talk about his experience in the war and when I gave my Grandma Mildred a copy of this interview, she really knew none of the information that he had told me.</div>
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<br />Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-25164875787375218952018-06-07T11:57:00.004-05:002018-06-07T11:57:28.919-05:00Marilyn's Dear JaneI was asked last fall by a quilt friend from our Keepsake Quilter's Guild if I would quilt her Dear Jane.......gulp! I would be honored to.....humbled by and pretty much terrified to work on someone else's Jane!!!<br />
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And away we went......I stitched all the blocks in the ditch including the sashing strips and Marilyn is going to go back and hand quilt each block. And frankly at that point my work goes away and all you see is the hand quilting. That is fine with me and is exactly how I finished mine. </div>
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All finished and ready to be picked up!!!! She was giddy and I got lots of hugs on this finish! Made my week! Thanks Marilyn!</div>
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It was a less than ideal day outside.....so we took my folks out for lunch and my mom shopping for mother's day, which prompted a conversation about how we used to shop with Grandma Thedens. I so wished I had a picture of the three of us shopping back in the day! Mom & I went with her multiple times a year, not every month, but probably close to every other month. Sometimes we went to Waterloo/Cedar Falls and other times we headed to Cedar Rapids.....we were partial to Armstrong's downtown and to Westdale when that was built. And to think that doesn't exist anymore. We also went to Lindale too......sometimes we would do all three in a day. Grandma T. was getting right up there in years, but you would never know it on shopping days, she could go for hours. Neither mom or I have her endurance. Grandma T. always bought us lunch, so you always wanted to go with her. I remember running into her a time or two at Crossroads, I always got treated for lunch......mostly at Bishops Buffet. She liked that place.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Stephanie & Emma Carlson, Grandma Ruth Thedens, Sheri Kullmer Lesh, Gretchen Thedens Kullmer (standing)</span><br style="font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="font-size: small;"><br />This is 2005.....not sure the occasion, but I am guessing toward the end of summer by the way the girls are dressed.....this is part II of "the seven." Sam was born to Sara in February, Ellie was born to Stacey in April, Matt was born to Stephanie in May and Evie was born to Sally in June. </span><br style="font-size: 12.8px;" /><br style="font-size: 12.8px;" /><span style="font-size: large;">Oh and by the way........these 4 are turning 14......<br />shut the front door!!!!</span></div>
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Another fun all girl picture so I could use it for mother's day, the only thing that would make this picture any better, would be to include Stacey and her two girls and Sally and her three girls. This was mom's birthday party last December.</div>
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I told the girls, they would see this for Mother's Day.....Aunt Joan would have loved this and being with ALL of US.....but for her, she is free from a broken, worn out body and although we were sad for us, we were celebrating for her. Absent from the body, present with the Lord......wonderful promise. At least we were all together last summer, for what was to be our last time with her. I think that was a great comfort to us, that we had such a wonderful weekend together and there were no regrets, just awesome memories.....just as she would have wanted for us!</div>
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So I told mom I was taking the picture of us shopping today, because it is one of the ones I wished I had with Miss Shopper Extraordinaire....Grandma T. and us trying to keep up with her. I love you Mom!</div>
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Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-861733565167999482018-04-09T11:06:00.001-05:002018-04-09T11:06:22.011-05:00Visiting Bonnie Hunter in Des MoinesI had such a treat two weeks ago....which in reality feels like a lifetime.....with our much loved sister of my Silver Fox dying last week.......more of that coming later.<br />
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I really hadn't planned on seeing Bonnie when she came to Des Moines......the DM guild, I heard them say had waited 5 years on their/her calendar to schedule her coming. To say Miss Bonnie is very popular would be a gross understatement. <br />
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To be honest I have no idea when I started following her, but it has been quite awhile, probably 10+ years.....she is known for her scrap quilts recycling fabric, like men's shirts for example. She also loves string piecing, sewing on vintage sewing machines, using leaders and enders to work on a secondary project....and if that is not enough came up with a very usable scrap saving system. All of these things can be found at <a href="https://quiltville.com/index.html" target="_blank">quiltville</a><br />
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Low and behold.....here she was lecturing twice on Jeff's day off that week.....so it was a possibility that we could go. The Silver Fox fired up for a day trip and we even managed to find him a new pair of shoes for work. So what a special treat to get to hear her again. I have heard her before, in Tucson, 3 years ago. She happened to be in AZ while we were in Phoenix.....but I really never dreamed I would get to hear her again.<br />
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She is an absolute delight. I love her scrap saver system.....I was doing some of it, but she had taken it farther and thought through the math more than I did.....so it is much more usable and workable. I use it all the time.</div>
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Then for an added bonus while there, I ran into two quilt friends from back home, Mary & Nancy! What a hoot! And I was able to see my friend Carolyn who lives in West Des Moines too. We sat together and caught up a bit.</div>
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Bonnie had such nice things to say about the DM Guild.....they are a very active bunch. They ended up with 2 openings, one in each workshop. My younger self would have been all over one of them.😏 </div>
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You can check out her blog posting about <a href="http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2018/03/des-moines-double-duty-presentation-day.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FseTKC+%28Quiltville%26%2339%3Bs+Quips+%26amp%3B+Snips%21%21%29" target="_blank">Des Moines</a> here.</div>
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I made my grandson Gabe's HS graduation quilt from one of her patterns called Easy Street.<br />
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I loved working on this quilt....but it is a biggie......I think close to "100 x 100."</div>
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Can you see one that looks like penmanship class and writing on lined paper? Remember doing that? I do.</div>
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This quilt came from the book More Adventures with Leaders and Enders.</div>
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For those who are not familiar with leaders and enders......when I am typically working on piecing a quilt, I try and chain as many similar units together as I can. Meaning, I do not lift my presser foot between each unit and continue to feed one unit after another under my presser foot with small chains of stitches between each unit. Years ago someone came up with the idea of using a "waste square" or I have also heard it referred to as a "spider nest", but a piece of fabric you had under your presser foot when you began stitching, then you fed your first unit after that. At the end of your stitching you would go back to that beginning scrap or spider's next and clip it off and add it to the end of your stitching and it was ready the next time.</div>
