The Quilt POD?

The "pre-move" has started in the Quilt Cave.  The basement formerly full of fun and fabric has turned into the pit of Hell...all that careful sorting and storage has to come apart, come up stairs (ugh), and get carefully packed in this 8'x16'x8' POD.

Yes, it all has to come up the 'stairs of death,' (or 'death valley" as I have named the stairwell).  I am definitely getting my heart rate up to the target zone this week...I wish that I had counted all the trips thus far.  

Steve has been in Philadelphia following his Mom's passing, so it has been a lonely experience.  Thank goodness for friends with strong, good-looking young sons to help with the really heavy stuff (thanks, Mitch!!).

We have an unfinished basement, and after slowly lining the walls with Home Depot plastic shelving over the past 20 years and placing inexpensive rug remnants on the floor, the Quilt Cave has evolved into my favorite, cozy place to be, despite the lack of posh amenities!

Tornado warning??  No problem...  Laundry to do??  No problem... Family room full of teenagers??  No problem...  Hiding out in hopes that Steve will start dinner??  No problem...

I kept my fabric sorted so that I could access it easily.

It is all coming down...

It was all sorted by type, color, theme, etc...

My books used to be at my fingertips, sorted by subject...

Now the books are in small boxes (still too heavy...)...and the shelving is hanging out in the garage until I place it in the POD.

I still have my sewing machine set up...I hope to sew and work on patterns in the weeks to come before we are ready to leave the state.

I used to have all my patterns and handouts in second-hand file cabinets in organized hanging file folders...

Now all those hanging file folders are in boxes.  Just as heavy as books, by the way...

I have ongoing projects and larger scraps and strips in Art Bin boxes (thank you JoAnn's weekly coupons!).

Now those are stacked in boxes, ready to go on the truck.  U-Haul makes a 15"x15"x tall box in which those stack very neatly...(those are my Dad's ties in the box on top...).

My primary sewing area centered around an antique sewing bureau designed and hand-built by Steve's Grandfather Arthur for his Grandmother.  My little busy tool drawers sat on it.  I had plastic drawers underneath storing my larger tools.  

Now, all that is packed up, empty, and ready to heave up the steps...

There are boxes piled everywhere...even the piano is not safe...

And the garage is the staging area...

Each quarter section is like a puzzle...here's the first one...

I have got to get a move on...it is being picked up on Friday!  Do you think I will make it?!?

In stitches...and sweating like a beast,
Teresa   :o)

Sauder Village Quilt Show: Part Four...

This is the fourth and last post on the 2015 Sauder Village 39th Annual Quilt Show.  As with others hung like this, I assure you this quilt is actually perfectly proportional.  There is a little creative hanging that happens to use every inch of hanging space!

This next quilt was a show stopper!  It won first place in the "Baby Quilt: Hand or Machine Quilted" category...

This quilt won a second place ribbon in the same category...

This quilt won a second place ribbon in the "Bed Quilts: Pieced-Hand Quilted" category...

This quilt won a second place ribbon in the "Bed Quilts: Pieced and Longarm/Midarm Machine Quilted" category...

LOVED this next quilt...

This next quilt won lots of ribbons...first place in the "Bed Quilts: Mixed Technique-Hand Quilted" category, "Best of Show Bed Quilt," and Viewer's Choice Bed Quilt.

This next quilt won a second place ribbon in the "Bed Quilt: Mixed Technique-Hand Quilting" category along with the Best Hand Quilted ribbon...

I loved the next quilt!  Beautiful, bright fabric palette combined with great hand quilting.  Dorothy's quilts are always fun to seek out! 

Lynda DeTray took first place in the "Miniatures" category...

Barbara Henning received a second place ribbon in the same category...

This quilt won a second place ribbon in the "Art/Innovative Quilts" category...

This quilt won a second place ribbon in the "Bed Quilt: Mixed Technique-Hand Quilted" category...

This quilt won a "Judge's Choice" ribbon...

This quilt won a second place ribbon in the "Bed Quilt: Mixed Technique-Machine Quilted" category...

Well that is the end of the show pictures...thanks for being patient with my rushed photography.  There are over 400 quilts at this show and it is impossible for me to get pictures of all of them without being a rude horse's rear end to the other show-goers.  So please don't feel slighted if I didn't capture yours...it probably had a crowd around it when I walked by, and that's a good thing!

I also post them in the order that I take them, which is dictated by the crowds of show-goers. 

I was thrilled with the amount of hand quilting this year!  Keep it up y'all...it is worth the effort! 

I have been taking the quilt cave apart this week ahead of a huge garage sale and moving from Michigan to Alabama.  More on that later...

In stitches,
Teresa   :o)