The Quilt Airs Out!

The Quilt took a break this week...mostly due to remodeling issues at Silverado.  So on Tuesday, I grabbed the Quilt and my friend Lorrie and we drove  to Fayetteville, TX.

A little airing out never hurts the quilt. (Actually I have to wash it constantly and that's why it's fading so much)  But mostly this Quilt Adventure was about  Lorrie and me...messing around with our cameras on a windy March day!

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Wind!

So, I didn't spread the quilt on any tables this week. No children sat on it and no older folks talked around it or spilled coffee on it.   But I guess this is a first time  the quilt got to hang from a clothesline!  That's a new adventure for the quilt. And it took quite a beating in the wind!

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More Quilts

To be honest, the Magic Quilt was just along for the ride.  These are the quilts that we really brought to photograph.  A couple were made by my mother-in- law, but some go further back.  Their patchwork and stitching designs put the Magic Quilt to shame.  I would never let kids dance around on these.

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Just pretending...

I spotted this clothesline years ago behind a vacant house in Fayetteville.  I've always thought about going back to photograph it.  Luckily Lorrie is an artist who sometimes shoots photos to paint.  Her enthusiasm was all I needed.  She brought the baskets and I brought the quilts.  Luckily I also brought a tripod so we could do at least one silly pose.  Lorrie and I really are neighbors and here we  imagining what it might be like to have been neighbors in a different era!

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What I learned...
I always learn a little something when I use the quilt with groups of children or seniors.  But I learned I can use the quilt as an excuse to get out and explore.

Once out with the quilt and camera...we found a quaint chicken coop...

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And a lovely horse!

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And some sweet, furry cows!

The quilt needed a break this week...and so did I!  Look at what refreshing things come your way, when you give yourself a little change!

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