The weekend that was – grafitti quilt

This is what we did this weekend! We GOT OUT OF TOWN! Hooray! It was absolutely wonderful. We stayed the first night in Leadville (which is 10,000 feet and I lived there until age 10). We took the “long way” and went over Loveland Pass, thus crossing the continental divide and standing over 11,000 feet high. Here’s Rog and the kids there:


Then the next day we drove from Leadville to Aspen over Independence Pass which also crosses the continental divide at a whopping 12,000 feet. Here are the kids (freezing in the brisk wind – it actually wasn’t cold if you could avoid the wind), but it’s a bit harsh looking up there, eh? We ran through fountains and had an outragously expensive lunch in Aspen and then drove to Glenwood Springs.
I’m exhausted today, probably no more quilting until tomorrow…today is “catch up day”. Gotta do laundry, catch up on emails, ets. But here’s where I got on my grafitti quilt before we left (which has to be done in 2 weeks…I’d hoped to do two more, but we’ll see!). The letters are silk and polyester – the back is a really cool cotton I got from equilter (of course!).
So far just fused down and needs lots and lots of other stitching. I may be looking at some creative way to mount it…like to steele or something, but we’ll see.

When we were in Glenwood Springs (yesterday) we went through the fairy caverns…it was gorgous! Missy C. was completely freaked out by it, but I think had a good time (after she got back out). The final room was this one…gorgeous, eh?
I’ll probably have more on the quilt and progress tomorrow…I did a bit of stitching in the car, but on other projects. Mostly I read. Good heavens we needed a break, but today…back to reality! 🙂

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