Hubby and I went to Lowe’s after our visit with the folks on Sun. and we got the wood to make the quilting frame that I need to quilt some old quilt tops that I inherited from my mom. I got three of them. One of them is a Grandmother’s Flower Garden. I’m going to try to quilt it first. This is all new to me except what I remember from observing my mom and grandma quilt. I wasn’t “in” to quilting when I was younger, so I don’t remember very much about it.
It’s a beautiful day here today. Supposed to get into the 70’s, but it’s a little windy. We’ll have to work on this frame outside because it’s really big and I don’t have a very big house. The wind shouldn’t bother us much, though.
We also bought an outside wood burner when we were at Lowe’s the other day. We have a lot of wood from our downed tree limbs as a result of the ice storms. Hubby wants to burn them up and get rid of the mess in the yard. We have a wood-burning stove in the house, but neither one of us want to put up with the mess. It doesn’t give out much heat for the mess it makes.
We got it put together yesterday, but I had to go on to work, so we haven’t tried it out yet. Hubby doesn’t want to burn with the wind blowing like it is. It’s enclosed with mesh wire on all the sides and top, so I don’t think it would blow burning wood or ash around, but he wants to wait until a calmer day, so that’s ok with me. It’ll be nice to sit in our swing outside in the evenings and watch the burning wood in our little portable fireplace. I wish I could include a pic so you could see it, but, alas, you know my dilemma regarding that!
June 18, 2008 at 7:44 pm |
Hey,
I’ve just started quilting and am looking into ways to get my hands on a wooden quilting frame. Did you get yours as a kit or did you find directions on how to make one and assemble it yourself? I’d love to learn more about finding one that’s not made out of PVC piping. Happy quilting!