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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Crabs and Quilting at High Cliff

Oh what a delightful day we had....

First thing we did was tour the museum/General Store at High Cliff.  I will do a post about that later.

Once we were back to the campsite, Paula and I set out her quilting supplies.  I hauled out my grandmother's sewing machine and learned to quilt!

(Well, I had done a few basic quilts about 35 years ago, but this was learning something new)

She taught me "paper piecing" and I started a coaster.  The one in this photo was already done by her... mine is the tiny one square inch one to the right....   2 triangles! (sewn together!)



We spend a wonderful afternoon, out in the sunshine of the autumn woods, sewing, snipping, giggling and creating.  Mel was busy on his computer and Steve was at work.  So it was GIRLS TIME!



 Soon my coaster was created!


I got it made to the same size as Paula's and it only took me three hours! 


We had to clear up the sewing stuff off the picnic table and start getting ready for supper.  We really didn't mind, because it was a very special supper! Paula has treated us to three pounds of crab legs!  

We set up the Coleman Party Grill which also can function as a single burner propane stove.  We used the big enamel soup pot that I bought for Steve before we got married.  (I only married him to get the soup pot back!)   In went the crab legs into the boiling salt water for 15 minutes... yummmmmmm




We also cracked open a special bottle of wine made by Vintner, Steve Pfundtner!    It was his 2009 vintage of cherry wine, made from the Mount Morency cherries from the tree that grew in our own yard in Oconto.  I bought him that tree years ago, and it soon bore enough fruit to make up a few dozen bottles of wine each year.  



We sat down and pigged out.... the guys had steaks and taters, but Paula and I focused on the crab legs!


We did eat a few sensible things, like veggies and dip.  But the guys did their "meat and potatoes" thing.  Steve did eat one crab leg, but Mel wouldn't touch them.  Paula did have half of a steak too. For myself, I focused on ONLY the crab legs....






HEY..... WE DUN GOOD, HUH?


Tomorrow morning, Steveio has to drive over to Black River Falls for some work related business.  So that means Paula and I get to do our sewing ALL DAY LONG!   I will learn how to finish off the edges of the coaster, and hopefully start a few more.  

soooooo if you ordered socks, please hold for the next available operator!











15 comments:

  1. That coaster is too pretty to put under a drippy glass!

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  2. Love the plates, looks like fine china and crystal glasses for the RVers.

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    1. LOL ... nope, not fine china. The dishes are like Corelle, called Aropal. (got them years ago at Walmart) ... the glasses are glass, but I wrap them in rubber shelf liner sheets and set them in a basket in a cabinet. So far out of 8, 1 broke.

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  3. JEEZ, NOW I AM JEALOUS~~~~~~you are learning to quilt and I still haven't learned to weave :( and BTW, I HATE PAPER PIECING!!!!!!!!!! Your coaster looks great!!!!!!! You did good. HAVE FUN TOMORROW!!!!!

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  4. I've made a few paper pieced squares, but hate the work of tearing off the paper. I made a few larger blocks and used muslin for the pattern and left it on. You can run muslin through most small printers if you iron it onto a piece of freezer paper - that way you can print out the pattern. You can find detailed instructions for printing on fabric on many quilting websites.

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    1. I will start looking at other fun stuff. These coasters we just sewed onto stablizer that will stay inside the coaster. I am thinking of enlarging the pattern now and making hot pads?

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    2. Thanks for the tip about the stabilizer, especially for coasters.

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  5. Good for you Karen--I love to paper piece, I'm about to make an entire quilt which involves a lot of paper piecing. You did a good job!!

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    1. oh i could see doing small squares like that and putting them into a big quilt... neato! now you got my mind racing....

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  6. wow love the coaster ..i am an old day quilter..piece the top on the machine..slap it in the frames and quilt it all by hand...the paper piecing seems interesting i must google that...your coaster reminded me of a log cabin quilt i did a few yrs back..wowsers talk about pieces....but i loved it

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  7. Uh oh.......now you'll be adding multiple sized fabric pieces to your stash!!!!! They'll lie flat though, right? ;)

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  8. Love the lil coaster...have not tried the paper piecing...is it possible to find out which issue that pattern came from? Will be spending the winter rving in the desert and this looks like a project I'd like to try. Looked at the website but can't figure out which issue to order. Thanks for any help Karen.

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    1. Hey Vicki... if you send me your email address I can send you the pattern... pfundt@gmail.com

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  9. Delightful word pictures you paint! Thanks for bringing a smile!

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