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Posted: 8/12/2017 3:22:07 PM EDT
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The main areas we worked on clearing out are in the corner of the property by the road. Got rid of some pignut and gun to give a burr oak room and cut the smaller stuff out of the property line to make room for some of the nicer walnuts.
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Posted: 8/12/2017 8:01:10 PM EDT
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Some after shots.
The burr oak doesn't have a whole lot of limbs on the left side due to the crowding from the other trees. Should fill out nicely in a few years.  Attached FileNo longer a dead dead tree on the corner  Attached FileStill need to get the stumps dug out and do a little dirt work then eventually this will be grass and mowed as part of the yard.  Attached File Attached FileThe pile burned down quite nicely. Time to start another one next weekend 
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Posted: 8/12/2017 8:20:14 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2017 12:20:12 PM EDT
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Some after shots. The burr oak doesn't have a whole lot of limbs on the left side due to the crowding from the other trees. Should fill out nicely in a few years. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7004-278855.JPG No longer a dead dead tree on the corner https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7005-278856.JPG Still need to get the stumps dig out and do a little dirt work then eventually this will be grass and lower as part of the yard. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7006-278859.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7007-278862.JPG The pile burned down quite nicely. Time to start another one next weekend
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Posted: 8/15/2017 7:44:33 AM EDT
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Even with our small place, that pile is never completely gone. Always something lying there waiting to burn. |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 6:16:12 PM EDT
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Continued working on the same fence line today as we did last weekend. Cut another 30 or so trees out to open it up more and thin them out so they were not too crowded. Tractor is really coming in handy! Put 3 hours on it start to finish. Ended up buying a battery sawzall that the wife loves for cutting the small stuff. The trees ranged from 1-16".
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Posted: 8/19/2017 6:20:23 PM EDT
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All said and done we burned about 4 times as much wood than is in the burn pile in the picture. Just kept dumping it on the fire as we cut it. Itll be burning for a few days!
 Attached File Attached File Attached FileThee view is starting to improve! Few more trees to go once they get the beans out of the field, going to have to drop them in the field. Need to trim some branches up further as well. Then comes the hard part, taking care of all the stumps.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/19/2017 9:06:04 PM EDT
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keeping any of it for firewood? even if you don't burn it yourself you might make a little selling it
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Posted: 8/19/2017 9:13:07 PM EDT
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keeping any of it for firewood? even if you don't burn it yourself you might make a little selling it 
We have some bigger walnuts that need to come down. Trying to find a buyer for the logs once we fell them. |
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Posted: 8/20/2017 8:07:54 PM EDT
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Set a rock in place today and got the last few bags of mulch out. Need to pick up a few more to finish in front of the pole barn. Didn't do any fancy edging, hopefully widening the driveway to the entire width of the building next year.
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Posted: 8/27/2017 5:08:12 PM EDT
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Finally got around to rebuilding the Stihl 021. New carb, intake boot, impulse line and gaskets took care of the problem. Runs like a raped ape now! Pulled full comp full chisel chain really well in some 16" hedge. Need to get the 066 back up here from my parents place to finish cutting it up.
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Posted: 8/27/2017 5:11:44 PM EDT
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Did a little dirt work in one of the areas we cleared out today. Hoping we get some rain this week to help settle it down.
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Posted: 8/27/2017 6:52:16 PM EDT
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kitties may swoon at the sight of that pretty black dirt. looks like good stuff
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Posted: 8/27/2017 8:13:32 PM EDT
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Did a little dirt work in one of the areas we cleared out today. Hoping we get some rain this week to help settle it down. Before: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7133-292034.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7134-292036.JPG After: https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7135-292040.JPG Also got started building a backstop at the end of the shooting lane I cut though the woods. Will be about 100 yards when done. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7137-292042.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7138-292043.JPG |
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Posted: 8/28/2017 7:50:16 AM EDT
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That looks great. That's of highest priority to me once we start building our house. I'm going to have the excavators clear a run about 150 yards long and 15 yards wide and then use all the dirt from digging out foundation to create the backstop. Sadly, we're talking a few years away though. The wait will be worth it! |
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Posted: 8/30/2017 8:29:51 PM EDT
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Finally got around to rebuilding the Stihl 021. New carb, intake boot, impulse line and gaskets took care of the problem. Runs like a raped ape now! Pulled full comp full chisel chain really well in some 16" hedge. Need to get the 066 back up here from my parents place to finish cutting it up. https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7132-292031.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7136-292032.JPG That stuff is stringy as hell. |
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Posted: 8/30/2017 8:40:50 PM EDT
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kitties may swoon at the sight of that pretty black dirt. looks like good stuff As long as it's not black because of the walnut trees.
