Hobbies, somethin I made for my best friend.

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

My best friend is now an over the road truck driver after working years as a cowboy in idaho. This lil cabin is "his most favorite spot on earth" so I thought I'd make a quilt so that no matter where he goes he can have a lil of it with him all the time. I'm including a picture of the cabin in the mountains of idaho...then a picture of the quilt I made, it's all out of old blue jeans.

[Mike]

I want one!

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

I myself want the lil cabin in Idaho, it belongs to the cattleman's association and is on nat'l forest land, leased for 99 years which the lease will be up in a matter of a year or two..at which time the gov't sends rangers and they burn 'em down. So sad to see a piece of american history gone..up in smoke like that. On our trip up there he showed me 3 other places like this that had been burnt. Enuff to make ya just wanna cry. The window facings and door facings have writings all over them of cowboys that have worked and lived there from the very beginning. some stories pertainin to weather, some poems, a biscuit recipe...some of them measuring their kids growth..just a neat neat old place. No electricity or runnin water, just a wood stove and a lil creek runnin in front of the cabin.

[sw]

Lilley,
have to call you that, the other place is the Jersey, what they are doing is standard practice with the Forest Service. Since the enception of the enviros, no place should show the mark of man. You remember, I grew up not far from this cabin and I have spent many nights in ones similar that have since been burnt down because the enviros don't want any sign that man has been here before. These places are corridors for endangered species to move freely so they can encompass their old ranges and breed without inbreeding. Thank your DEMOCRATS for all of this BS, Bill Clinton just helped them along their path of the "Wildlands Project". You better look up your area and see if you are included in the "special places that can have human interaction but no human inhabitation or if you are inthe area of no human contact". The recent ruling by the courts on imminent domain is just what these people hoped for, they can now take ranches, whatever from anyone for whatever reason. The ranch that I was raised on can't afford to run cows because Bruce Babbits wolves eat all of the profits and they are burning down cabins all of the time while the locals scream and yell and the politicians continue counting their votes. You struck a chord with me, hope it gets to others also.

[nr]

Great quilt idea, Lily. That's all appliqued on top I guess? Must have been hard getting that needle thru jeans material. That is such a shame to tear down a little cabin that can't be hurting anyone.
It reminded me of the following article written by a woman who lost her house and garden and the lengths she went to to recreate home:
"Twenty two years ago, my husband and I bought a small rambler on a little more than an acre. The front yard went from just a lawn to a glorious garden with beautiful flowering beds, a cactus garden and a beautiful pond and stone patio beneath a large oak. Many of our best times were shared in this garden with family and friends. It was where we went to relax, to listen to the birds, to enjoy the dogs, the children, our lives together
"Time marches forward, though... [With] increasing development in northern Virginia, our house and neighborhood were slated for demolition and redevelopment. Where once stood 27 homes on a little more than 30 acres [there would be] hundreds of apartments and townhomes. All that we had tended so lovingly and all that our neighbors had cherished were to be reduced to a flat building plat with the work of a few bulldozers. It was a very emotional time for us all.

In the interest of preserving all that I could, we set about finding a piece of property that would be secure from the threat of development and began moving everything. We moved almost our entire yard and gathered plants from [all] 26 neighbors. The trees that were too large to move, we had cut down and I took them to the saw mill. They now await a woodworker to turn them into a grandfather clock for my husband and perhaps some silverware chests for our children, maybe even a cradle or two.

As I look out my window now, I can see the blue spruce that my oldest son had his first-day-of-school picture taken by 19 years ago. I can walk about my yard and recall the neighbors even though we all relocated in different areas. Moving the garden was a huge task but I am so happy that I did everything I could to preserve the neighborhood in my new home. We had lived there for almost 20 years and we wanted to have the garden we had worked so hard come with us.

Over 90 percent of the plants we moved survived; from astilbe to viburnum, our plants flourish in our new location, and a walk around our yard reminds us of all our friends."



--Evelyn A. Carr

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

I pieced the cabin first..then applied it to the surrounding "sky" and "ground" but it's not double layers under the cabin....took 15 pairs of jeans or so to do it all....machine quilted it...no way would my fingers stand hand quiltin denim lol

[Jessie]

Holy Crap...What a great job. First the bathroom decor and now this blanket... sheesh. If you ever come down to Manitoba could you stop by and help me with some decorating...

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

hmmm down to manitoba....if I ever git that direction I'd be glad to....but that's a long haul from texas and thanks...I love doin that kinda stuff but only if I"m not rushed...cuz once I start...nearly the whole house either starves or goes nekid cuz I"m workin on somethin ....lol

[nr]

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Camera under the bed? hehehe

[reader (the Second)]

Very wonderful JL. What's the size of that quilt? I am truly impressed. Cool idea to match the house.

[nr]