Up at the Cabin, Quilt Show Edition

[lydamorehouse]

 
Image: Buckeye butterfly

My family and I are up at our friends' cabin for the weekend. 

These are the friends of ours who have a lovely place with a natural shoreline (which they planted and meticulously mantain) on Crooked Lake in Siren, Wisconsin. At the far end of their property there is what I believe is a "smooth aster" (the native version of a purple aster.) It has attracted so many butterflies this year, it's not even funny. We've seen the buckeye pictured above as well as a painted lady, a clouded sulpher, and (and this might sound strange,) my favorite, this chonk of a moth, the corn ear worm moth.


Yep, total pest. Turns into chonk floof, baby mothra. 

The dock is all pulled in, of course, so we've been amusing ourselves in other ways. In the nearby town of Weber, there is a quilt show. Ihave reported on this event in the past. It's very small town, in the best way? We're talking about tables set up in the local high school, staffed by little old ladies and a (bad) taco bar serving food for $5.00 in the cafeteria. The whole event kind of smells like Oretaga taco seasoning, but there are rows and rows of quilts with "artist statements" like, "I thought this pattern would be fun to try. WRONG. So I put it in craft jail for a few years, but this year decided to finish it. So here it is. Enjoy." These ladies (and some gents) really don't mince words when it comes to their quilts. Another one read, "Not much to say. Just need to use up my scraps." Then it will look like this:


Image: complex, bright yellow quilt.

Mason and I then went for a drive to check out Clam Dam, which, frankly, is the best name for any dam, anywhere as far as I'm concerned. 

 So far, a nice, chill vacation. Just what we needed post-Gaylaxicon.

How about you all? Up to anything fun?

Comments

[kore]

What a FLOOF! And lol, "scrap quilt," if you've been quilting for a thousand years I guess. It's lovely.

[lydamorehouse]

Right? I mean, there were others that were much more obviously scrappy, but it is to laugh.

I love the floof moth.

[sabotabby]

OMG hahah. I like that the quilt is also coordinated with the butterflies.

[lydamorehouse]

Oh, ha! I didn't even notice when I picked it!

[radiantfracture]

Gorgeous photos! As always I have quilt envy.

[lydamorehouse]

The quilt show was pretty amazing. It inspired me to update my instagram (which is where I keep track of photos of all of the quilts I've made.) Unfortunately, I didn't realize it was set to auotmatically update to Facebook, so I accidentally spammed FB with a bunch of quilts. Ah well.

[offcntr]

Ooh, I wanna try and draw that butterfly!