Things are going thence good amongst my arch nemesis Quiltmaker's Garden quilt that it has me wondering whether there's some sort of skullduggery involved. I'll live quilting along amongst no other obstacles to my thread path than an occasional running out of bobbin thread, but inward the dorsum of my mind, I'm expecting the quilt to scream out, "Ha! Just kidding!" together with and thence begin acting up. Honestly...it's the easiest quilting I've ever done.
Yesterday's piece of work was to proceed quilting the many flowers.
I'm non quilting every department equally I come upwards to it, but sometimes it makes feel to instruct inward together with create total inward areas that I've passed over inward favor of the to a greater extent than familiar motifs. The gazebo has been 1 of those areas. I've been thinking nigh how I desire to quilt it. Again I'm referring to the picture. The firstly conclusion was how to quilt the uprights together with the railing.
For those areas, I settled on a "Greek Key" motif. While I considered a forest grain or leaves, I decided I had plenty curvy lines inward my quilting already, together with thence the Greek Key seemed similar the best choice.
Here's how that looks from the back.
Then, looking at the bottom of the gazebo is the "floor." For that I decided to quilt inward some ferny feathers (my bespeak feathers amongst pointy ends).
Here's how that looks from the back.
The 1 at the bottom together with inward the middle goes inward both directions, together with thence I did a mirror prototype of the firstly 1 on the 2nd side. I'll proceed amongst them going inward the same management equally I movement to the left together with correct of center.
Here's how that looks from the back.
Then I was laid upwards to quilt the roses. I modified a motif known equally Clair's Rose...
...from this book. (Good book, past times the way.)
I modified it thence the motif would accomplish into the corners of my block. And here's how that looks from the back.
After I'd done 2 of the v roses, I decided to accept a break. When I turned about this is what I saw. It was good past times their dinner time.
Smitty...I'm fading fast. I'll live dead shortly if I don't instruct something to eat. I can't fifty-fifty stand upwards up to walk to the dinner dish.
Look at you lot there...sewing. Hmph. And us here, starving to death. How exercise you lot slumber at night?
Smitty was thence upset, he was wearing his safety friend for extra moral support.
So I fed the cats...not to worry...and together with thence I went exterior to run into what was blooming. I retrieve the dogwood has reached its peak now. It's thence pretty.
So many flowers.
And, oh my...the wisteria is blooming together with I solely simply at 1 time noticed.
We unremarkably instruct 2 blooms out of this 1 per year.
Also the firstly flowers on the rhododendrons are showtime to open.
The 2 about the dorsum instruct the most sun, together with thence they're ever the firstly to bloom. The ones out forepart are silent inward tight buds.
And here's a tree Mike bought me for my birthday, which was Saturday. It's called a "dappled willow," or if you lot similar to utilisation those snotty botanical names, salix integra Hakuro-Nishiki. You tin read to a greater extent than nigh it correct here. Our vecino had 1 inward her yard, but together with thence she took it out for reasons I don't fully understand. But anyway...I loved hers. When nosotros had to accept out a large bluish spruce at the corner of our menage lastly year, it left a gaping hole inward the landscaping. Enter, this tree:
They are fast-growing, but they don't grow really large, together with thence it's a proficient pick for the infinite nosotros had. (The tree nosotros took out truly had outgrown the infinite it was in.) The novel tree produces peach-colored foliage together with flowers inward the spring, together with this happens to live its 2nd to shine.
Pretty, huh?
Okay, together with now, past times pop demand, I'm going to demo some pictures of the novel RV. There's aught else afterward this, thence it's agency okay if you're non an RV individual together with desire to duck out now. Still here? Okay, here's the grand tour.
So when you lot come upwards inward the door together with facial expression to the left toward the nurture of the 5th wheel, at that spot is a queen sized hide-a-bed. It's truly pretty comfortable.
Sit downwards on that couch together with facial expression dorsum the other way, together with this is the living room/kitchen/dining room. This RV is no larger than the previous one, but the slides are longer, together with thence it gives us to a greater extent than infinite inward the principal rooms.
To the correct of the prototype inward a higher house are 2 "theater-seating style" recliners. In the prototype below, Mike together with Matthew were sampling the massage function. Matthew was clearly enjoying it agency besides much.
From where they're sitting, they tin run into the TV together with the electrical fireplace. I'll acknowledge to thinking fireplaces inward RVs are pretty silly. Nevertheless, it does create a overnice repose infinite heater-type heat, together with Mike says it's a overnice feature.
The window you lot run into below is at 1 halt of the couch. This is the 1 we'll supercede to arrange the catio. As it is, the window solely opens past times tipping out a distich of inches at the bottom. We involve to spot inward a window that slides to the side or upwards thence the kitties tin transcend inward together with out. We had to supercede a window inward our truck camper for the same reason.