That's the midwest though. Pretty, deep soil. Though that is darker than the typical Loess I have seen, so maybe it's mollisol or alfasol or some other yummy, deep soil we don't have where I grew up. (We are on the edge of the midweast Loess fields where I live. Ten miles east of me, the terrain is hills. If I look to my west, I can see the bottom end of glacial outwash. I live right on the edge, which is extremely interesting to me because I see agriculture from both and how it differs based on the geography/soil. [/nerd moment] Sorry. 
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Posted: 9/10/2017 5:25:00 PM EDT
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Is that Osage Orange? That stuff is stringy as hell. |
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Posted: 9/10/2017 5:26:20 PM EDT
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Yep, I was looking at that. As long as it's not black because of the walnut trees.
That's the midwest though. Pretty, deep soil. Though that is darker than the typical Loess I have seen, so maybe it's mollisol or alfasol or some other yummy, deep soil we don't have where I grew up. (We are on the edge of the midweast Loess fields where I live. Ten miles east of me, the terrain is hills. If I look to my west, I can see the bottom end of glacial outwash. I live right on the edge, which is extremely interesting to me because I see agriculture from both and how it differs based on the geography/soil. [/nerd moment] Sorry. |
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Posted: 9/10/2017 5:29:48 PM EDT
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Took down a few more walnuts today. They were starting to rot and looked pretty bad. Not sure what we will fill the area in with.
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Posted: 9/10/2017 5:31:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/10/2017 6:21:56 PM EDT
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Looking good. Once those trees get cleared out you'll feel like you own a bigger piece of property when you start being able to see farther.
How far away is your closest neighbor? |
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Posted: 9/10/2017 7:12:13 PM EDT
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Looking good. Once those trees get cleared out you'll feel like you own a bigger piece of property when you start being able to see farther. How far away is your closest neighbor? Closest neighbor is about 1/4 mile away. Can't see their house unless you go down by the road. Only about 5 houses within a 1 mile radius of us. |
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Posted: 9/10/2017 8:02:41 PM EDT
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What do you do for internet? Cellular hotspot? Satellite?
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Posted: 9/10/2017 8:29:36 PM EDT
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What do you do for internet? Cellular hotspot? Satellite? |
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Posted: 9/10/2017 11:10:25 PM EDT
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WISP off a set of grain bins about .8 miles away. 7 MBPS down. Could pull 15 or so if we wanted to pay for it. $49.95 a month with no data caps. 
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Posted: 9/10/2017 11:18:53 PM EDT
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I am so incredibly jelly. 
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Posted: 9/10/2017 11:21:10 PM EDT
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Me too... we have DSL that is a whopping 1.5mbps down And I pay about a hundred dollars per month for this "service".
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Posted: 9/11/2017 6:54:00 AM EDT
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Me too... we have DSL that is a whopping 1.5mbps down Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I am so incredibly jelly.
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Posted: 9/11/2017 9:19:19 AM EDT
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Posted: 9/19/2017 7:31:36 PM EDT
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That's whats nice about the country. It's calm enough that it allows you to forget about rest of the worlds problems and turmoils (at least for awhile). Simple things like that sunset are awesome and peaceful.
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Posted: 9/24/2017 7:59:28 PM EDT
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That's whats nice about the country. It's calm enough that it allows you to forget about rest of the worlds problems and turmoils (at least for awhile). Simple things like that sunset are awesome and peaceful. Slight change of scenery this week, delayed honeymoon in Yellowstone!  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/24/2017 11:11:23 PM EDT
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It's wonderful! Only way we ever want to live. Slight change of scenery this week, delayed honeymoon in Yellowstone! https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/IMG_7243-316308.JPG 
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Posted: 10/13/2017 7:06:04 AM EDT
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Haven’t done much around the homestead lately. Between being gone on the honeymoon, both of us being buried for work and now playing carpenter for a friend we just haven’t had time.