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Somewhere along the line and I heard it from Bonnie first, she talked about leaders and enders, where you were piecing a secondary quilt/project or piecing units as your <i>"waste"</i> beginning and ending. Except these were not waste pieces, you were actually working on your next project or whatever while you were doing your primary quilt top. BRILLIANT, I say! I have been doing this ever since.</div>
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The next piece I did in what I would call the Bonnie Hunter style was using the hour glass block (it was a part of a leader ender challenge, she does a new one each year)......also lots of string piecing something else that Bonnie and I both never tire of. I bought several pieces of fabric for this in AZ that winter before I made this. This is my own pattern and it was made for our granddaughter, Lizzie's HS graduation. She wanted red and gold, the colors of ISU, but not Iowa State fabric, which made for a very happy and fun quilt.</div>
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A little squealing with delight was happening about 4 PM and a small photo shoot with the light dimming in the winter sky.<br />
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But it is a stunner.....not going to lie! With every block I added to the mother-quilt.....it has been a love affair with the fabrics, the design and the colors! Trust me the pics don't do it justice!</div>
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<br />Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-49906461581139318942018-02-14T09:40:00.000-06:002018-02-14T09:40:25.778-06:00Valentine's Day 2018I always have enjoyed this sweet little holiday in February......after the Christmas decorations come down.....the house always looks a little sad and all those red and pink hearts just fit the bill and brighten things up until spring starts to appear.<br />
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A box full of hearts from a lot of special people over the years.....be still my beating heart!</div>
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A wonderful hybrid valentine book (one of Heidi Swapp's) full of vintage images and family photos.</div>
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The bride and groom dolls were from my Great-grandma Rose Weaver......she always had this set with the bridesmaids too. I put out the bridesmaids at Easter because they are all dressed in pastels. The candle, blue ceramic bucket, the bell, sugar flowers off our cake.......all from our wedding day. The two hearts in counted cross stitch was from our friend Jan on our 10th anniversary. It was so cool to take Lizzie's photo shoot of us and make them into a book. The quilt on the wall was a gift from my Sadie Quilt Group, back in the day for my birthday. I LOVE that quilt. </div>
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The Silver Fox and I love to go on road trips.....it doesn't happen near enough.....we took a few days in January to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary. We spent a day in Pawhuska, OK and the stomping grounds of Ladd and Ree Drummond.</div>
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This is the bakery area on the second floor....we didn't happen to buy any pastries, but everything looked wonderful....lots of subway tile you can see.</div>
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Where else would you take a picture in the ladies bathroom.....it was beautiful!</div>
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Walking down the staircase and looking toward the backside of "The Merc." Just beautiful! </div>
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Looking toward the front of the store and the beautiful entryway.....with the restaurant just at the right.</div>
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The coffee bar and where the barista stood waiting to take your order. It was pretty quiet the day we were there.</div>
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Love this wall....in the dining area, right by where we sat! Chippy, peely paint.....just my style.</div>
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Entering "The Merc"</div>
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Our lunch menu.....a delightful menu of choices and the prices were very reasonable.</div>
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We shared a creme brulee for dessert! What a decadent and delightful treat!</div>
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My lunch choice was brisket with mashed potatoes, tasty.....I never met a potato I didn't love! Yum!</div>
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We had a delightful day here and enjoyed it all! We were not able to visit the ranch that day, but would be something to consider planning on, if your visit was timed right. We would certainly recommend a visit if you are in the area.</div>
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I have been wanting to take some photos lately of some of the various scenes around the farm.....most of them are using various vintage pieces that interest me and set them with plants or flowers around the yard.</div>
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Some of them are falling apart......which is what happens when they are old pieces anyway and get abused by the elements for years......hope you enjoy a walk back in time.</div>
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I have a bucket full of these.....brass number tags that you would put on your cows to keep track of them for records.</div>
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One of my favorite things to do at my Grandma Kullmer's house was to feed the calves when they were little.....there would have been a big nipple coming out the front of this bucket, where the hole is and you would have the milk supplement all mixed in the bucket and hang it on the gate and try and make sure that your calf got his food and not the bully in the pen.....there was always that one that thought he should get ALL the food.</div>
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These metal wheels were before my time.....although I think we had a couple old implements when I was little that still had their metal wheels. I have always loved them and saved everyone of them.</div>
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Metal wheels and barn doors.....can't have too many of those. A couple years ago.....I went to a nearby ditch and the Silver Fox dug up some grass. The kind that get huge in the fall and have these beautiful silver plumes on them. One clump of that grass went here......framing a milk can and a big circle gear, I liked the look of.</div>
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We have a shed that lost it roof about 18 months ago......we started taking down the west wall of it last week. This has been here on the NW corner of this building long before I was ever around. I really think it was used to tie up horses......but who knows. This was partly why I wanted to take these pictures. This will be going away.....I am hoping to harvest some of the wood to line the cabin.</div>
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I pretty much saved all the metal gates and have them several places.....the corner post.</div>
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These panel are the sides of a wooden wagon that dad used for years....it still has some paint left on it and we used it to cover up our propane tank in the back yard. The yellow lilies are from my Grandma Kullmer.</div>
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Several years ago we had a direct lightning strike on the house.....that then hit the ground and went up two trees in our back yard.....a red maple and an English walnut.....they are deeply scarred from it.</div>
