Quilts rolled and stored - mostly 03-16-19

Friend Liz came today for coffee and to help roll and cover quilts for storage.  It is an energetic process and two old ladies manage it better than one!  

There are some quilt and rolls on the guest bed as I need to inventory and check all the Ruth McDowell quilts for a future exhibit.   There are over 30 of Ruth's quilts in TCQC.

But the other quilts are stored all over the house.  These are up on the shelf in the guest bedroom.  The white fabric in the middle of the image is a stack of name labels, one for each quilt rolled inside. 

The master bedroom, which has never been used as such since we have lived here over 30 years, has storage cabinets across one end of the room.  Mostly it is filled with craft and sewing stuff, but two shelves accommodate rolled quilts up to about 40". 

This is a stack of the sheets we use to bundle the quilts when we take them traveling.  The top eight will need to be laundered this week after being used for a program last week.  I love sharing the quilts at meetings and exhibits, but there is a lot of "upkeep" involved.  But with the help of Liz I seem to manage it okay, so far.  

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More pictures from "People and Critters" 03-15-19

Here are a few more of the 39 quilts that are currently in an exhibit "People and Critters" at Back Porch Fabrics in Pacific Grove, CA.  The quilts from the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection will hang until May 8th, through the entire run of the Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar Conference Grounds.  

World Quilters  Cynthia St. Charles  - Billings, Montana  2011  12"X12"

Jane Goodall - Portrait Study   Mary Pal - Toronto, Ontario, Canada   2011  12"X12"

Fort Morrison Jerseys  Ruth B. McDowell  - Colrain, MA  2003  65.5"WX45"L

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Exterior paint job complete 03-14-19

Fresh paint!  

The painters finished today, only 3 1/2 days to do all the washing, scraping, filling, sanding, and painting.  They worked hard, even while the wind was blowing very strong.  Looks like a good job, hope it lasts ten years.  It is the same color as it was previously, maybe a tad more grey than blue, but perhaps the sun will fade it some.  Liz reminded me that in one previous painting job they only painted three sides of the chimney - I'd forgotten that, but all four sides look the same to me, so I guess they repainted all of them.  This is a different painting company and I would recommend them if anyone needs a recommendation.  Their address is in Fullerton, CA.  

This picture is a bit dark because I took it at 6:45pm when we went out for our walk.  

Now for a window washer and a landscaper.  It never ends when one owns a home, but I hope to stay here until they carry me out.  

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Koko is SUCH a big help 03-13-19

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He lays in my lap while I am trying to type and then he rears up and puts his head on the keyboard and his butt still on my lap.  Those are his two front feet dangling in the air.  So, stop and pay attention to the poor neglected dog.  

It took me a half an hour to get this picture on my blog.  Enjoy!  

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Monday Browsing on a Tuesday! 03-12-19

Sometimes we forget a resource, lost among the millions now available.  I recommend to you the web page of Caryl Breyer Fallert Gentry.  She has great images, directions, patterns, and all sorts in interesting things.  Check it out:  

Caryl Breyer Fallert-Gentry

bryerpatch.com

And here is one I just came across - a tutorial for the current popular bowls:

http://www.nanettesewz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/fabric_bowl_tutorial.pdf

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"People and Critters" 03-11-19

Here are a few of the quilts that are currently in an exhibit "People and Critters" at Back Porch Fabrics in Pacific Grove, CA.  The quilts from the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection will hang until May 8th, through the entire run of the Empty Spools Seminars at Asilomar Conference Grounds.  
  

"Giraffe Nocturne"  Nancy S. Brown - Oakland, CA  2015  15"W X 15"L

Hand applique

"At the Market" Terry Grant - Beaverton, OR  2015  6"w x 8"L

Machine applique, embroidery, quilting. 

"Coffee Futures"  Olga Norris - England  2010  11.4"W X 7.5"L

Hand applique, reverse applique, hand quilting.  

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Friday Food 03-10-19

Don't know how much time I have spent trying to get pictures transferred and posted on this blog.  Success tonight on the pictures of my Friday Pokey Bowl dinner.  It was delicious.  I was driving up from Lake Forest in the late afternoon and the traffic was bumper to bumper from Sand Canyon and I had all that time to think about what I would have for dinner.  So, I naturally turned off at Jamboree and went to H2O for a pokey bowl to go.  I have narrowed it down to just what I like so I got in line.  The first server gives rice, noodles, or salad greens - I always have sushi rice. 

Proceeding down the line I have two scoops of salmon, one of scallops, sweet corn, edamame, cucumber, papaya, pickled seaweed, and the H2O sauce.  The cashier sprinkles sesame seeds on top, I always ask for more, and then he collects the about $11 and I am out the door.  

I've tried it with soy sauce, but it isn't necessary, the house "dressing" is enough. 

I've sampled ten or twelve pokey places, some very close to my house, but the H2O is worth the drive down there, the offerings are so fresh and just the right selection. But I have only driven down just for a dinner once, usually I just stop when coming up from SDiego or south Orange County.  

I do love sushi and went to my local favorite Fish in a Bottle her in Placentia this evening.  

MMM MMM GOOD.

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