Bulloch Hall 33rd Quilt Show and more ...

Since my posts are written just every few weeks I may include some other items that are not related to the title of the post, which is why I wrote "and more ..."  This month I would like to attach photos of the newest member of our extended family.  The brother and sister in law of our youngest daughter greeted a new baby girl and portraits were taken of her when she was 7 weeks old (shown below.)  The baby's parents were born in the US but the grand-parents (my daughter's father and mother-in-law) came over from the state of Kerala, in India.  The baby looks so angelic in the photos that I wanted to share them.  (Portraits courtesy of Shannon Leigh Studios in Lawrenceville, GA.)

Also this month as I was looking at old pictures, I decided to add some extra photos to an earlier post on an historic house in Georgia.  The post was written on June 10, 2009, entitled "Shoulderbone Plantation."  Click here to read it and look at all the new pictures in the post "Addendum."  Below are some of the new pictures I added.

March 9, 2015 marked the one year anniversary of the petition launched by two women in Paris trying to ban love locks from Paris bridges.  I talked about this in my last post.  The "No Love Locks" petition counts now more than 10,335 signatures and the City of Paris is paying attention, although this administration does not move quickly.  Click here to read the No Love Locks Facebook page, in French or English.  Below is the Pont des Arts as it bears more destruction. (Photo courtesy No Love Locks and Michel Gauret.)

Paris is not alone in suffering from tourists' defacing its historic monuments.  I just read that last Monday, two American tourist women were arrested in Rome after they were caught carving their initials on the Coliseum (built in 70-80 AD.)  The two California women carved an "N" and a "J" with a coin on the monument, then snapped a selfie photograph.  They totally later wondered why all the fuss was about since the Coliseum was not a "new" building ...  The Italian Police quickly arrested them.  The women will have to face a judge and pay a penalty.  But do not think only American tourists vandalize priceless historic monuments as last November a Russian tourist was arrested for the same offense.  He was given a 4-month suspended prison sentence and a 20,000 Euros fine ($21,800) which has not been paid yet for lack of funds.  Here is a vintage postcard of the Coliseum in Rome.

Bulloch Hall, in Roswell, Georgia, was built in 1840 for the Bulloch family.  The house is linked with two presidents of the United States since their daughter, Mittie Bulloch, became the wife of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr., parents of the 26th president.  The younger Bulloch son, Elliot, was the father of Eleanor, the wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 32nd President.  We have visited Bulloch Hall several times, twice before for both the quilt shows and at Christmas time.  Click here and here to read a couple of previous posts and more history.  We visited the house for the quilt show on Tuesday, March 10, 2015.  The weather was warm, in the low 70s (21 C) but overcast.  Even without the sun it is always a pleasure to take pictures of this lovely mansion.  As we approached the house, greeted by pretty daffodils, we noticed that this year there was a quilt on the front door.

The theme for the 2015 quilt show is "Celebrations!"  It features 196 antique and contemporary quilts.  They were displayed throughout the 1840 house museum.  Last year I wrote 3 posts, one for each floor and the attic, but this year I'll write one post only, so I won't be able to show all the quilts - I took over 300 photographs!  I'll place as many as possible in collages that can be enlarged by clicking on the collage.  The largest quilts are exhibited in the Front Hall and some of the smallest on doors, and pieces of furniture.

Some very small quilts were displayed on a wall and a pillow on a stool.  Little quilts were made in remembrance of a fellow quilter member "Remembering Margaret Betz" who passed away in June 2014, no. 107.  (Remember to click on collages to enlarge.)

The brillian quilt over the chimney seemed to lighten the whole dining room (No. 13 by Karen Gornall of Suwanee, GA.)

My husband liked quilt no. 30, below, "Butterfly Prayers" by Ann Quandee of Jasper, GA.  It is dedicated to her late friend, Margaret Betz.

In the Informal Parlor was quilt no. 45 "Follow the Color Way."  This was a 2014 summer challenge interpreted by members of the Quilters Transfiguration Catholic Church.  The members designed and quilted their individual blocks and the quilt was finished by Pat McShane Wilson, Marietta, GA.