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The red maple puts out these huge pieces of what I would call fungus every year.</div>
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These things are humongous and funky.....they drop off going into winter and grow again in the spring.</div>
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More benches, pots, branches, barbed wire, doors and a chicken feeder for good measure.</div>
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Then we have a collection of other people's landscaping discards.....this place has odds and ends from family ripping out old stuff and it's found a new home here.</div>
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How about an old mower.....how would you like to mow the yard with that??? Not so much. Kraft advertising sign for chicken feed with another chicken water and chicken crossing sign from my mother-in-law.....Florence Lesh......who had a chicken collection of sorts.</div>
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Flowering in the garden right now is my lavender which I moved from the kitchen garden and a rock garden type plant. My Grandma Kullmer always had a garden spot that was mine and it had pretty rocks in it and rock garden type plants.....I have several varieties of those and they were all from her. She always had Hen and Chicks too.....love them.</div>
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Here are some lilies just starting to come out around the old tiller.....these lilies happen to travel from Quad Cities and the Carruthers house on the cul-de-sac. The yard was full of flowers and they didn't want the upkeep of all of that and ripped most of it out.....so I brought several clumps of them home and they have been happy here ever since.</div>
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<br />Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-26074892579178003422017-05-30T12:21:00.000-05:002017-05-31T15:43:32.698-05:00Graduation Quilt 2017 Behind the scenes and other projects going, I have been working on Lizzie's graduation quilt for several months. She told me she wanted a red and gold quilt to represent Iowa State University, but not Iowa State fabric. So we deliver!<br />
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At least I knew that much while we were in Arizona this winter and was able to buy a bunch a fabric at SAS while we were there......at a crazy price of $2.99. I might have brought home a lot, just sayin! But I was so glad for what I found, I used ALL of it in her quilt.....didn't use it ALL up.....but it is all in there. Love getting the backing and borders for $2.99.....can't beat that!<br />
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I designed it in Electric Quilt after we got home from Arizona, with several variations and Poppo picked the one he liked best....it was a good choice. I am sharing the file for your personal use only if you have EQ. This pattern is NOT to be sold. <a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BwYLcFP66fg6V1JObGo1S2g3bFU" target="_blank">Lizzie's Graduation Quilt</a><br />
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We did a little video clip when I was doing the final machine quilting.....just for fun.<br />
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We gave the quilt to her on Memorial Day! This is such a happy looking quilt and it is going to a happy girl too!</div>
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What can I say.....it is a string quilt.....made with tons of different fabrics. Just my kind of thing. I included lots of picture type fabrics. Also included the satin designer strap from her prom dress, a cute clothing label I had cut out of one of my shirts that said "Living Doll", a seam binding type tape from Moda that wrapped a bundle of fabric......all the things that make a scrap quilt extra special.</div>
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Machine quilted with red thread for another layer of dimension over the top. I can see music fabric, John Deere, fruit, frogs, hearts, school penmanship, suitcases.....what can you find?</div>
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<br />Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-17152857984928408672017-04-30T15:34:00.000-05:002017-04-30T15:34:02.545-05:00Tea Party & QuiltsI recently was asked to speak at a Ladies Tea Party at Grace Fellowship Church. It was a joy to be asked and was so fun to see and hug many sweet gals that I have known for years. Always fun to share my love of quilting, love of all things vintage and weave it around treasures of the heart and our spiritual treasure in Jesus!<br />
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Each table had a hostess and set her own table and service for her guests! This happened to be my place setting. The china was Jan's mothers, a beautiful Noritake pattern.</div>
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I didn't get around to every table......so here is a sampling. They were all wonderful!</div>
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My kindred spirit, Jan! We have been friends for decades.....I won't say how many, but we have a rich, diverse history. And we just pick up where we leave off when we see each other, which isn't often enough. My gift from her was this wonderful centerpiece.....minus the vase of flowers. All these things she had especially picked out for me.....so sweet and special. I have it all setting on my dining room table.....just as she had it here! I will love you ALWAYS......my balcony friend!</div>
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These are some of the few quilts that I brought to share. Those "ladders" came from my Grandpa Kullmer's garage when we were moving them out of the house on Chestnut St. in La Porte City. They would have used them in their garden, for I am not sure what. As soon as I saw them.....they had quilt display written all over them. I have used them downstairs in "quilt world" ever since.</div>
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Wonderful place mats with hat and gloves......just right for a tea party!</div>
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Oh, and the bunting with hankies to pick up your name tag. Joyce greeted you as you arrived. It was a pleasure to meet her! If you want to make a <a href="http://4andfifteen.blogspot.com/search/label/entertaining" target="_blank">BUNTING</a> for your next event check out this posting.</div>
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Sweet little pink roses were the theme here and what sweet little favor boxes for each guest!</div>
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Loved this with sequin covered Christmas ornaments arranged like a tree! I love those ornaments.....have some of same ones on my Christmas tree and they fit right in with the pink roses! If you would like to see some of my Christmas decorations, check out this <a href="http://4andfifteen.blogspot.com/2016/12/merry-christmas-2016_26.html" target="_blank">posting.</a></div>
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This floral china was gorgeous! And the little favors had little butterflies in scenes that moved, so cute!</div>
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Love me some blue....all different place settings with yellow roses. Perfect!</div>
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This is an old classic pottery pattern.....have always loved it. So pretty and the centerpiece was wonderful too!</div>
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Thank you for including me in your special day. The food was so cute and yummy, right down to the shortbread cookie dipped in chocolate that looked like a tea bag. Complete with a string and tag! Thank you ladies for ALL your work to make it a special time for everyone!</div>
