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Flea Market and Helping Out at the Winery

Flea Market medallion
Everyone must be thoroughly sick of my posting on the endless Sampler Spree blocks, so I will give you all a break from that topic while I wait for my lattice fabric to arrive. In the meantime, I have the blocks all up on my design wall and keep seeing blocks I want to re-make in more effective colors. It is driving me nuts to tell you the truth. I need to leave it alone.

The photo above is the center part of the Flea Market quilt. It has at least two more rounds of blocks to surround the center section, but I think I may only add one more round. I have it all sewn together up to this point and believe I will put it away until closer to spring. The mood of this quilt is rather light-hearted and lends itself more to that time of year in my opinion.

Eva doing punch downs
For those of you who don't know, my son-in-law is a winemaker. Right now, it's harvest, and everyone who is able lends a hand to get the grapes processed and turned into wine. That is my granddaughter Eva in the photo above doing something called "punch downs". The grapes have been put into large bins to start the fermentation process, and are releasing lots of juice. The skins and stems of the grapes rise to the surface due to the carbon dioxide produced by fermentation. This cap of material needs to be "punched down" back into the juice to complete the fermentation process.

Yes, it is hard work! But before you contact Child Protective Services, take a look at the smile on our girl's face. She loves helping her daddy. Agribusiness is a family affair. 

Eva at the winery

 

 

18 responses to “Flea Market and Helping Out at the Winery”

  4. I grew up on a cotton farm in the 50’s and 60’s and it was a family
    Business as well. Agriculture was so important to the area that we had “cotton vacation”. The new school year started in July, no air conditioning. We had 6-8 weeks of school and then second half of summer vacation.. Most teenagers and many mothers had a way to earn some money and it worked very well until mechanical cotton pickers were invented.

  5. I grew up on a cotton farm in the 50’s and 60’s and it was a family
    Business as well. Agriculture was so important to the area that we had “cotton vacation”. The new school year started in July, no air conditioning. We had 6-8 weeks of school and then second half of summer vacation.. Most teenagers and many mothers had a way to earn some money and it worked very well until mechanical cotton pickers were invented.

  6. I grew up on a cotton farm in the 50’s and 60’s and it was a family
    Business as well. Agriculture was so important to the area that we had “cotton vacation”. The new school year started in July, no air conditioning. We had 6-8 weeks of school and then second half of summer vacation.. Most teenagers and many mothers had a way to earn some money and it worked very well until mechanical cotton pickers were invented.

  7. I’m with you on Flea Market- I have the pattern and some fabrics and am putting this aside until spring. Too much else on the platter anyway!

  8. I’m with you on Flea Market- I have the pattern and some fabrics and am putting this aside until spring. Too much else on the platter anyway!

  9. I’m with you on Flea Market- I have the pattern and some fabrics and am putting this aside until spring. Too much else on the platter anyway!

  10. Those are great colors together in the Flea Market quilt. I agree it’s very bright & cheerful. Speaking of bright & cheerful…Eva looks very happy to be helping out at the winery! As a kid our family had their own business & we all were ’employed’ as soon as we could reach the cash register! And, we quickly learned how to count back change…a lost art nowadays!

  11. Those are great colors together in the Flea Market quilt. I agree it’s very bright & cheerful. Speaking of bright & cheerful…Eva looks very happy to be helping out at the winery! As a kid our family had their own business & we all were ’employed’ as soon as we could reach the cash register! And, we quickly learned how to count back change…a lost art nowadays!

  12. Those are great colors together in the Flea Market quilt. I agree it’s very bright & cheerful. Speaking of bright & cheerful…Eva looks very happy to be helping out at the winery! As a kid our family had their own business & we all were ’employed’ as soon as we could reach the cash register! And, we quickly learned how to count back change…a lost art nowadays!

  13. Your Flea Market quilt is lovely. It will be nice to see the finished product.
    I attended college in the Napa Valley and used to love driving by the numerous vineyards. It was always interesting to see the seasonal changes in the grape vines. During winter (?) we’d call them the “stake farms” because there was no greenery and all you could see was the wood framework that the vines grow on.

  14. Your Flea Market quilt is lovely. It will be nice to see the finished product.
    I attended college in the Napa Valley and used to love driving by the numerous vineyards. It was always interesting to see the seasonal changes in the grape vines. During winter (?) we’d call them the “stake farms” because there was no greenery and all you could see was the wood framework that the vines grow on.

  15. Your Flea Market quilt is lovely. It will be nice to see the finished product.
    I attended college in the Napa Valley and used to love driving by the numerous vineyards. It was always interesting to see the seasonal changes in the grape vines. During winter (?) we’d call them the “stake farms” because there was no greenery and all you could see was the wood framework that the vines grow on.