Going Up and Coming Down

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Going UP  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The ceiling fan arrived, as you know, and Frank called Hunter to ask if he could help with the chore of putting it up.

It took them only one trip to the hardware store, lunch at the newly opened Shrimp Basket and a lot of alien theories.

The last fan was such a huge heavy looking one, this sleek ceiling hugging fan makes the ceilings in the room soar!  The room looks less cluttered because your eye is not drawn up.  Well, make that read the ceiling looks less cluttered, the room still looks cluttered to me.








Frank was concerned that the fan with only three blades wouldn't move as much air as the original fan with 5 blades.  But the pitch on these blades is steeper than most fans and it blows some air around, let me tell you!

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Coming Down  ////////////////////////////////////////

The Kaleidoscope of Quilts Show came down on Thursday.  I went over and helped distribute quilts back to their owners and coordinate the poles and hanging wires.  

The very last quilt to be taken down was the Daily Bird.  It had been hanging in the very front of the library behind the checkout desk.  

When I was walking around helping I had a number of people stop me asking if that was my quilt.  Everyone loved it!  They wanted it to stay on that wall forever!  

It really was a great place for it, a perfectly sized wall.  

Maybe I should have left it there for a while!

Kaleidascope of Quilts Show 2018

2018 Kaleidascope of Quilts

Click here to see the 2018 Quilts that are hung in the Jones Creek Library.

I encourage you to check out the quilts yourself, as it is impressive to see a quilt hung in an open and airy venue.

 The venue is always improved!

Kaleidascope of Quilts Show 2018

Frank got up early and headed down to New Orleans to a funeral with Tami.  I stayed with the dogs and I had the quilt hanging this morning.

Jim Chandler was one of the first mentors I was privileged to work with in Toastmasters International.  I worked with the organization for 22 years.  I can honestly say, the day I joined Toastmasters was the day my life changed.  It was the first time anyone had ever given me their full attention when I spoke.  even though I only spoke for a minute, I had never had someone do nothing but listen to me.

So he and Tami headed to New Orleans to pay their respects.  I helped hang quilts.

Don't you love seeing quilt hanging?  It just makes ordinary quilts look spectacular. Not that I am saying these quilts are ordinary by any stretch, but hanging makes them better no matter what.

Here are some photos from the day.

And you  can see my Daily Bird quilt being hung behind the circulation desk up in the front of the library!

The library had the mechanical lift available this year for the first time in 8 years.  Boy did it make hanging the quilts easier!  Took half the time!

 Keep looking!

 

 Not my elephants!  This one was done by Birdie.

Hand pieced and hand quilted beauty.

I keep getting signs that look like llama quilts telling me to make my llama quilts.

That is Frank helping to hang the photos of the women service members.  We have quite a large number of women service members in our quilds.  This Sassi Stripper Guild is big into doing Quilts of Valor for the local VA Home and the various vets nearby.  

Proud to serve!

Kaleidascope of Quilts Quilt Show 2016

Finally had a chance to get to the library for the quilt show this year.  The quilts will hang all of August 2016.  The Guild Demo Day is Saturday, Aug 20, 2016.  Go and vote for my quilts as Viewers Choice!  LOL

Here are some highlights:


don't you love her madly - I won 2nd place with this at a guild challenge

I think Frank was enamoured with that blue one there, Bloom.

Minions!

Here's The Neighborhood - doesn't look like swastikas anymore

Patriots Corner

Wearable quilts!  And I like that colorful one.

Here' s my collection of small quilts and that is the Kimono quilt I just finished.  the welcome one and the little red with some writing on it are not mine, but the rest of them are.