Quilt for Paradise and Local Migrant Camp

My friend from Paradise, Ca., was given blocks that were received from all over the world.  She put them together, I quilted them, attached the binding and mailed it to her to hand stitch.

And, I found one of the block makers who seemed happy to know where her block went.

Last Wednesday, we visited a local migrant camp for fellowship and Mass.

Yesterday, several of them received sacraments at our church.  Here are some photos of the party that followed.  I believe everyone from camp was there and, man, is the music FAST!  Fast as in you can only shuffle because it’s impossible to lift your feet much.

Kevin refinished our porch this weekend.

I got all the blocks of  my Meadowland put together.

Close to 5,000′ in elevation gain this weekend.

At mid point in 2019, I have 11 nights under the stars, 20 trips, 36,000′ climbed and 110 miles hiked.

This past weekend, Kevin and I went with a change in plans and hiked from Timberline Lodge up to 7,500′ for the night.

A meteor.

There were lots of wildflowers.

In the morning we headed down and continued along the PCT to the Zig Zag Canyon.

Yesterday, my son and I hiked Saddle Mountain in the clouds.

I had finished binding my challenge quilt so we got a photo at the summit.  It’s a Portland Modern Quilt Guild challenge with Paintbrush Studios’ Painter’s Palette Solids.  It’s 20″ square and I used my seer-sucker quilting in a grid.

Elevated Abstractions: Mt. Hood

Last weekend we did a short hike to catch some stars and photograph a quilt.  The quilt pattern is by Violet Craft.

I brought the quilt to finish when we got to camp.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Milky Way

Heading back to the car.

The end of the road for skiers on Palmer.

Here is my quilt in pieces with mistakes that were corrected.

 

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

My friend drove to Sisters and pulled over for this shot.

Janet’s quilt in PMQG’s Bountiful Rainbow exhibit.

My quilt.

Two gals made this quilt with a zillion pieces.

Lunch.

On the way home, we swung by Sahalie Falls.

And, while Janie drove, I was able to bind this quilt.  The pattern is Patio by Happy Zombie. The fabric is Amy Butler’s.  It’s 90″ x 98″.

A Few Quilted Things and Saddle Mountain

A Firefly pillow.  Pattern here.

Microwave bowl holder.  Pattern here.

Baby quilt.  Pattern is supersize, but here.

And a quick hike up Saddle Mountain last weekend.

Pantone Quilt Challenge 2019 and More

“Hoodoos” was my entry into this year’s Pantone Quilt Challenge. It measures 30″ x 28″ and was my interpretation of the red rocks of Bryce Canyon.

“Starline” is my entry to the latest Curated Quilt Challenge.  It is 14.5″ square.

Kevin had another photo chosen in a flower contest at Base Camp Brewing and it’s hanging on the wall.  Whoot!

We stopped by after a jaunt up to Cooper Spur a week ago.

 

Devil’s Kitchen

I have wanted to get up high on Mt. Hood and yesterday was the day.  We hiked outside the boundaries of Timberline and set up camp Saturday night.  Yesterday, we took off up the Climbers Trail and kept setting new goals until we found ourselves at 10,150′ at Devil’s Kitchen.

Here is a star trail Kevin took.

The Milky Way was over Hood and amazing.

The chair lifts on the left are Palmer and we have been to the top of them several times.

Illumination Rock.

 

Devil’s Kitchen.  Crevasse on left and fumarole in center.

That is Devil’s Kitchen.

6.7 miles and 4200′ elevation gain.

Family Wedding and More

My son and I took off for the East Coast to attend one niece’s graduation and another’s wedding.  My proud brother and his wife at their daughter’s high school graduation.

Tradition is when a niece graduates, friends and family send a block and I compile a Wisdom Quilt.

Saturday, I celebrated 37 years of running with a slog around the trails behind my dad’s place. My daughter caught up with me when I snuck in a break at my sister’s home.

Then the wedding prep began.

Sunday was the wedding in Leesburg, VA. Here are my sisters.

Below is one niece on the left, my dad’s friend from his childhood years, my dad and daughter on the right.

The bride has been a caregiver for a non-verbal man for years. Here she breaks in for a dance.

My niece and sister-in-law throw down some moves.

Monday, we headed back to my dad’s where a niece got in the chicken coop.

Once everyone left, Andrew and I hiked on the Appalachian Trail to Chimney Rocks.

I finished my niece’s wedding quilt. It measures 62″ x 78″ and uses Vera Bradley fabric and a pattern I had in Modern Patchwork.

My dad, son and I went to Dam #5 on the C&O Canal for a hike.

The Funnest Thing Ever and a Skinny Mini

The past two weekends have been amazing so we hit the trail at 9pm both Saturdays.

It was May 4th, so Kevin had me pose for this shot.

The next morning is where it got fun.  After climbing up to the top of Palmer at 8500′, I glissaded down 1000′.  At first, I was just hoping not to make a spectacle of myself because I had a full backpack and snowshoes, but after slowing down for the guy in front of me, I pulled out my phone and shot a little video.

 

That’s the path I went down.

Here is the previous weekend over at White River.

This is the skinny mini Michelle made me.  She used the yellow to capture all the adventures I have in my yellow tent.

I’m making Alison Glass’ Trinket quilt.  Yesterday I pulled the paper off all 125 pieces.  It’s ready to lay out now.

 

Meadowland Quilt

I finished my Meadowland quilt. I used Steno Pool fabric and Kona cotton.

PMQG hosted a skinny mini for those of us not going on retreat. My partner was Michelle. She’s an advocate for T1d and has an amazing story of her bike ride in Vermont for the cause. Our requirement for the mini was to use what we had on hand and the theme was Portland. I chose the bike lanes and added the black semi circles to represent bike tires.

The bike fabric was something I acquired free from the guild.

My mini quilt, “Circulo” was chosen by Curated Quilts for their publication. Whoot!

I had another amazing skiing day last week with a friend.