Heart & Cat

 My friend,  who was my piano teacher,  owns a small winery & gift shop North of Rice Lake in Birchwood. She asked me to teach a class on making the Julehjerter. For some unknown reason,  I said I would.  So tomorrow evening,  I'll be teaching how to make a May basket / Danish paper heart basket.  I have my instructions ready and I spent some time on a mega-heart as a display item.  

The students pay $15 and get a glass of wine & some cheese & learn to make a basic heart basket.  If we have time, or if there is interest, we can make quite a few in 2 hours, unless the wine is really good, that is. 🍷 

I am not sure how many might show up for this class,  if any.  But, my friend is giving me a bottle of wine for my efforts,  so it's all good. 

❤️ 💙 💜 💖 

Barley was in the loaf of bread position on the carpet today. 

She's 16, large & in-charge.

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In the Sandlot Brewery aging room @ Coors Field, April 2002

In Arkansas, 4/2002.
We surprised Dad & Ev for Dad's 80th birthday.

Change is hard

 Many years ago, Dutch Elm Disease affected many trees in Luck, WI. 

The diseased elms were replaced with maple trees along Park Avenue.  These maples made for a very colorful drive down the avenue each fall. 

I snapped these photos in 2015.

Yesterday, I snapped another photo of Park Avenue.  All the maple trees have been chopped down, leaving a long row of rather ugly stumps. It was hard to see.

The Village of Luck is doing a big upgrade project that necessitated the tree removal.  I'm sure the residents are sad,  it made me sad to see those stumps.

Change can be hard to stomach.

I know the trees would not have been sacrificed if there was any other option.

But it is still 😔. 

2024 Spring Quilt Camp

 I am safely home after a very fun weekend of sewing at Quilt Camp.

The weather was perfect.  I had a lake view room this time.

I am only in my room to sleep, but took a few photos on the first morning before getting to the sewing machine. 

I wasn't as organized for camp this time.  That feeling filtered through my sewing as well.  I made so many foolish errors it was not even funny.  Luckily, most sewing can be undone and fixed.  I did throw away one wallet panel because I could not live with the poorly installed zipper.

I finally finished up my Dresden Plate turkey wall hanging.  This project reminded me why I do not quilt my own projects. 

I also made 2 graduation gifts. 

A small card holder and standard wallet makes a set. 

I'm so happy to have these completed.  Graduation is coming fast. 

This session of quilt camp was very fun.  I would say that this was the friendliest group of seamers that we have ever sewed with. 

My drive was uneventful and it was nice to get home to see Barley. 

I'm already looking forward to October.  Hopefully I'll be more organized. 

More on that later

 I spent the day in the sewing room tidying up & planning my projects for quilt camp.  Quilt Camp starts on Friday. My project list includes 3 graduation gifts, a wedding present & whatever else I can think up.

I also want to be able to teach others how to make a fabric ball, so I made my prototype today. 

Not my best sewing,  but you get the idea. 

A fabric sleeve with a balloon inside.  Clever & cute and quick to make, a perfect quilt camp project. 

More on that later. 

✂️🧷🪡🧵

I have been asked to teach a class on making Danish woven heart baskets. A local Winery wants to offer wine, cheese & scissor work for an evening.   I agreed to give it a try.  

More on that later.