<br />Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-59387330233425959632017-04-09T09:05:00.000-05:002017-04-09T09:05:26.218-05:00Kitchen Face-Lift Pt. 3......or not enough room in the corner for drawersI love having my Easter decorations out.....after 2 weeks of rain and clouds at least inside my house feels cheerful and springy! You can save this piece of clipart if you choose. I would click on it and when it opens in a new window. Right click on it and save it to your computer.<br />
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Back to the kitchen and what this posting is suppose to be about. I know I got side tracked.....story of my brain. Partly why this has taken me so long to do, is I knew I took pictures of the things I wanted to post and every time I went to work on this.....I would look and look and look and could never find said pictures. Grrrrrrrrr.........<br />
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So when I recently had a conversation with Jan and she asked me what happen to that.....I hung my head in epic fail position.....yea, I know, hasn't happened. So I was off on Plan B, or C or lost count.<br />
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Here I thought I would make quick work of this and do a video instead of pictures. Clearly didn't do that right because it spent most of the day processing the video.....need to evidently figure out how to make the file size smaller. Here is the last of the kitchen update and I added in some of my Easter things at the end. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-16432320269944129612017-02-02T11:32:00.003-06:002017-02-02T11:32:51.427-06:00Dad's Oak Civil War Chairs<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>A couple weeks ago we did a "throw together" meet at the local pizza joint for dad's birthday. He turned 82 and he and my mom are doing great! I had written this blog posting a long time ago and never posted it.....not sure why and then it got buried in the lists of postings and I forgot about it. But celebrating his birthday seems like a good time to finish it and do the posting!</i> </div>
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Happy Birthday Dad! You continue to amaze!</div>
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A while back my parents showed up at my door sporting one of these.....without the fabric seat. And I go Ooooooo!!!! What's the story of this? It was all folded up and no fabric. My dad makes the greatest stuff from his workshop and he came across a reproduction chair design from the civil war. And he thought we might like it! That was an understatement!!!!</div>
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Then dad says to me.....you would maybe rather have a pair of them instead of just one? How fortuitous.....just what I was thinking. So a couple weeks later, here he comes with another one.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Guess where the wood came from.....we live on the farm and use to raise pigs, a lot of them! We had quite of bit of oak hog fencing on the outside of the barn. Guess where this wood came from? This wood used to keep the pigs in their pens and looked nothing like this. Our family has hutches, desks and I don't know what all, including now these chairs from that wood. Talk about re-purposing!!!!</span></div>
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Here is a picture of General Grant sitting in one of these chairs. I think they would have been used by high ranking soldiers. Only someone that had a staff to haul their things around for them. <br />
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We are slowly getting things back to a "normal life", whatever that is. Although the Silver Fox is still struggling with PMR (polymyalgia rhuematica), he has another set of labs this week. We will see if they will be adjusting his prednisone level coming up. My eye is doing well and there is very little residue left in my left eye, I barely notice it. <br />
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For those that hadn't heard, I had a significant tear in my left retina right before we came home from our visit with daughter #4 and family in Tennessee.....this was the end of October. The kicker was we didn't know that when we came home and it wasn't until I saw the retinal specialist back here that I got that diagnosis.....I spent a chunk of November at the eye doctor, having laser done on my left eye twice with several appointments having to be prepped for surgery in case he didn't like the way it looked. Not a good time for the migraines either, as my sight was nonexistent in my left eye, so put a strain on my right eye to try and compensate. By the time we had thanksgiving my eye was much better and we were between medical episodes.....but didn't know that at the time.<br />
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The Silver Fox was not feeling well right after Thanksgiving, but nothing really telling.....a lot of symptoms like flu....achy, uncontrolled temps.....then it moved into lip edema, then one night half his tongue swelled up among other issues. So over about a 8 day period he was in the hospital twice, once for 23 hours and the next time part of 3 days. He had a ba-jillion tests before they came up with PMR and frankly none of the options they threw out was anything you wanted to deal with. So at this point he is still dealing with various issues as we work through what the dosage needs to be. Steroids are the treatment, so not a great choice, but that is all there is for this. We are praying that he doesn't have to stay on it for an extended time. The good news out of all of this, was he had his heart checked out because of his family history and his heart is good.....well bless it! I knew that all along! But really it is good to have a baseline and know there was not any issues at this time with his heart.<br />
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I am so very grateful these two things didn't happen at the same time.....not sure how we would have navigated through that. I can't tell you how grateful I am that my sight was restored and that they were able to figure out Jeff's issue fairly quickly....even though it was a stressful time. The verse that kept coming to mind is Philippians 4:6-7, what a great truth to lean on.<br />
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We don't celebrate our immediate family Christmas until next weekend....so I still have a few more days to get my act together for that. My girls did most of my shopping for me this year....which was appreciated and most of the rest I did online....don't just love Amazon Prime! They pretty much have me with 2 day free shipping!!!! And they bring it to my door!!! Not to mention I know the names of my delivery guys.....they are awesome!!!! Did I mention, <u>they bring it to your door</u>!!!<br />
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We have a wonderful light display that has been going since the 1960's.....so we are into 5 generations of our family who have enjoyed them. I am not sure they are going to continue doing this, which I was sorry to hear.....but sooooo much work and the weather has not been kind to the Vinton area these past few years.....so much wind and tree damage. I wanted to video it to save some of these memories for our family......we have taken our kids and many of our grandkids to it over the years.....so fun! If you would like to read more about the history behind this family story, my friend, Dean Close tells it beautifully.....<a href="http://vintontoday.com/news/last-year-for-full-kersten-light-display-owner-discusses-history-challenges-of-project/" target="_blank">Vinton Today Kersten Interview</a>.<br />
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For this year......this will have to suffice for my Christmas card.....that is just not going to happen....I was grateful to get 2 customer quilts done during the month of December and thankfully did not have any scheduled for the month of November.....the Lord knew I wasn't going to be available. :)<br />
