A Star in the Making

  Every year I try to make a heirloom  quilt.  I design it sew it, hand quilt it, then  draw a family members name to receive  it.

While  the concept begins long before the last one is done.  The actual   design sketch &  building of it starts in January.......... usually..............

 This year I started July 27 during the Olympics. I had a several 14 hr days sewing madly to get this  concept from my head to assembled top !

  I  was fortified with Dew,  the TV clicker was handy at my side,,,,,

  The phone clicker wasn't far away either....   I made a Big Mess !!

    I got the top side assembled !!  with about 104 hrs stitching.......

  Tim  hid out a few of those days.................  xox   :}

  He did  some cooking. some runs to the grocery store, .. some bike rides....  and some wood projects. Here He has the basting table ready to set up in the basement !  yae!

 ... before basting it needs to have quilt lines marked.  A  good week was spent cruising the net for ideas,  sketching, running to Staples to enlarge a thumb print design up to 30  inches..,,   

 and a night spent cutting the design stencil with a razor blade. ( reminders of cutting rubylith LOOONNNGGG time ago)

 I tried out 6 different brands of marking tool$  & tracing paper$ , ending up with a $3 white pencil.. 

   after  3 days  of marking so very carefully.  We went down stairs to baste it !

 and today Sept 6  2012 its now on the frame up stairs !!

 Now all we have to do is sit there  200 hrs or so. stitching  6-7 stitches per inch, by hand, with miles of thread, .
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...................  to get done by Christmas??........... and a Star is born.

whew. Time flys !!

 

  Its been way too long since I  posted on here !!

 We have been  BUSY  since February !!,  when Tim said he was going to retire  I went into overdrive !
 Here's the over view of the months since ... (  I think I forgot how to put these in order )) but here goes.  We have a new dog ! Dandy is a talkative  energetic lil yorkie. Diva has someone to play with again.

 

  In MAY the house in MO  was sold and closed on. We filled up the   truck and  hauled it all to Iowa, We closed there too in a matter of days.

  We  stayed in a hotel with Diva for the first time, She really liked the 'service'.

  There they are, standing on the deck of the New Camp David !

 ......... and the many boxes..............

  Tim had ready and able help !!

  Linda came up  and helped paint.. housewarming !

 In June,  Because the house in  Mo sold so fast, Tim wasn't actually done with  his work there yet. We lived in the Beast  for  couple months.   He slept days worked nights and I sewed, LOTS!

 ............. Diva helped..............

 . on days off , Tim practiced retirement.........................  LOLL

 ................ Diva helped............

    They  even gave him a send off on the Happy DAY !

  His last day finished and a welcome home   to the RV,,,,, Hurray !!!DONE!

   In July we finally got here and had  another party Back at Camp David, we put the big  table and dining room to use .

   I had lots of help getting thing into place,  from Shell, Lin, Stacy,Larry, Jade,  Nichole, Aaron, Jake, Raelle, Carson............

 Its beginning to feel  alot like HOME

 so here it is Sept already!,, Tim has learned his way around town. He has started a few house projects.  I have re joined the quilt club and found a few old connections. We have fun seeing the Big kids and the lil kids when they can............. and have a whole lot more projects on the Honey-DO List for the months ahead !!

Camp David of the North?

view down the street from RV gate, edge of town

the over hang & trellis of the back door

view of the RV pad from the back door

looking the other way from the back door. nice patio. ..and fountain??

lots of space plus big dining room for Mom' s table and hutch

in the basement. 4 sides of shelves. oh my !

Man space

quilt baste table or exercise machines?

down stairs bathroom.. nice tile

standing on the steps ,, family room

doors to the laundry and stairway,, and bedroom & den

street side front door, and dining room window bay window

kitchen looking to the dining room. 4 bar stools long counter !

standing in the dining room looking to the back door /deck

sun shiny window,, and a garage for Tea items

a pantry ! room for coats & shoes, before sliding out the pretty door to the deck

standing by the pretty door looking to the right.. fireplace and living room

standing at the pretty door looking more toward the the dining room

looking down the yard while standing on the deck..big patio plus the RV pad back there.

garden shed or Tim's Wood shed

now to wait for spring to see the garden goodies. And make it ours !!!