DEL QUILTS: 8/27/23

Saturday, September 2, 2023

12X12 Quilts in Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection 6 09-02-23

Another six quilts from past SAQA Benefit Auctions. These are all leaves or trees from various years and countries. I am fond of trees and their leaves, but I also look for different techniques and artists with a distinctive style. Four of the artists shown here show their particular style.

"Autumn Leaves" Aileyn Renli Ecob - California 2012 12X12

Commercial cotton fabrics, cotton batting, cotton thread.

Beautiful hand applique.

"Rainbow Trees" Nikki Wheeler - Canada 2011 12X12

Various fabrics, fusing, machine finished edges, Machine quilting.

"Evergreen" Brenda Gael Smith -Australia 2011 12X12

Brenda's distinctive style. Commercial cotton fabrics, Machine pieced and quilted.

"Possibilities" Deborah Boschert - Texas 2009 12X12

Deborah uses many of the same motifs in her various quilts.

Cotton fabrics, fusing, sequins, embroidery, Machine quilting.

"Coastal Patterns - Banksia" Susan Matthews - Australia 2013 12X12

Canvas, ink, polyester thread, wool fabric.

Collagraph printint, lino block printing, fusing, free motion machine stitching.

"Laurel Leaves" Terry Grant - Oregon 2008 12X12

Cotton fabric and thread. Machine applique, machine quilting.

Terry does very exacting work and experiments with new techniques that she reads about or invents for herself. This quilt has such depth.

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Friday, September 1, 2023

A momentos day 09-01-23

Today was my 85th birthday. How did I live so long? I am now older than my mother and both my grandmothers when they died. I find I am a little obsessed with this birthday and I just don't know why. Anyway it has been a good day and cooler than the last few weeks. I had lunch with friend Carol Bednar at our favorite lunch spot, Fitness Grill in Yorba Linda. It was quite comfortable in the patio and it wasn't crazy full. Pictures below. I have a beautiful mixed flower bouquet which is so tall I could only photograph it on the kitchen floor! Lovely soft colors and no lilies which are beautiful, but the fragrance is too much. Also picture below.

Grilled salmon sandwich with a sort of mixed salad with thumb sized tomatoes. It is no longer on the menu, however I like it so much they are willing to make it for me. These days I cannot eat the entire thing, so I have half left for tomorrow's breakfast.

Chicken grilled on skewers and roasted veggies on a bed of rice. Carol felt it was a perfect lunch.

Since it was a birthday event we shared a dessert. An almond, raspberry bar with fresh fruit and whipped cream.

And to top off the day, Dave, the mail carrier, sang 'Flying me to the moon'!! He has a very nice voice.

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Wednesday, August 30, 2023

Wordless Wednesday 08-30-23

Edit - This is what was hot when I started high school in 1952. Del

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Tuesday, August 29, 2023

Construction 08-29-23

There is construction in the park behind us and several new roofs being installed around the area. It is about time for a new roof on this house, so I have been paying attention to the different roofing projects and think I will go with Brea Roofing - depending on the estimates. This is one of their projects a couple streets to the west.

The first step is taking off the old roof. Under the asphalt shingles are on bare 1X4 slats. The house is 55 - 60 years old, so this can't be the original roof. However, for at least 40 years the standard for new or replacements is to put 1/2" plywood down under any shingles. There were ten guys in pairs on the roof working at scraping off the shingles and throwing them in the truck backed up in the driveway. Scraping, putting the debris on canvas tarps, carrying them to the truck location, and dumping them. One guy in the truck bed stomping them down to compact them.

The next day they had all the old shingles off and the stacks of plywood (with red edges) lifted onto the roof.

Two white stakes on each plywood pile keeps them from sliding.

You can see the slates that open into the attic. They have to plan the plywood layout to go around vents, etc.

The next morning they had a truck with a belt on a long sort of crane. The bundles of shingles were loaded by a guy in the bed of the truck and lifted up to a guy on the roof You can see that almost all the plywood has been laid and nailed along with some metal flashings for the chimney and various vents.

This guy lifts each bundle of shingles onto his shoulder and hustles up to a pile on the roof top. Then he hustles back before the next bundle comes up. He was working very hard.

The final day they are putting on the penultimate shingles before the roof cap .

The trailer is in place for all the scraps and wrappings. I wonder how many trucks and trailers of trash they took to the dump for this one roof replacement.

This morning all was quiet with the roof finished and all the debris removed. It took them about six days. The crew was well coordinated and worked well together. KoKo and I sat on a wall across the street to watch and take pictures.

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Sunday, August 27, 2023

12X12 quilts in the Thomas Contemporary Quilt Collection 5 08-27-23

I didn't realize time was slipping away from me and I didn't blog all week. As always I will try to do better.

Here are six more 12X12 quilts in the Collection from the SAQA auctions over the years. I do have quite a few birds and will show more in a future post. The 2023 SAQA Auction starts September 14. You can see all 380 of the quilts at www.saqa.com/auction and read how you can register and bid. I always go through them all several times and make a list of those I am interested in. This year there are 24 on my list. Depends on the price and who is bidding, but I will probably acquire 3 or 4 new pieces for the Collection.