No, we didn't go to see the Hobbit. We went to Washington - the state - and bought a new house. But first here is my Drunkard's Path quilt start. I'm going to make the Wedding Ring setting... I'll show one in a day or two.
I made the pattern the night before we left on our house seeking trip. I got the pattern from
www.mccallsquilting.com and I made the pieces 142% larger on my printer. Then I applied the pattern to template plastic and cut them out so the curve would be for hand sewing - traced line on the curve is the sewing line and on the straight lines is 1/4" seam allowance for using the sewing machine - like I did on hundreds of smaller blocks ages ago. I thought I'd sewn a few more red & purple ones... I started out trying the circle technique, but I don't like what happens when I clip so close and while manipulating a glued bunch the fabric shreds and there's very little seam allowance... see below.
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Now for some pictures of my new house....
The front yard is huge, so it will fit my magnolia (I started from a seed).
It's the corner house of a cul-de-sac. We're going to get the old guy a riding mower, cause that's a lot of lot to mow at his age. It's on a quiet street, and seems like a nice neighborhood. The house is 3 bedrooms (2 are really small) and 2 bathrooms. The kitchen is about 1/2 the size of my old one... Oh, well. Less to clean! Right?
On the way home I took this picture of Mt. Shasta... over 14,000 ft. Magical, I think.
So now the big work starts... finish packing, build a bunch of little plants for Halloween (one of our last days here), coordinate everything and move. Wish me luck. I think we're going to need it.
Happy Monday,
Hugs,
Terri
