Meg, how do you think I feel?!?!? I won't have the room, either, (unless I stand it on the landing, but I don't think that's such a good idea, either!) We'll be getting a puppy shortly after we move - I will need to buy a baby gate to keep him/her out of my stuff!!!

And I concur about the finish on any piece of wood - seal it right! As Mike Holmes would say, If you're going to do something, do it right the first time! " (FYI, he is a master builder/carpenter who has his own show on HGTV where he fixes people's houses when the original builders or contractors hired for renos, etc, screw up!! You learn a LOT just watching the show!)

Gerda

mike holmes said that? geez, i thought my baba did!

lol i am teasing, gerda!! very good advice tho - especially if you are like me and don't like to do soemthing a second time - but i still have to keep things in perspective, sometimes i am too hard on myself!!

LOL!
That's OK, Cindy, smart people!!

Check this out - the man even writes books!
http://www.amazon.ca/Make-Right-Mike-Holmes/dp/0002008130

Gerda

My dad was, "Anything worth doing, is worth doing right."

Gerda, aren't you going to start making minitures due to the downsizing? We really must come up with some clever way to display them. Just off the top of my head, how's this....at my house? I'm ducking and running for cover!

Hugs,
Cousin Hazel

aw shoot, i was hoping gerda would display them in dixie-land . . . (laughing & pointing at meg as meg runs for cover )

I too want one of those quiltstand that would hold a dozen or so quilts! The ladder sounds like a good starting place!

Know where I can find me one that hasa good country suntan!!! That's called weather worn in the south!

Julia
That is just beautiful craftsman ship work that your brother did!

Pretty quilts displayed too! Thanks for sharing with us.

Gerda
Thanks for those websites!!!

Julia
What are the green star blocks called? That is just so pretty!!!

That's a beautiful stand you brother made Julia.

Ladies, My dh is looking for wooden things he can make. As he's not working due to medical problems, he wants to make things to sell. He is very handy with wood and makes some beautiful things. If you could have a stand that holds a lot of quilts, what would it look like? Any ideas?

Thanks, Dorian

Deb-

The green star looks to me like a block known simply as Six-pointed Star, Little Girl's Star, or Pennsylvania Hex. The earliest known example is in a book circa 1820.