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I need to go back about 35 years maybe to tell the stories of these name ornaments. This was when I was doing a lot of counted cross stitch. One year I charted everyone in the family, their names and stitched them out in various fonts and with different thread counts too. And as some have passed away, they have come back to me and live on in our memories and on our tree each year. This year I made little groupings around them.....these are Jeff's parents and there is a crystal church near their ornament.</div>
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Near my Grandpa and Grandma Thedens is a vintage wreath ornament with "Ruth" written on the tag it was saved in her Christmas decorations probably from the Study Club she belonged to in Jesup for many years or maybe a church event. The white angel is one of the many decorations I have on my tree that she made. She made beautiful ceramic and porcelain pieces....a true artist. She also made my nativity that is pictured below.</div>
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This fine day we are taking down the tile (I should rephrase that, the Silver Fox is taking down the tile) I was probably on clean up and "gopher" duty....which had to be done before the counter top was replaced. The Silver Fox had it all done in less than a morning!</div>
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Here is what the old tile looked like.....not bad really.....but it did look dated.</div>
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All the counter top removed and it was a butt-kicker for the two guys that worked on it. They couldn't believe how many nails were holding that down. They told me they hadn't done a job like that in quite awhile. This kitchen would have been built in as the house was built. No modular cabinets.....all nailed, screwed and glued. Well done too!</div>
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Until.....Houston, we have a problem! UGGG!!!!! This piece is 10" too short! Stop everything! And because of the way it needs to be installed. This needed to be the first piece in. Just that quick we were done for the day. They didn't have a big enough piece at the shop to re-cut. So it had to be re-ordered and we had to wait 2 weeks to move forward. Major yuck! So instead of being without my sink and stove top for 24 hours as planned.......was without it for 2 weeks.</div>
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What you can't see is we have plastic up at all the door ways, into the dining room, living room, and hall way.....to help contain the mess. The guys pulling out the counter top cleaned as they went and they didn't leave a hot mess for me to clean up.....but the really UGLY was coming! Can you hear the theme from JAWS.....it is looming....</div>
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The Silver Fox basically spent an entire weekend sanding all the cabinet frames.....what a miserable job! I felt so bad for him. Hot, Dirty, Dusty....ICK!</div>
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Finally we are all ready to paint.....holes filled and more sanding! We spent a whole weekend painting the frames.....2 coats.</div>
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The doors are being put up.....the first one, 1 of 56! It took us awhile to hang the first couple....but like any project like this, you figure out a few tricks and what works and what doesn't. By the time we got down toward the last few doors, we could hang them pretty quickly.</div>
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Making progress.....this was before the Silver Fox had done the final paint on the doors. You ask how do I know that? Because the handles are not on the doors, that was how we kept track of what needed a final coat. Once they got their knobs, they were done.</div>
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The kitchen face lift is coming along nicely. It seems slow, but I think anyone who goes through a kitchen re-do.....it really can't be done fast enough, can it?<div>
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My dad has been tirelessly working on this for weeks.....bless his heart. And it shows on all the details that he thinks about and then executes. In that way it has been a hoot to spend an entire summer with my dad.....being his go-fer, extra set of hands and helping out in what ever way I can. He medium is wood, mine is fabric. He can make anything!<br /><br />I have dreamed of having my microwave built in for a long time. That was several feet of counter top I would rather have over the microwave taking up that valuable space.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">This was the night, right before we pulled out this classic! That handle swings the door up and out, it kind of goes over the clock and the knobs and such. Very funky! This oven has cooked a lot of great meals over the years and fed hundreds of people for sure!</span></div>
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The wall oven was original when the house was built. It worked fine <i>except</i> for the clock and timers.....those haven't worked in years. And it was a small oven and didn't do very well if you had more than one thing in it. So the new one seems huge to me even still, and heats up like a champ! So far I have been very happy with it. We even have a clock on it and timer......funny how the little things can make your life just a little bit better.</div>
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I thought I had better picture of just the new oven....but this shows the wall where we made the most changes. Under the microwave was a desk area, that I really didn't use that much and dad built a cabinet to go under there, so I really gained about 6 ft. of counter space. I love it! That will be wonderful when the family is all here. BTW, notice the pull out shelves, I have several of those now......let's just say I am a fan!</div>
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Jump ahead a couple weeks! One small section DONE! You can see a couple of the glass front cabinets and more pull out shelves. Did I already tell you, I love pull out shelves! Where have you been all my life????? We did all of the doors first.....there are 56 doors in this kitchen. Holy buckets! Dad did a beautiful job on them!</div>
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This is what we looked like before the countertop was installed and we hadn't taken the cupboard doors off yet. You can see the new oven in the mirror reflection. That was a whole process too, taking out the old and modifying the opening to fit the new one......had to do that for the microwave too.<br />
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This is what this kitchen looked like after it barfed all over the dining room. I was never so glad to have a table that seats 14 in my life! There is stuff on the chairs, under the chairs on the window sills. EVERYWHERE!</div>
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This was a finish from several weeks ago, but because it was a gift that had not been given yet.....I didn't want to spoil any surprise. This was a wonderful project to be a part of and was given to a special graduate, a grandson of some friends of ours.</div>
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Here's a wonderful patriotic number that was so fun to do! I can never get enough of these types of quilts. Did a wonderful stars and flags pantograph over the whole top with red/white and blue variegated thread! What's not to like!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the latest finish off the quilt frame.....it turned out nicely!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I see my pictures don't really reflect the color so well. The focus fabric are all shades of purple.</span></div>
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I really didn't know any details other than it started at 7 PM. I was worrying about getting there by then, because of the Silver Fox's work schedule.....he never knows when he is getting away from the hospital. I just kept telling myself....you can't worry about that, we will get there and it will work out. :)<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75;"><i>I have a special "thing" for acorns. Don't know where that comes from? Probably the same place where my love affair with lace, vintage hankies, salt cellars, quilts, fabric and.......you get the idea! A little jacked up! :) What a nice giveaway.</i></span></div>
