101 HatchCover Ct, NC 513 Southern Shores Review

Can't believe more than half the year is over - and I haven't completed another quilt in ages. I did finish my first pair of knit socks in June - a major accomplishment in my needlearts career! A dear friend from Cortland, NY invited a few friends last October to her home to learn to knit socks - the new stash is history!


This was a low key year for our family vacations; we traveled to the Outerbanks of North Carolina with my parents and sister. This is our fifth trip here. This year, we rented thru Southern Shores and rented their house 513 - which is 101 HatchCover Rd, in Four Seasons, Duck NC. This house is a total disappointment. While the house looks as though it was lovely in its day, it no longer is even the same color as on the web ads.

The house is up for sale, and I think the owners have written off all attempts to keep it up. Granted, it is a six bedroom house in a lovely gated community, but the following are some of the issues we encountered:

Ants all over the kitchen - we had to toss food. We used the spray left under the sink - but honestly - this is the first time we have encoutered this issue at OBX. Our entire party was grossed out!!!

Window shades broken, non functioning. The view would be fabulous - if we could see if from inside the house.

Dryer - not working.

Pool furniture - rusting

Beach Chairs - rusting - which leaves marks on clothing that can't be washed.

Master bath - shower dripping to the extent we can't sleep in the room due to the noise.

Pool light - not working

Lock on lower bedroom door - broken.


which might explain why on the Tuesday of our stay - the house was broken into. And nearly 500 in cash was taken from purses/drawers in the house.

I would like to give the homeowners the benefit of the doubt - they haven't heard our issues. But I did call Southern Shores Realty, and I spoke to a manager. She never apologized - she indicated I should fill out the renter form to let the homeowner know of our disapointments.

I know I look to the web for reviews of all sorts of things - I hope this review leads to hard questions before anyone else rents this property.

Four Seasons remains a delightful vacation spot!

Stash Busting - Finally something to report

Finally - A finish! I started this over 2 years ago, and I am so happy with the way it turned out. This quilt is from a book by Kim Diehl - the quilt pattern is Grandmother Remembered. I sent it out to be quilted - I love all the feather work she did - it really brings my quilt to life.

Stash used in this quilt - 18.75 yds (including backing)

Stash used YTD - 30 yards

Week Two - Accomplishments and Stash Used

Judy spearheaded another quiltathon this weekend - it's so encouraging! I took a class at a local shop yesterday, to create an applique block holder. It's been awhile since I've taken a class - it is so much fun to learn new things with other quilters. The block keep has a few neat touches, and was designed by the woman who taught the class. Helen had one for each applique quilt she has in progress - and I can definitely see more in my future! They'd also make a great gift.

I managed to get in, take the class, and leave without buying any fabric!

I also worked on my 30's quilt for awhile, and a block exchange quilt - but since neither are finished, I'm not counting that fabric.

Stash in this week - 0

Stash used this week - 1.25 yds

Stash in YTD - 0

Stash used YTD - 11.25

Stash Report Wk 1

I'm joining in on the stash using philosophy so many quilters have embraced for 09. Since I have a number of projects nearly done, but not quite useable, I am going to count stash used when the quilt/runner/etc has binding attached. These folded tops hanging around aren't much more useful than fabric on the shelf til they get to this stage!

This week, I finished quilting my red and cream quilt, which was started at least 3 years ago. Used a total of 10 yards, including backing and binding.

Stash in week 1 - 0

Stash used week 1 - 10 yds.

First Block

First block went together perfectly! Thanks Judy.

Fabric

Here's a picture of the BOM fabrics:

Star Quilt Fabric Selection

Finally decided on the fabric to use for Judy's online BOM. I really wanted to stash dive for this one, and I was able to for almost everything. I'm concerned that the darker green might be too dark, but I'll see as this progresses....