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My daughter has published her first novel, a wild west adventure in 1890's Montana!"Meet Maryan, the daughter of a legendary sheriff and a young woman who struggles with discontentment, bitterness, and a frustrating load of everything else. Well, maybe not everything. But one thing's for sure, it can feel like everything is a struggle when you're a teen... ...When the curtain opens, envy,

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A few more quilts close-up and a bit of flavor of walking around Sisters. I hope you enjoyed what has become the "annual post week" here... See you next year? I love a good sampler! I still haven't made one yet but I have one on paper. Maybe it will get a start this year. 

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This was the raffle quilt for this year, and I believe it may be a re-imagined version of the one below.  Painting with fabric and thread. Close-up below:Why not.PebblesThis could be a portrait of my sewing corner floor when I am in the middle of a project! Maybe I should just sew all those strings up into a quilt.This was displayed in a place that is usually very crowded, and I wish I

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 Blue-and-white always catches my eye. But this red one was extra-eye catching. I'm not sure I even like it, but it was fascinating 

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 One of the themes I noticed at the quilt show were these high-contrast quilts with rainbowy colors. This one isn't as bright or modern, but it has that country appeal that goes back to the era that I started getting interested in quilting. Back when the quilt magazines had newsprint pages and very few color photos, and you had to use a lot of imagination. (Just a side note-- I was

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 It seems that this is all the blog is about now, ha! I don't know why but something seemed to be missing from the quilt show this year. In comparing notes with another acquaintance (who was there in different places than I), we both felt the same way about it even down to taking fewer photos. And it was the 50th anniversary of the show. I just didn't feel the same overwhelming

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As we got close to this building, I started to suspect that I was seeing the SAME quilt over and over...Indeed, it was a local quilt guild that decided to each make the same pattern, changed up to their own personal tastes.The pattern is called "Urban Owls" if I remember that right.   They all seemed a little bit random to me, until I got to the Christmas version at the end. I think the

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 I like to look at quilts like this, and try to decide which square is the block that's being repeated. A beautiful applique quilt with some felt pieces, laces and trims. A glimpse of a tumbling blocks quilt, all hand pieced and hand quilted. The interesting thing here was that the little blocks made a different pattern in shadow and in sunshine!A beautifully done sampler.   This

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 There was a whole row displaying the jaw-dropping quilts made by Judy and Angelia Peterson, but this one in particular interested me. The amazing things that can be done with fabric and thread! Bird of Paradise It was rather crowded in this display so I wasn't able to get in to see all the rest, but this quilter also had her own display section.   Another amazing display

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 Blue-based quilts will always catch my eye: Blue-and-white, blue-and-yellow, and all the blue-greens. They are so popular they merited whole sections of their own in the town. The middle quilt has a swan with its reflection. You can do all kinds of designs with the log cabin block. Best of the blue combinations in this sampler!I love the depth the different blues give this half-square

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HellooooooI know I haven't written in a while, but I do still consider myself a blogger and not one who "quit blogging." It seems that the year is only 6 months long now and I have had to drop off a lot of things just to survive the rush! Right now I'm on a "vacation" of sorts so I finally have some time to post. I was back at the Sisters Quilt Show soaking up all the beautiful works of art

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After a vacation, we came back to our mostly-done house and proceeded to...go back to regular jobs, school, everyday life like other people. We had been working to get through construction fatigue for a long time, but we finally succumbed. When a fellow told me long ago "don't move in until every last thing is done or you will have bare bulbs for years," he was right. You shouldn't move

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 We took a much-needed vacation after the occupancy inspection, and explored a corner of Oregon unfamiliar to us. We explored just a little bit of the Elkhorn, Wallowa, and Blue mountain areas. Cows out in the middle of nowhere. I think they were social distancing. Sumpter, Oregon had some interesting history, including this gigantic dredge. It is as big as a hotel!This thing

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The fixes were quickly done and the inspector called again. Approved!Did we hug the inspector and all fall in the floor in tears of gratefulness? No. We just went about our normal day.I went and made dinner in the new kitchen. We got on the phone and bought an insurance policy. Insurance went into effect at midnight, they said.About suppertime a thunderstorm rolled in, lightning struck out

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Many a night I had lulled myself to sleep in the RV dreaming of that moment of the Occupancy Declaration from the county Building Inspector. We would cry, we would dance, we would clap, I would wring the Inspector's hand and tell him how much it meant to us. All the kids would hug each other. So I had a nervous but exciting flutter in my heart when we called for the "last" inspection. The

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 It was time to wrap this project up! Here the Tile Guy is installing some lights, for he was also the Electrician at this point. This and that were "wrapped up" to get ready for another inspection. This was one of the preparations! Railings on the porch are not in the blueprints, but it sure is CUTE! This project was another "temporary" install, in case Code called for it. Boy, was I

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A note I found on a construction task list. Every family has a comedian. 

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 Seen on a drive: Do you see that old house out in a field? Old hotel maybe? It looks like someone set a dollhouse out there! Will our house be that old by the time we finish it?? In time the kitchen was "finished" as far as code was concerned, and even a bit farther, but it needn't be finished finished for the occupancy certificate.   Lifting the fridge and freezer on a

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  I really like where we live now. It may not look "beautiful" at first glance, but it is full of interest. Here are some pics from a spring walk to the neighborhood reservoir. On our way we pass the rocks you see above. Spring comes to our area a lot later than it does in the Willamette Valley. While they are luxuriating in enough green to fill Ireland, dotted with early

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If one could only pull materials out of fancy pictures and paste them into the house! When it came to countertops, it turned out that we had expensive tastes. We crossed off the most expensive and explored products that were cheaper per square foot. More affordable choices had some undesirable quality or other. Tile was not an option anymore so we didn't have to go find any! Epoxy showed up

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   One spring day, I took the children on a day-trip to southeastern Oregon. The State Boiler Inspector was coming to hopefully put his sticker of approval on our boiler. Although his task would not take as long as our 8 hour loop, it was fun to pick a place that was "different" to go to instead of just getting out of the house for an hour. Mountains we had not ever been to,

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 A little update on how we were living when the snow melted. We had functional bathrooms, closet shelving, and a stove in the upcoming kitchen. Countertops were necessary for occupancy so it wasn't a "real" kitchen yet. I was still cooking our of the laundry room... yes, I had abandoned the RV kitchen forever!  Since the kitchen is the heart of the home (where the food is), we all

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Another fast-forward post! Several months of work went into this small area, because my boys learned to "jump in" and "jump out" of the various construction projects going on.  Because things always fit on paper, and not in real life, we had to construct a custom vanity for the main bathroom. The space was a bit too narrow to install a ready-made one. This task fell to the Carpenter, who

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 I am going to fast forward 6 months of work in this post! This is the Master Suite bathroom, which was supposed to have the beloved antique Claw Foot Tub as the show-piece.😢 We ended up putting a drop-in enameled steel tub instead, which I like very well.  A change in tubs meant a change in blueprints (as usual). Although the front of this tub-holding structure is now covered "

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I need to hurry up and finish this series, because I have some brand new developments to show you as of this week! But all things in order, so on with the story...First, a couple photos to cool you down.  Yes, we were in winter-time construction again, but at least we were inside the house working. Amidst discussions and research on countertops, we had an exciting new development! Bye

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