August 21: Last Free Day



Today is the last day before I start back to school as a student. I am so excited to get started, but there are a lot of things to be done around here both personally and business wise, so I have been busy.

• Baked cookies for Dan's birthday - peanut butter oatmeal
• Am washing 4 loads of clothes (got to do extras since I will be busy the rest of the week)
• Did some antiquing on my project (see sample below)
• Met with a rep to talk about a credit card reader
• Played show-and-tell with quilts and woodworking (May have some jobs for later this fall)
• Exercised
• Have not had time to do any carving. Decided to put it on hold until later this fall - too many balls to juggle with school, quilting orders, and our woodworking business. Sad, but feel less pressed about it now that I have made this decision.
• Working on schedules and trying to fit it all together
• Plan to do more piecing on Cassie's quilt this afternoon
• Took some pictures to share with you

Life is GOOD!

This is the first White Drum fish that any of us had ever seen
so we had to look it up. Seems controversially as to whether
it is good eating or not. Only fish we caught besides bullheads,
so Dad tossed it back, so.... Caught at Lake Vermillion.

This is our prototype (Notice the drip on the spool?). It is a door harp.
Now that we have one strung and tested, the others will be assembled.
How many of you guessed what it was before you saw this photo?
We will be selling these at the two shows we are doing this fall. Other
designs will include several birdhouses and a few holiday themed designs.
Custome designs will also be considered, but will not be available until
after the early November show.

Here are two of the unfinished quilt stands that Kevin makes.
The one on the left is oak. The one on the right is maple from Vermont.
Kevin designed and made several for me and others over the last few years and
has had request from others that he did not have time to fill because of his
Navy travels.

Now that we have a woodworking business, he can build these and several other
designs to fit quilters' needs.They are sturdy and can be finished in a variety of
ways so they can fit most any decor. We will be selling these finished at
our shows, but we will take orders for others that would allow you to make
the choice of wood and finish.