The Crafty Cottage Barn Quilt

In a post in October I had mentioned that I was working on a project that I would be sharing later on and today is the day I share it.  I know that I have shared my new found fascination with barn quilts and after going on two barn quilt tours and creating one for my mail box I decided it was time to make a barn quilt for the Crafty Cottage.  I finally picked a pattern I liked and I knew I wanted to use bright colors on it.  Tim and George had saved me a nice piece of siding from when there were working on the shed addition.  The piece was 24 inches by 24 inches and Tim painted the entire piece white so I would have a clean canvas.  I gathered all my materials, pencil, ruler or yard stick, paint, brushes and green Frog tape.  I chose green frog tape over the regular blue tape because it leaves cleaner edges not allowing paint to seep in.  I picked my design, I found a ton of barn quilt designs on Pinterest, and started to draw the design on the board with a pencil.  After the design was drawn I used the frog tape and started taping around the areas of where I was going to paint first.  I decided to paint the orange color first because that color had the most spots.  After painting the first coat I followed with a second coat before moving on to the next color.  I continued the same process until all the colors were painted.  I then went over and touched up the paint that may have run or did not meet up to the lines.  Once I was done painting the barn quilt Tim took over and sealed the barn quilt with a poly seal so the barn quilt will weather well.  The next day Tim hung the barn quilt on the Crafty Cottage and my barn quilt was complete.  I love the way it turned out and from the RV you can really see the barn quilt with its bright colors.  It was fun to create one and I am ready to create another but have to figure out where it would go.  I guess until I do I will just enjoy my barn quilt.

A Turkey Mailbox

A couple of years ago we went to the Craftsman fair in Gatlinburg and there was a booth where you could purchase decorations to put on your mailbox.  Lisa and I both purchased a cute reindeer for Christmas but Lisa also purchased a turkey for Thanksgiving.  It is so cute and it is now time to place it on her mailbox.  They just got a new larger mailbox so there had to be some adjustments made to get the turkey on the box but they made it work.

Kind Of A Crappy Job

Tim and George had kind of a crappy job or it will be soon.  They installed a new sewer pipe for the new RV pad.  I did not ask what they did with the old one because that would definitely be a crappy job.  Instead I learned that the new one was relocated the
down into the holler which meant most of the work was done along the side and down a hill; a steep one.  They also took down some more trees, the picture of Shasow kind of shows the downed trees.  The new sewer pipe is in and it will soon be in use making the job kind of crappy.

Thank You Veterans

With today being Veterans Day I want to take this opportunity thank all the Veterans out their especially my family and friends who served or are serving.  Thank you to all the men and women  for our freedom and for protecting our rights and allowing us all to live free.  I would like to say a special thank you to my husband Tim, son in law Nate and Daniel.  I also would like to thank the families of those who have served and are serving.  Being one I know the sacrifices that are made and the support that is given to our men and women so they can serve.  With the new administration I am hoping veterans will become more important than illegal immigrants and that we all do appreciate all the vets because I sure do.  Thank you and Happy Veterans Day.

Moving Lines

To improve on the newly expanded RV pad at the farm lines had to be moved; water and electric lines that is.  The post with the water and electric had be moved from the current spot, the middle of the pad, to a spot where they would be out of the way but handy for hook up.  In order to do that ditches had to be dug and lines run along the new ditches.  It is not easy or fun just work.  It got done but it took some time since it had to be done by hand.   Moving nag lines and making improvements is what is happening at the farm.

We Have A New President

Congratulations to Donald Trump, the next President of the United States.  It was a very long and tough election and if you voted, thank you.  My regrets to Hillary Clinton.  As for me, I am very happy the election is over and it is now time to heal, forget, for give and get to work on making our Country great again.  It will take all of us so let's get to work!

Election Day

Well, Election Day has finally arrived and it could not come soon enough.  By tonight we will have a new Presidrnt elected and it is pretty scary.  Neither candidate is a popular one especially since they both have major issues.  With this said it is very important to go out and vote.  It is a privilege and your civic right to vote.  If you do not vote then you have no right to complain.  So please go out and vote and if you already have, thank you.