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Congratulations, fellow acorn addict! Send your shipping address to lynne@ktquilts.com and we'll send out your KT Collector's Club pack. Enjoy! </div>
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Yippee! This day just keeps on giving! I can't believe it. Isn't that a hoot!</div>
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It wasn't too much longer and the Silver Fox came roaring up the drive and we jumped into the van and headed to CR.....trip No. II today! The only trouble was we really didn't have time to eat before getting to Barnes and Noble...... I had no idea how many people would be there.....would there be chairs still open???</div>
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I have had this event on my calendar for weeks, May the 13th, Susan Branch will be in Cedar Rapids at Barnes and Noble. I could not believe she was coming to NE Iowa......she had come to Iowa City a year ago and I didn't realize it till after it was over.....because it never occurred to me that she would come near our corner of the planet. I never thought I would get to meet her.....EVER!<br />
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I think my friend Betty Anne, told me about her first book 30 years ago.....I won't mention what that says about me or my friend....it is, what it is! Sigh! <br />
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Heart of the Home was her first book and I fell in love with it then......it has been out of print for years and she is doing a reprinting right now with a few extra pages included and a ribbon bookmark that the first one did not have. I think it will be out this fall.<br />
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She hand writes every page.....so the recipe books are in her own hand writing, then does the art work to go with it in watercolor. Every page is a work of art and the recipes are wonderful as well. I use them to decorate my kitchen all year....they are rotated from shelf to counter depending on the season. I love to sit and page through them and do it quite often. They are fuel for my creative soul. <br />
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Check out her website and her blog <a href="http://www.susanbranch.com/" target="_blank">Susan Branch</a>.....you can sign up for her blog postings and "Willard" if you would like. Willard is a newsletter she writes to her girlfriends (I would be one of them & you can be too.) about 3 times a year maybe and they are longer......like getting a letter from a friend. Also just wonderful!<br />
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Since then she has written numerous books, the first several were pretty much recipe books done in the same manner. But the last 3 books are quite different, much more biographical.<br />
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She took us girlfriends with them as they traveled to England on the Queen Mary II and spent weeks there in the countryside. I LOVED this book and learned so much about England. It is a travel journal with stops at Jane Austen's & Beatrice Potter's homes and that barely scratches the surface of what she writes about.....this trip is on my bucket list (if I had a bucket list). She also starts the book telling of finding the love of her life after getting her heart broken years before.<br />
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The last two books are her own biographical story from her diaries.....The Fairy Tale Girl and Martha's Vineyard, Isle of Dreams I am reading right now.<br />
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So we finally pull up to Barnes and Noble and at least I don't see people lined up outside the door and there were parking spaces.....so I purchased the last two books she had written. I also brought with me most of her other books in case she would sign them ALL! :) And guess what she DID!<br />
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There were a few seats left open and one was an overstuffed chair in front of a post. I took that one....couldn't believe everyone had left it, but it was toward the back, but right in front of an aisle, so I could get a good camera shot from there without people right in front of me.<br />
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Right at 7 PM here she and Joe came......I would pick them out of a crowd any where. She spoke briefly and then answered questions. One of the more interesting questions was how much did she pay for her cottage on Martha's Vineyard from the Isle of Dreams book? I think she said $52,000 and it was on an acre of land. The audience did a collective sucking of air.....unbelievable! She said she has tried to buy her cottage again, but the owners are not interested in selling, at least not right now.<br />
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There were tons of questions but, they cut that off about 7:30 because I would guess there were between 75-100 people there to have their books signed.<br />
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Because I was toward the back of the room, I just settled in to wait my turn and visited with a couple people around me. I got all my books out of my bag and then those around me wanted to see the older books and we had a little show and tell going on! It was a fun way to pass the time!<br />
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I waited 2 hours before it was my turn and I had the Silver Fox instructed to take pictures.....lots of them. <br />
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We talked about Jack the cat, her fabric, farming, quilting and because the Silver Fox was taking pictures, we talked about nursing too She laughed and said she sooooo understood why I have a stack of her fabric and I don't want to cut into it because then it will be gone. She totally got that, since she was into fabric before she was painting.....she likes fabric too! She likes to mix up dishes and linens.....she has never met a good piece of linen that she did not like.....me too! We ARE kindred spirits.<br />
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As we are walking away from the table, Joe comes up to us! HER Joe! We then have a delightful conversation with him about farming here in Iowa, he tells us a story about one of his friend's kiddo who mows the lawn for one of Prince Charles's estates. But he was really interested in the crops, land, & farming. He was so easy to talk to and asked really good questions. Then he wanted to take our picture. I really wished we had gotten a picture with him, but I was sooooo excited that never occurred to me. :0</div>
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Out in the parking lot here is there van.....hard to miss! We finally went to get something to eat, was 10 PM by then. I told the Silver Fox before we left the restaurant, we could probably go find the hotel they were staying by roaming the parking lots. Tee Hee! No, we didn't.....time to drive to the barn!</div>
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I am going to remember this day when the Lord gave and gave and gave and allowed me to have, and experience some really wonderful things, during those times when I don't have my health like I would like or any other loss that comes my way....because they will come.</div>
