After some time away for a bit of a break from quilting, I thought I would touch base with a few photo's of recent things. I have been spending a lot of time doing bicycling and letting my quilting rest. The days are too nice to be stuck inside, and my bicycles were getting petulant from neglect, and were threatening to start rusting if I didn't start paying more attention to them The link is to a photo taken today of the latest in a series of the same quilt (this is number 8), I have been doing for local Veterans who are dealing with injuries they have received in the 2 wars we are currently engaged in, (that I know of, that is, or that the government is telling us about.) The second pic is of the pinning frame that somebody asked me to post a picture of the next time I was pinning up a quilt. since this is the first chance I have had to post this frame, it may be a bit late in coming. As you can see, there are fabric skirts on the end pieces and clamps on the side pieces. It is endlessly variable as to size accommodations, and I have a couple of other longer sides that will allow for really large (Queen or King size quilts). The whole shebang sits on a piece of plywood that is hinged in the middle, and rests on a padded table top in the dinning room. If I am working on a large quilt. I have another identical piece of hinged plywood, and simply rotate the piece shown 90 degrees and place the second piece along side of the first thereby creating an 8' x 8' working surface. Doing this requires the placement of a set of supports for the ends that overhang as they stick beyond the sides of the table, and need the support to remain in place. I hope this suffices as explanation. The second two pics are of a Quilt storage chest I completed last week. I was running out of space to corral all the quilts in a safe place, So I did take time away from bicycling to fire up the tools with a stack of pine boards that I had, and the result is what you see. About 36" long x 20" high x 18" wide. It has solid brass period hardware and a lovely brass lock to secure the whole thing. I have taken down all of the pictures that were formally posted here, due to security concerns about posting a lot of pictures of the inside of the house. I will keep these recent pictures up for about a week and then take them down. Sad to say, life is full of encounters with people of less than honest interest in all of the things that others own.
So, here you go. John