Long story short my good friend is building a house and recently fired the GC when it was 75% done or so. Without going into too many details, he did mostly quality work but was very slow and generally disorganized. The wife and I are working weekends for him and I’m working evenings after work helping him get finished so him, his wife, stepdaughter and their newborn can get moved in. Been doing a lot of sheet metal, trim, got the kitchen base cabinets all installed last night, island is going in tonight. Still have have interior doors to hang, drop ceiling in the basement to put in, more trim, etc. Would love to post pics but won’t be out of respect for his privacy. |
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Posted: 10/14/2017 2:25:22 PM EDT
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Haven’t done much around the homestead lately. Between being gone on the honeymoon, both of us being buried for work and now playing carpenter for a friend we just haven’t had time. Long story short my good friend is building a house and recently fired the GC when it was 75% done or so. Without going into too many details, he did mostly quality work but was very slow and generally disorganized. The wife and I are working weekends for him and I’m working evenings after work helping him get finished so him, his wife, stepdaughter and their newborn can get moved in. Been doing a lot of sheet metal, trim, got the kitchen base cabinets all installed last night, island is going in tonight. Still have have interior doors to hang, drop ceiling in the basement to put in, more trim, etc. Would love to post pics but won’t be out of respect for his privacy. Y'all will have stories for the rest of your lives to tell the kids about how you and Mrs. Pavelow helped build their house. |
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Posted: 10/29/2017 12:59:09 PM EDT
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Good on y'all for helping. And glad you have the skills to pull him out of that mess. Nothing more frustrating than having your exciting project turned into a total downer by a bad conctractor. Y'all will have stories for the rest of your lives to tell the kids about how you and Mrs. Pavelow helped build their house. |
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Posted: 10/29/2017 1:03:22 PM EDT
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The wife spent the morning quilting so I took the opportunity to do some yard work. Cut down some dead trees and cleaned up some stuff that was already down. Getting closer to having the last few sections of the yard cleaned up!
Burned everything as I went  Attached FileDead oak. Getting it off the ground with the loader then cutting it up in 6-8’ pieces.  Attached FileI got my 066 back from my parents so I could finally cut the last section of hedge off. Was about all the loader wanted!  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/29/2017 1:24:56 PM EDT
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Wife doing some quilting. My mother finally got her into it and she’s loving it! Now I’m going to need a second job to support fabric purchases
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Posted: 10/29/2017 1:33:49 PM EDT
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Wife doing some quilting. My mother finally got her into it and she’s loving it! Now I’m going to need a second job to support fabric purchases
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/86377/D684E867-EDBF-4A59-B09D-CD5E1069F90A-347299.JPG Be careful about buying bargain fabric unless it's for a project you're on right now. That stuff piles up, and we generally never get around to everything we think is a great idea, and addiction to fabric is nearly impossible to overcome. It's my experience and observation that it's better to use our living space to live in, rather than store vast piles of fabric, no matter how lovely. 
Having spent the summer cleaning out the piles of fabric hoarded by a (now deceased) life-long quilter, my own personal experience with textile addiction was cemented in my mind. We are not in the Great Depression and hopefully never shall be again. Don't buy unless it's for your current project.
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Posted: 11/3/2017 7:23:27 PM EDT
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I offer this about quilting: Be careful about buying bargain fabric unless it's for a project you're on right now. That stuff piles up, and we generally never get around to everything we think is a great idea, and addiction to fabric is nearly impossible to overcome. It's my experience and observation that it's better to use our living space to live in, rather than store vast piles of fabric, no matter how lovely.
Having spent the summer cleaning out the piles of fabric hoarded by a (now deceased) life-long quilter, my own personal experience with textile addiction was cemented in my mind. We are not in the Great Depression and hopefully never shall be again. Don't buy unless it's for your current project.