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<br />Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-92131331153519428312016-05-20T11:12:00.000-05:002016-05-20T11:12:15.800-05:00Lucky Friday the 13th of May, Kimmy Brunner and Susan Branch Pt. 1<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have not been much of a believer in luck......more of "the Lord knows my path" kind of girl! But last week I had an unbelievable kind of day on Friday the 13th no less, which is kind of amusing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The story starts on Thursday the 12th, which happened to be the Machine Quilting Showcase in Cedar Rapids. I had planned to attend one of the days to buy supplies for my long arm machine.....thread & pantographs. The day really hadn't started that well, as I woke up with a migraine and was really not feeling good, but the Silver Fox had his day off and this was the day to go.....</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on our way to CR, I had mentioned to the Silver Fox that I really should have signed up for a couple classes on my long arm, when this event is so close to us and there would be no hotel $$. My hesitation is ALWAYS my head......yuck!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so glad he could drive me that day, so I least I didn't have to deal with that...</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but luckily by the afternoon I started to feel much better.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nothing like trying to make decisions when you head is about ready to explode.....so not fun! But fortunately it was better and I could enjoy looking at all the designs and colors and make some good decisions....at least that was my plan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were about ready to leave and the Silver Fox had wanted me to go look at this board that said something about classes that they had posted. So I wandered over there to look, there was this slip about a free class the next day on templates. I grabbed it and took it to the registration desk to found out the story. Someone had purchased it and had to leave early and wanted her space to be used.....so there you go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was going to a class on using templates, which I could use a lot more help with designing with templates and it was with Kimmy Brunner, even better.....a national teacher I knew and had bought and done her class on Craftsy. <a href="http://www.craftsy.com/class/machine-quilting-with-templates-creating-design-perfection/139?_ct=sbqii-sqjuweho-dum&_ctp=9&rceId=1463759604165~yjytmzd4" target="_blank">Machine Quilting With Templates</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I was pretty excited as we headed home Thursday.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adding the look of a dahlia.......this was gorgeous.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stitched out and pretty much no marking!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Another example.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Look at this background fill.....very modern, but unbelievably easy!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of Kim's quilt with the dahlia stitched on it!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To be continued......</span>Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-3238023842606472262016-05-11T21:37:00.000-05:002016-05-11T21:37:31.733-05:00Watching YouTube and What Does That Get You?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have quite a time getting to sleep at night.....this is not a new development. I am pretty much down to taking medication, which I had resisted for a long time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even taking something, it still takes me awhile and my recent bedtime thing is watching YouTube on my tablet. Now I know what the experts say about watching TV or computer screens....don't care this seems to work and I am learning all kinds of things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What started all of this was getting my new Cricut Air.....let's just say this is one fun little toy!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It cuts, yes....but it scores and writes.....and that is just the beginning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I figured out pretty quickly, it wasn't like my old one and I needed to learn the Design Space program, so I started trolling for YouTube videos, which has been great. I have been able to crank out a couple projects pretty quickly, which is what you want to be able to do.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here you can see some card parts for a recent birthday card. The "eat cake" and the sentiment were printed by the cricut.....did you get that. And the sentiment is placed exactly on the banner.....whooo hoo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is what the inside of the card looked like.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Added a little stamping on the front....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then added the cut out with some pop dots to raise it up and inked the edges too. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now here is an Anna Griffin design.....a frame for my granddaughter's prom picture.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The cutting is amazing!</span></div>
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<br />Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-56408687897233670962016-04-27T08:31:00.000-05:002016-04-27T08:31:02.003-05:00Long Arm Quilting.....Recent FinishesI have slowly been putting the word out that I will do quilting for hire. My goal is to do a couple customer pieces every month. And for the most part I have had pieces coming in pretty steady since last fall. <br />
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If you are interested in hiring me to machine quilt your top, just let me know. My email is leshsheri@gmail.com. At this time I am only doing pantographs and am charging 2.5 cents per square inch with a small additional fee for thread and you provide your own batting. I have quick turn around times, usually less than 2 weeks.<br />
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This was a recent finish of one of my mother's quilts. This was all done with rulers and turned out quite nicely, although it was hard to get a good picture of the quilting.<br />
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Mom did a nice job on this one.....love the scraps and the black just makes it pop.</div>
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There is all the quilting on the back! It turned out very nicely.</div>
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This was a cute scrappy alphabet quilt I did for a customer, unfortunately you really can't see the quilting, but it was done with an all over alphabet pantograph design. I didn't take a very good photo to show that off. </div>
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Here is the last quilt I took off the frame for a customer......this pantograph lays down some nice texture.</div>
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Sheri in Iowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05512533160995615748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1601940769191092446.post-51508799408438538642016-04-20T16:51:00.001-05:002016-04-20T16:51:29.379-05:00FFA & Ag Historical Museum Quilt Display<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have a unique museum in our little town of La Porte City, IA that was started by a local FFA teacher, Ron Borton. Over the years he had many of his students work on projects and displays. And what started in an old firehouse/jail has grown into another building, which most recently housed the Spahn and Rose Lumber Co. Over time there have been many local volunteers who have worked to make this place a gem! It houses many pieces of local and rural life history and you would not be disappointed if you took the time to stop by.</div>
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They recently opened for the 2016 season and are displaying a nice collection of quilts, some belong to a local collector and the rest are part of the museum's collection.</div>
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I stopped in today and took a few pictures of some of my favorite pieces.</div>
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There are several baby quilts displayed and most are appliqued and embroidered.</div>