More quilts on doors and small areas of walls are shown below.

Quilt no. 67 - center top below - has a fitting name "Color Riot Big Orange Back" by Sandra Teepen of Atlanta, GA.

In the Warming Room was another colorful quilt, quilt no. 33 "Split Rail Quilt" by Peggy Delmar, of Atlanta and a group of Intown Quilters.  Quilt no. 26 is named "Row Houses" by Subha Thrivikraman of Tucker, GA.

Quilts are quintessential covering for antique beds, such as the quilt on the master bed, no. 77 "Grandmother's Flower Garden" by Alberta Irwin of Atlanta.  She says "It took a long time to get all the pieces made.  English paper piecing is great for passing the time in airports, emergency rooms and doctors' offices."

Before leaving the Master Bedroom we admired quilt no. 82 "Basket Case" by Jan Antranikian of Alpharetta, GA.  Jan says "I made these open baskets and have filled them with pictures of my crazy girlfriends."

In the Library was one of my favorite quilts draped on a sofa, no. 92 "Texas Braid" by Patsy Eckman of Cumming, GA.

Below, my husband is looking at the computer listing all the quilts.  Behind him is quilt no. 3 "Civil War Melody" by Susan Riser of Atlanta, Ga., a quilt inspired by popular Civil War songs.  Next to him is the entrance to the Parlor where the quilts by Dawn Williams Boyd of Atlanta are exhibited.  She is the 2015 Special Exhibit Artist and her quilts are not to be photographed.

Upstairs more quilts were waiting to be admired.  I especially liked quilt no. 120 "Amazing Boxes" by Laura Tate, Brookhaven, GA., who says "I collected 25 shirts from thrift stores then I made two of these quilts and most of both backs.  I still have fabric let."

Quilts on a Christmas theme were displayed in the Sewing Room.  Quilt no. 143, draped on the table is "Christmas Long Ago" by Nancy French, Dunwoody, GA., and on the door, quilt no. 138 is "Japanese Rose" by Menku Ozumerzifon of Norcross, GA.

More quilts were in bedrooms, including quilts for children and even a doll bed quilt.

I walked up carefully to the attic, as the stairs are uneven and very steep.  There were more lovely quilts to please the eyes.  Some were hanging against the walls; others were hanging free in the middle of the attic.  Quilt no. 182 "Summer Holiday" by Maetha Elliott of Kennesaw, GA., was made with upholstery fabric as a background for the flags.

 Some were draped on furniture and a bed.  Quilt no. 171 "Bursting Star" was hand-quilted for Pat Simone of Dunwoody, GA., by her mother in 1977-78.

Then I walked back down, stopping on the first floor stairs to look closely at quilt no. 97 "Tales of a Thousand Threads" by Elizabeth Frolet of Dunwoody, GA.

It was time to find my husband.  He was sitting on the front porch in a rocking chair watching a hawk way up in a tree.  I tried to take its photograph even though it was a bit far for my lens.

We walked away toward our car, stopping again to look at the perky daffodils.

As we drove away we saw that the house adjacent to Bulloch Hall was for sale.  I stopped and took some photographs (I could still see Bulloch Hall from the front yard.)  Later I checked and found out that the house is called the "Dolvin House" after its late owner, Emily F. Gordy Dolvin (1912-2006) also known as Aunt Sissy.  She was the youngest of nine children and one of her sisters, Lillian Gordy Carter was the mother of Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States.  The two-story house was built in 1900, has 4,160 square feet and a 1.45 acre garden.  The asking price was $1,250.000 but, if any of you would like to purchase it, it is too late as there is a contract on this house and it is no longer on the market. :-)  This house is in front of another historic home "Mimosa Hall" where I went last autumn for an estate sale - click here to see the post on it.

At the end of the road was the Roswell Square where we stopped at a small restaurant called "Spiced Right Rib House Barbecue."  My husband had a sandwich with two sides and I had part of his sandwich and two sides - corn casserole and fried okra.  It felt great to sit down.