Trail Cam Adventures (And Quilting!)

It’s times like these…Most of December, Part of January when I’m home and basically chained to my machine for days on end – my form of Zen therapy – that I worry about things here on the blog being a bit dry.

There are no travel adventures to post. 

No aerial photos from the plane showing the fascinating landscape below, no ocean scenes, no happy quilters busily sewing, no show & share for inspiration.

It’s just me, using my time home to refuel.

And there is the mystery, that helps fill a couple of posts a week, but if I just show another round of photos showing that I’ve made another gazillion four-patch sets? 

Don’t get me wrong, I love that life is quieter and passing at a much slower pace at the end of the year.

And the trail cams provide endless excitement for us as we flip through each photo to see who has come by, what the winter activity is like here on the mountain. I loved this scene of the train of deer making their way along the snow covered trail.

Cameras are set way back on our acreage and we move them around occasionally, paying attention to the deer trails so we are sure to catch more than the noisy crows.

5 after the snow melted.

They are foraging for as much as they can find in amongst the fallen leaves.

Uhoh!  Coyote!

This one looks like he heard the camera click!

Winter likely means a more quiet time for the critters up here as well.  And yes, there is still a bear or two up there, but no clear photos.  Just a blur of a behind as it went lumbering by.

My leader & Ender four-patch sets ready to be cut!

I counted after cutting -

174 pairs all matched and ready to stich!

I love this thing!

My Accuquilt Studio is as important to me as my sewing machine.  How long would it have taken to rotary cut all of these 1 1/2’’ strips?  How long would it have taken to then match strip sets and sub-cut them into four-patch pairs? 174 of them?  It took me 6 seconds to crank them through, 10 layers (5 four-patches) deep.

Stacking up the pairs!

Pairs in one basket, finished four-patches in another.

Pairs being sewn as leaders & Enders as I make more blocks.

Several four-patches are completed in the making of each block.  It is just the slickest process ever to use these four-patch pairs as leaders & enders instead of using a thread covered throw-away piece of junk fabric, or even a thread cutter button.  It’s brainless, and yet it yields such great rewards!

And then there were 20!

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Last night’s view from my hoop!

We are heading home today, leaving Virginia this morning and heading over to the Buck Mountain cabin for a cleaning, re-sprucing, and installation of new gas fireplaces in an effort to make it more appealing to new owners.  My hope is that we will find a buyer who will love it as much as we did in 2018. 

We’ll make it home to Wallburg by dinner time.  I’ve got work to do!  Part 6 of On Ringo Lake needs to be ready to go live tomorrow morning.  Are you ready?

Have you checked out our shares on Tuesday’s Mystery TUESDAY Link-Up?  Oh my goodness, so much quilty goodness!  This is going to be heck of a reveal – soon!  Very soon!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Photo shared by Kevin H.

These are words I live by every day. If you want something to happen, you can’t just wish it.  You’ve got to put action behind it.

I’m narrowing in on my word-or words- for 2018. 

Have you been thinking of it, too?

Time to pack up here and get moving – Have a wonderful Thursday, everyone!