Random Photos And More!

Isn't this dish the cutest thing?

It was painted by my mom many years ago and it is now living at Quiltville Inn, holding all of the wooden sock darners I've collected over the years.

Finding places for things that I've decided to keep is still on-going.  Some furnishings are shifting, some things being rearranged and repurposed to fit.

I have always loved things with old advertising logos on them, and mom loved to paint them when she was still able to paint.  These are the things I cherish.

As yesterday was a complete wash-out on the quilting front, I'm going through my camera roll and seeing just what hasn't seen the light of day since I took the photos.

This may be a random mix of really weird stuff, but hey - I took pictures of it for some reason, right?

The time frame was the 1980s.

I fell in love with an antique school house quilt, and wanted to recreate it.

My machine?  A basic Kenmore I received from the Hubster for our first Christmas together as a married couple.

Does that border lay flat?  Nope!  It waves and it wobbles!  

In fact, that blue was a poly/cotton blend as I didn't know the difference at the time.

There is one thing quintessential me that you will see here -

All the houses are a different burgundy!

The scrappy bug had bit already!

The batting is also poly.  It's what was available.

And it is hand quilted.

The floral in this little house block was a favorite.

I loved that print!

And evidently I didn't know about double-fold bindings either.

But I made it work.  And I'm keeping this quilt.

It has so much of ME in it.  The me that hadn't come to be yet.  The me that was just beginning.  

There are a few other early on quilts like this that I'll share, too.  Hopefully they will inspire the newbies to keep going!

And honestly - those who are just starting out now have so many more resources at their fingertips.

This was before rotary cutters.  Before internet.  Before guilds and quilting friends.

This was me, a magazine, templates, scissors, and whatever I thought I needed from local fabric stores.

Newbies - you've got it all!  And YouTube!  Keep going!

Another random photo -

It's a bit blurry, but this guy was on the move!

He was discovered on the little wicker table on the front porch - the day we watched the Corvettes rally on up the road in front of Quiltville Inn.

I have no idea what kind he is - and we weren't going to bother him - but just look at the colors that nature puts together.  Beautiful!

More nature -

Did I post this already?

Zoey discovered this turtle in the woods by the cabin.  She didn't know what to do with it - and turtles do what turtles do best - it pulled itself tightly within its shell and went into lockdown.

But look at the pattern on that shell - nature's artwork.  Beautiful!

And this was last evening -

Because you haven't seen her upside down in a while.  LOL!

The power at the Inn/QPO blipped off a few more times yesterday.  Who knows what was going on?  It never stayed off for more than 15 minutes at a time.

The internet was still out when I left for my ortho appointment.  X-rays were taken.  And I have to laugh at the convo with the dortor.  It went something like:

"You've injured this ankle many times long before this." (the x-rays do not lie!)

"Yes, I'm kind of a klutz that way."

"Some bones have healed funny."

"Okay......"

He had me walk on it a bit to see how things were functioning.  He palpated around the tendons, muscles, ligaments -

And then told me to wear this compression brace thing for the next 2-3 weeks to give the soft tissues some extra support and a chance to heal.

I'm just glad to know that I have not been doing serious damage to this ankle.

Other than the arthritis and bone spurs he sees happening in there (!!!) I should be fine.  There just won't be any nature walking or hikes for a while because uneven trails/roads/lawn type stuff is what really causes problems. 

I'll mend!  And that's good news.

My "Make One Thing Better" for yesterday happened with some moving around of furniture at the inn.  And I didn't get photos - will do that today.  I helped the Hubster move a machine cabinet from between two chairs in bedroom 2. 

I moved the old radio cabinet from the Wallburg house into the space between the two chairs, gave it a good polish and reset the green hurricane lamp in place on top of it.  Photos to come tomorrow.

This all happened waiting for the repair guy for the new kitchen range to come switch out a burner that was acting up.  Like CRAZY shooting flames out the side acting up.

I can't say enough good things about Kucht.  They sent a technician all the way from NEW JERSEY just to fix our burner.  That's at least a 9 hour drive.  He came just for us.  No other stops along the way.  

There will be a praise-filled email sent to the company today - we are so appreciative and hope we have no more stove related problems for a while now.

It was about this time that all of those things that were "going wrong" all turned out right.

5:30pm Quiltville Inn time.

All the laundry was done for the October Quiltvillians arriving today.

The stove was fixed.

The power is on.

The internet came back on around the same time.

The Quiltville Store checkout is working wonderfully and I have had SO MANY nice messages thanking me for getting rid of PayPal.

There have been ZERO screaming emails from folks so frustrated that they couldn't complete orders due to the previous check-out through Paypal without a PayPal account. (These emails happened on a daily basis previously.)

The postage label and shipping software I integrated with the store is working wonderfully and I was able to do all of my postage for outgoing purchases once the internet was back on.

Today - there are no crises in my life!

We were so tired by the time we came home that it was "Hot tub, tomato soup and grilled cheese for dinner, feet up and a bit of binding while watching TV, and bedtime."

Now that I've gone through all of that - how were things with YOUR Tuesday? Whew!

Time is running out!

You'll find Boxy Bow Ties in the digital pattern section of the Quiltville Store! And to kick this excitement into gear, I've placed it at 25% off through 10/31/21 at only $9.00, No coupon required!

Don't forget that my Punkin Patch Runner is also marked 50% off at only $5.00 through 10/31/21 as well!

If this is your first time downloading digital patterns from my store to a computer click HERE.

If you intend to download to an iPhone/iPad click HERE.

Quiltville Quote of the Day -

The choices you make today will put you on the path to your tomorrow. 

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Which way are they leading you? 
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Oregon or Bust quilt from my book Scraps & Shirttails II.