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Notice the hand cranks!</div>
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This is probably my favorite piece. It is one of the older ones and the quilting is wonderful!</div>
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Another one of the older pieces and the quilting is excellent!</div>
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This is a Davis cabinet......wonderful inlaid wood.</div>
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Another really early machine and it still sews!</div>
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I did a purse for my granddaughter as a surprise from the fabric leftovers that I took off her prom dress to shorten it......over 5 inches. I ended up with this pile of supplies.....I was compelled to do something with it!</div>
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After spending some time in my stitching library, I came up with the Elegant Black Purse from this book in case you are interested. I knew this would go together quick and I needed fast.....this project had to be done today. Mary Mulari is known for simple and easy designs so the basic shape of the pattern was a great jumping off point. You could make this pattern as written in the book in less than 1 hour.....my version, not so much! But then again that was my choice!</div>
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I found some moray decorator fabric which would make for a good main fabric to start with, cutting a rectangle as noted in the pattern. (NOTE: I can't give exact dimensions because it is a copyrighted pattern.) I also ironed on some fuseable fleece to the back of the moray to give it more body. Then there is a piece for the lining.</div>
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This is the easiest zipper ever, lay it down and sew.....</div>
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on both sides of the zipper through all the layers, but you say how can that work????</div>
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Then you flip it over and cut the fabrics out to expose the zipper on the back side.....well isn't that special?</div>
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Then I did a narrow zig-zag stitch enclosing those raw edges! Isn't that slick!</div>
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Then I turned it over to the right side and laid down some trim over the previous stitching and the zipper tape and instantly, it looks beautifully finished!</div>
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Here you can see I set my zig-zag at 1.0 wide to lay down the trim.</div>
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Doesn't that look nice?</div>
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On this same rectangle I basted the whole thing with that same zig-zag stitch, just to hold all the layers together nicely. You might want to use a walking foot to do this. My machine handled it fine, but I would say most machines would have a problem with this and a walking foot will be your solution.</div>
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Then according to the pattern, I cut the flap for the bag, I layered one layer of the moray, next was a piece of Lizzie's under skirt on her dress. Pin basted together.</div>
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Then I took some of the tulle scraps and made a nice texture over the top of it all....pinning as I went.</div>
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This is play time for me, selecting stitches and away we go.....</div>
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Don't they look fine?</div>
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Now we are down to playtime part deux! Here are all of my supplies, most importantly is that little blue box which is a thread conditioner. I would highly recommend you getting yourself some of that if you do much hand embroidery or sewing. You thread does not tangle after using it.....wonderful product!</div>
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This probably took me an hour or so to get them all sewed down and then I gave the tulle a haircut and you can see the flap shape.</div>
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Sewed them together leaving the top straight edge open. Also trimming the corners, so there is less bulk.</div>
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But I think it needs more.....I still have more tulle, so I cut up some strips about 1 to 1 1/2" wide.....threaded up my needle with a double thread and start doing a running stitch down the middle of the tulle, do several inches then pull it up and then make a stitch through the tulle and the edge of the flap to hold it down.....AND repeat.....</div>
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Some of these pieces I used were pretty jaggedity, but it was what I had and frankly after you gather it, it still looks wonderful!</div>
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Here you can see the thread down the center and my stitch were loose until you pulled it up.</div>
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Oh, but not quite.....I have a lot more bling looking at me that I took off the gown.....so there needs to be a little bit more added. This trim looks like Swarovki trim, but it was too nice nice not to use more of it. So I laid those crystals over top of the stitching line of the tulle and tacked down these little pieces of bling. I didn't have one continuous piece, it didn't matter, you can't tell there are several short pieces used.</div>
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Here is the bag flap done and we are ready to make a bag!</div>
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Here you can see if I lift the flap the zipper is hidden underneath.</div>
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Then bring up the bottom edge of the rectangle over the flap and sew over the seam you just sewed through all the thicknesses. We are putting the bag together now. And that funny looking gadget, I call it a hump-jump, you put it under the back or the front of your presser foot when you are starting and ending really thick layers of fabric. It keep you presser foot level and your stitching quality will be a lot better. Another handy little item!</div>
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Peek a boo!!! See the flap inside, it won't be there for long. Also notice I use a long zipper, I always buy longer zippers, then cut off what I don't need. </div>
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Make sure you open the zipper part way, because that is the only way you can turn the bag, once you sew this rectangle up on three sides. You need that zipper open to turn the bag to the right side through that opening. I have one more side to sew and our bag is almost done, can you see it yet!</div>
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I start to turn the bottom of the bag, but I can see that seam that the flap was sewed to, has some thread action going on, so I ran it through the serger......end of that problem. Looks all clean and tidy now.</div>
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Here we are already to go out for a fancy schmancy time!</div>
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See how the bag stands up, that it because of the stitching across the bottom two corners, it gives the bag a nice base and some shape.</div>
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Look under the flap..... with the added zipper pull, which came from the hanger ribbons on the dress at the shoulder that I cut off. And we are ready to party.</div>
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All dressed up.......</div>
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Beautiful night, beautiful dress & purse to match, AND beautiful girl inside and out! Love you sweetie!</div>
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