Yesterday was too breezy for being on the water so Chris, Ian and I headed out for a hike.

But I’ll start with the afternoon because I finally got started on the feedsack quilt blocks. Here are the first 2.

They aren’t pressed yet but I think they turned out pretty cute. This pattern doesn’t have sashing. There are a lot of pieces and I have to be very careful about the orientation and the diagonal seams. I’ve already made one mistake.

I think it will be a cute quilt.

We all worked out pretty hard Wednesday so we decided to take it a little easy yesterday and headed to the Land and Garden Preserve. It’s not part of Acadia National Park but it’s adjacent and the trails meet up between the two. We hiked the Jordan Path next to Little Long Pond and returned on a carriage trail.

This is a fun hike because of the variety of surfaces and the view of the lake.

We last hiked this in 2022 and one of the cool features was a chainsaw sculpture in a tree stump. It had just been done about an hour before we saw it.

Here’s how it looked then and now after 4 years of weathering.

Wouldn’t it be cool to stay in this cabin on Little Long Pond?

It was foggy when we started our hike but the sun was coming out by the time we finished.

Here are some photos of the trail conditions and sights

I did stay up past midnight to watch the lunar eclipse. It was very cool.

It looks like today will be showery so I forsee some sewing and lots of relaxing


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6 responses to “New quilt started”

  1. Kristin F Avatar
    Kristin F

    Ah, Maine. What a beautiful state! I walked on one of the carriage trails once.

    Your feedsack blocks are very charming.

    What an interesting before and after image of the tree carving!

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  2. geneblack Avatar
    geneblack

    There are a lot of pieces in those blocks! I can see how it would be easy to get some of them oriented the wrong way.

    That looks like a fun, easier hike on the carriage trail.

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  3. Vicki in MN Avatar
    Vicki in MN

    That carving in the tree is awesome! So are the rest of the sites you shared. Love the purple fabric in your new block.

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  4. marmic1954 Avatar

    Lots of fiddly piecing in those blocks – glad it’s you and not me! Very cool to see the carving and how much it’s weathered in that length of time.

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  5. Wanda Hanson Avatar

    That’s a cute flower block, but lots of pieces to make it. It does seem like a good choice for the 30s fabrics.

    I love that tree carving.

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  6. Karen Avatar
    Karen

    beautiful trail and the quilt blocks too. That is too bad that the tree carving is degrading but to be expected I guess.

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I’m Vicki Welsh and I’ve been making things as long as I can remember. I used to be a garment maker but transitioned to quilts about 20 years ago. Currently I’m into fabric dyeing, quilting, Zentangle, fabric postcards, fused glass and mosaic. I document my adventures here.

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