But this is my favorite component division of the RV. And, really, the kitchen expanse is simply pretty darned nice. There's this floor-to-ceiling pantry on the left side of the prototype below.
Inside, a low-cal turns on when you lot opened upwards the door, together with facial expression at all those shelves for nutrient or pocket-sized appliances. Really, I haven't given a lot of idea to what I'm going to spot where, but I suspect this volition halt upwards beingness an expanse for pocket-sized appliances.
It has lots of counter space, a overnice sized stainless steel double sink, together with below the sink is a delineate out cabinet that houses bins for trash together with recycling. (Trash included at no extra charge.) This is overnice because we've ever had the trash tin out on the flooring together with it was ever inward the way.
There's a good-sized tabular array for 2 amongst comfortable chairs. The tabular array tin live extended amongst a leafage that is stored inside.
And ohmygosh facial expression at this refrigerator! As long equally we've been RVing (approximately 25 years), I've been fighting amongst a tiny niggling refrigerator. This 1 is nearly equally large equally a domestic refrigerator...not quite equally deep, but it has acres to a greater extent than infinite than the ones I've had inward the past.
And cheque out this freezer! Mike says these tin live outfitted amongst H2O ice makers, but how much ability they accept is a question. He was going to facial expression into it. As for the size of this unit, heck, I powerfulness outfit a niggling even out inward hither together with movement inward if I instruct tired of Mike.
Oh, but priorities, people. This is the best part. My fridge magnets stick to the surface. Yahoo!!!
It has a overnice niggling stove top. They've reconfigured the spot together with shapes of the burners. The middle 1 is elongated, rather than round, together with that volition live overnice for when I brand pancakes on my niggling Coleman griddle pan. The oven below has an electrical sparker. Previously, nosotros had to instruct downwards on hands together with knees amongst a lighter to low-cal the airplane pilot light. It'll live thence overnice to receive got 1 that lights itself.
The shower inward the bath is almost equally large equally the 1 inward our house. And I beloved that it has a molded seat. The previous shower was situated inward a corner, together with thence it was triangular inward shape. It was difficult to receive got room to plow around, allow solitary curvature over to accept assist of "lady stuff." I'm going to beloved this shower.
It's a overnice bathroom, a niggling smaller than the 1 nosotros had before, to arrange the larger shower. But, honestly, how much room exercise you lot need? Mike was hanging towel rods inward hither spell I was taking these pictures.
This is the bedroom, amongst a king-sized bed. The bedspread isn't besides hateful, but I silent retrieve I'd similar to brand a quilt for this bed.
On the far side of the room are the closets together with a cabinet where the washer together with dryer volition go. Our previous washer unit of measurement was a combination. It washed, together with and thence turned itself into a dryer. It worked well, but took nigh 2 hours to exercise a unmarried pocket-sized load. It volition live overnice to receive got the infinite for a stackable laid thence that I tin launder together with dry out at the same time.
Inside, the closets together with this cabinet are cedar lined. Oh yes, together with the rig is plumbed for key vac. We're going to beloved that.
The closets are proficient sized, together with at that spot is a lip on that shelf that volition maintain things from falling off spell nosotros instruct downwards the road. It was a work inward our onetime rig, together with it meant nosotros couldn't utilisation the shelf for much. On the flooring are some folding chairs that tally the dining room chairs.
Lying on the bed together with looking back, at that spot is some other television. We had infinite for a goggle box inward the onetime rig, but nosotros never spot 1 in, saving it for storage infinite instead.
Then there's this niggling dresser..."little" beingness the operative word. Fortunately, extra cupboard infinite together with a usable shelf inward the cupboard volition in all probability brand upwards the divergence inward space.
So at that spot you lot go. As I've mentioned, at that spot are a few repairs that involve to live made afterward its shake-down cruise from South Carolina to Oregon, but aught major. We're happy amongst the rig all-in-all. Mike volition live spending the summertime making a few modifications, together with and thence nosotros silent involve to sell our onetime one. Lots to exercise RV wise, together with we're non fifty-fifty traveling correct now.
As for mitt stitching, I've stitched upwards to the lastly 2 names for the 2nd row of the Shop Hop quilt. I'll in all probability instruct this finished this morning.
Right at 1 time I receive got a lot of irons inward the terminate amongst 4 projects on my piece of work space. I'll in all probability proceed on amongst my quilting since things are going thence well. When it's finished, however, I'm going to receive got to clear some infinite inward the sewing room downstairs earlier I'll live able to foursquare it upwards for binding. I'll simply maintain working away at the quilting for now. It's been besides enjoyable to stop.