ETA: That machine is awesome. Does she have use for a serger? . She is buying fabric for several quits already. I don’t mind too much. My mom on the other hand has multiple closests full as well as her large sewing room full of fabric. Thankfully both are only buying high quality fabric. We will probably build my wife a craft/sewing room in the basement in the next year or so. As long as she keeps everything she buys in there I’m happy.
No use for a Serger, yet... Shes happy with her 1950s Singer that she got for $24 
My mom is thinking seriously about getting a long arm machine to make a little money on the side and to keep up with all the quilts she makes. She currently works for a large quilt shop and get paid by free use of their long arm. I have a feeling she’ll take the plunge and get on for herself when they move up by us in a couple years. |
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Posted: 11/3/2017 8:36:12 PM EDT
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Too late, my mom has already corrupted her . She is buying fabric for several quits already. I don’t mind too much. My mom on the other hand has multiple closests full as well as her large sewing room full of fabric. Thankfully both are only buying high quality fabric. We will probably build my wife a craft/sewing room in the basement in the next year or so. As long as she keeps everything she buys in there I’m happy.
No use for a Serger, yet... Shes happy with her 1950s Singer that she got for $24
My mom is thinking seriously about getting a long arm machine to make a little money on the side and to keep up with all the quilts she makes. She currently works for a large quilt shop and get paid by free use of their long arm. I have a feeling she’ll take the plunge and get on for herself when they move up by us in a couple years. Bump me an IM if/when she does that. |
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Posted: 12/2/2017 7:35:37 PM EDT
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Cleared some dead dead stuff from around the shooting range and got it burned.
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Posted: 12/18/2017 7:27:07 PM EDT
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Been crazy busy around here with work and the holidays. Finally getting around to putting some pictures up.
Got the big hickory cut down and cut up a couple weekends ago. I love my 066  . Made quick work of it.
 Attached FileLetting the logs dry out some then they will eventually be burned. They were about all the 2032R would pick up.  Attached FileImproved view 
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Posted: 12/25/2017 5:39:57 PM EDT
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Well we ended up having a white Christmas! Had to clear a drift out of he driveway to make it to the in laws today. The dogs got to enjoy the snow. Was Orion's first time in it. For being a mountain dog he sure isn't a fan of snow
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Posted: 2/16/2018 1:30:30 PM EDT
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Not much new going on at the homestead. Been having a low key winter and just waiting for the weather to improve before getting back on some outdoor projects.
The wife's sewing hobby has turned into full blow addiction
She had been using a 1963 Singer for making quilt tops and having all sorts of issues with it. I was finally able to talk her into upgrading into a new machine. Singer  Attached FileNew Husqvarna Viking Sapphire 965Q . She's glad she got it!
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Posted: 2/16/2018 1:31:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/16/2018 3:06:42 PM EDT
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Wow, she's good at it!
That third one from the bottom...That's going to be stunning! They're all beautiful. But I think it's the color progression that wins me to that one. That machine is amazing. I can sew. Own a machine, grew up with mom sewing my clothes. I know how. Even designed a quilt pattern by myself when I was in eighth grade. (I call that the year of the domesticity since there was also crocheting invoved) I'd rather dig my eye out with a broken spoon than do that for more than fifteen minutes straight. 
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Posted: 2/18/2018 10:28:51 PM EDT
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Wow, she's good at it! That third one from the bottom...That's going to be stunning! They're all beautiful. But I think it's the color progression that wins me to that one. That machine is amazing. I can sew. Own a machine, grew up with mom sewing my clothes. I know how. Even designed a quilt pattern by myself when I was in eighth grade. (I call that the year of the domesticity since there was also crocheting invoved) I'd rather dig my eye out with a broken spoon than do that for more than fifteen minutes straight.
I admire people who have that bent. The end product is so freaking amazing. Come spring she's probably going to have half a dozen quilt tops done
She loves that one too! Not really my style, I like older more traditional patterns. She designed the blue and white one and has a lot of people asking for the pattern. Considering buying the software to make the pattern so she can sell it. |
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Posted: 2/20/2018 6:34:09 PM EDT
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When it's raining out but you really want to shoot...
Apollo on the lookout for squirrels.
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Posted: 2/22/2018 9:48:23 AM EDT
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When it's raining out but you really want to shoot... Apollo on the lookout for squirrels.
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