The Old Folks Home

[chickadoodles]

SCG there are a ton of videos on youtube and the Missouri Quilting Company does some really great ones. Hers are pretty and easy most of the time. I did a little quilting but mostly I machine quilted, It's called stitch in the ditch.

 

[chickadoodles]

Quote: She is truly a blessing!

 

[Arielle]

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A friend from Italy told me stories of how the system is the opposite in Italy. If youwalk in a store and the glass entry door breaksin to a million peices-- you are responsible for the repairs.

Linda-- you might want to consider no tressing signs and enter at your own risk signs too. Not perfect but can help.

 

[RedPulletMama]

Nicely done!!!! the many points coming together in the center is very hard to get right.

I use machine quilting-- I don't have time for hand quilting. TOOOO time consuming. ALso you can use another style: can't remember the name. Pole thru all layers, then back up again and tie offf leaving an inch tuft. ALso very easy. Handquilting is for the pros. lol

I by no means consider myself a 'pro', but I only hand- quilt. That's where all the fun is for me. Of course I am a stay at home mom of 5, so I time for things like that I guess. My great- grandmother taught me how to quilt when I was very young, probably 8 or 9 and I've loved it ever since! Great relaxer and stress reliever for me. I think machine quilting is harder lol.

 

[RedPulletMama]

1st quilt I ever made and one of the last quilts I made. I've come a long way! The 1st one is crib sz and the last one is twin sz.

 

[Bunnylady]

Somebody had snarked at me about the chain across the new property's driveway, so I bought and wired two reflectors to it this afternoon. Stupid litigious society. Seems to me if anybody ran the chain with a vehicle it would be entirely his or her fault and damage would be an "Oh well, yer stupid," incident, not my problem.

I haven't known any victims of this personally, but I have heard of people (mostly children) who got clotheslined and killed by chains or cables across driveways when they were out riding 4-wheelers or motorcycles. I can't imagine any of us would want that to happen to anybody, trespassing or not!

RedPulletMama, those quilts are lovely! I dabbled in quilting a bit, a few years ago, but my creative streak seems to like crocheting more. My last project kind of blended the two; it was a crocheted afghan that was based on the "log cabin" quilting pattern. For some reason, I don't seem to have a pic of the whole thing, but here's one "block":

 

[Arielle]

Quote:

I use machine quilting-- I don't have time for hand quilting. TOOOO time consuming. ALso you can use another style: can't remember the name. Pole thru all layers, then back up again and tie offf leaving an inch tuft. ALso very easy. Handquilting is for the pros. lol

I by no means consider myself a 'pro', but I only hand- quilt. That's where all the fun is for me. Of course I am a stay at home mom of 5, so I time for things like that I guess. My great- grandmother taught me how to quilt when I was very young, probably 8 or 9 and I've loved it ever since! Great relaxer and stress reliever for me. I think machine quilting is harder lol.
WIsh people had more time to socialize over quilting . . . .we have a knitting group that meets at the library on Wed nights.--I' usually getting ready for bed NOT going out , lol

I use sewing on very small projects, not a big quilt, the top and bottom slide out of alignment with the machine. Knitting is my relaxer . . . .socks in years past . . . not time these days.

1st quilt I ever made and one of the last quilts I made. I've come a long way! The 1st one is crib sz and the last one is twin sz.

LOVELY!! Both of them.

Quote: RE chains---I know a horse that got loose and rand down a road and hit the chain at full speed--- really damaged his chest poor thing. Marking a chain or cable is a good idea.

RE-- the skillful crocheting= nice nice work!!

 

[dsqard]

SCG I said I can wait for the grandkids! Don't know if I am quite ready to hear myself called grandma yet but I do figure that Dave's oldest is probably going to have "good news" for us in the next year since he shouldn't be deploying again for a while. I will either have to get a better sewing machine or the one that I have fixed before I start trying to sew things again. It has been years since I did any sewing.
Bunnylady and RedPulletMama very pretty! My aunt quilts (she actually competes with some of her quilts) and I have to give "props" to the amount of time and effort that goes into that hobby whether you do it by hand or by machine. I saw some gorgeous quilts at the state fair a few weeks ago. My hat is off to you ladies and gentlemen that can put such artistry into them.
Linda, get the reflectors more for your piece of mind than for lawyer reasons. Bunnylady is right, a chain does major damage to someone who gets clotheslined by one. It happened to a guy at work one day. I think you would feel really bad about it when a couple of dollars worth of plastic would save everyone a heartache.

 

[gryeyes]

Somebody had snarked at me about the chain across the new property's driveway, so I bought and wired two reflectors to it this afternoon. Stupid litigious society. Seems to me if anybody ran the chain with a vehicle it would be entirely his or her fault and damage would be an "Oh well, yer stupid," incident, not my problem.

Said driveway chain is really heavy-duty, bright & shiny silver, with links as wide as two of my fingers, not a mere cable, because I did want it to be easily seen. By itself it is quite a "no access" statement. Due to its girth and the way it hangs/drapes, small persons on dirt bikes could not possibly be clotheslined by it. Drunk persons in cars could suffer some major front end damage, though. Well, to their vehicle, as beng drunk is already "front end damage," of a sort. It is a VERY heavy chain I find difficult to lift back up to secure when I leave the property. I have pictures of it... Oh, yes, pictures. Ummm. Yeah... They're coming.

 

[ozexpat]

Said driveway chain is really heavy-duty, bright & shiny silver, with links as wide as two of my fingers, not a mere cable, because I did want it to be easily seen. By itself it is quite a "no access" statement.

Due to its girth and the way it hangs/drapes, small persons on dirt bikes could not possibly be clotheslined by it. Drunk persons in cars could suffer some major front end damage, though. Well, to their vehicle, as beng drunk is already "front end damage," of a sort.

It is a VERY heavy chain I find difficult to lift back up to secure when I leave the property. I have pictures of it...

Oh, yes, pictures. Ummm. Yeah... They're coming.

A few reflectors and you should be good to go.

When we moved onto our property in the Phils it took several months and a weapons charge to get the no-trespassing message across.

Now days we just get the odd person jumping the fence.

Oh - we did have a feral cat that ate 12 of my teenage chickens and 3 Guineas. It also ate Bernies dinner. He got the final victory though.

He ate the cat.