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Teardrop Thalassa Build Journal

After A LOT of convincing, the second wall is on!

My trailer has an oh so slight curve to it. When I bolted my floor down to the trailer, the floor changed shape ever so slightly. The first wall and storage went in fine. Trying to get the second wa

Got the formica glued to the countertop and the interior table today. Then struggled massively with getting the second wall on… We will try again tomorrow.

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Metal trim on the interior storage bits is looking nice! The finishing work is always my favorite part.

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Basement storage space working as it should 🤣

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After a lot of problem solving, the drivers side wall is on! Second is getting fiberglass and epoxy now.

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Making progress solving this couch to bed transition. Got some extension springs from McMaster and tested placement using a bunch of zip ties. Next step is securing them with D rings and figuring out a way for the bed to slide more easily. Perhaps HD

Miscellaneous pieces getting three coats of water based poly prior to getting installed for good.

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Some basement storage and floor progress on these beautiful spring days. And carpentry projects wouldn’t be complete without a little blood, of course.

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Thank you brothers for helping me move the chassis into the garage and carry teardrop pieces upstairs!

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Slow and steady hatch progress.

Got the framing done and the interior skin on. Skin is 1/8” baltic birch attached with PL premium and brad nails.

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Roof spars and hatch spars are ready to go!

That big gap in the front of the camper is for a skylight. I emailed a handful of acrylic fabricators today to see if they could heat bend one piece, but no luck.

The hatch spars needed a bit more work,

Fredrick’s style hatch ends are glued up. The sandwich consists of the side wall cut off, a 1-3/16” spacer where the D weather strip will go, and a tapered 3” gusset what will connect to the gas struts to hold the hatch up.

&helli

2x2 mahogany hatch spar is cut!

It’s a perfect tight fit, so I didn’t shove it all the way into the slot yet since I still have to take the whole thing apart to build it on the chassis up in the garage.

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Cane webbing process details 😍

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Today I varnished the interior cabinet pieces and added drawer glides. Tomorrow we install the drawers and sliding doors, and maybe start on the galley storage.

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Making progress on the cabin storage. This is everything but the sliding doors and drawers pretty much.

Initially I had it in the teardrop to make sure it all fit, but now I’m finishing it outside to be installed as one piece.

It’s al

HCCook Threads

#blockstudiescollective #logcabin

Block Studies with @tarafaughnan is the best quilting class I've ever taken! I put it off for so long but once I started I caught up fast.

Hourglass from season 2 #blockstudiescollective

This was a marathon! I've never stitched in the ditch before when quilting and it is a lot harder than I thought it would be. I don't even notice it now that it's done and washed but man! Imperfect quilting for the win.

#sarosquilt details

Piecing: Completed summer 2024
Quilting: Started Spring 2025 🙈

Really wanted to finish this one before summer so I can bring it to the beach!

#sarosquilt by @prairieandocean

#sarosquilt piecing home stretch from last June

I took no photos of the cutting process for all these tiny pieces, but to stay organized I wrote the number of the piece really tiny in the seam allowance with a pencil so I always knew what I was wor

my #sarosquilt plan I made almost exactly a year ago! thanks to @fabricbubb for helping me pick out a backing that matched that amazing bright green

pattern by @prairieandocean

I thought I had a lot of fabric scraps until I went to fill this finished pouf... So nice to keep it in my sewing room as a fabric scrap trash bin!

#voyagequilt #voyagequiltpouf by @suzyquilts

@suzyquilts has a great tutorial for a floor pouf using her #voyagequilt pattern that I'm going to fill with all my fabric scraps instead of throwing them in the garbage. I didn't starch these wovens which was a ✨mistake✨ but it's happening.

four month progress on my Combo Star BOM. halfway there!

#combostarbom #combostarquilt
#plainsandpinepatterns

#overunderquilt mug by @highnoonpottery with overunder quilt progress! Pattern by @jessirash

This will be my first time making a bed size quilt! Everything I've made up until now has just been a throw. Gonna take this nice and slow since there are

Quick mockup for @plainsandpine block of the month using fabric from my stash. Probably won't stick to these colors exactly, depending how much I have, but I wanted to see how the color scheme would generally work.

#combostarbom #combostarquilt
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my #emersoncrossbodybag by @theblanketstatement

that crinkle 😍

@farmandfolk

cropped gilet patten by @chrissi_and_jo

#naturallydyedquilt

finished vest using @farmandfolk 's mini marigold dyed quilt kit from last spring

cropped gilet patten by @chrissi_and_jo

#naturallydyedquilt

Hand quilting progress for my mini marigold quilt vest. Not super in love with the pink lining now that's it's here--should have gone with linen--but you'll never see it when it's worn.

mini marigold quilt dyed and complete! and I decided almost immediately I want to make it into a wearable, so denim and pink lining have been purchased 🌸

My first love is natural dying, but due to the amount of labor and lack of safe place to boil natural dye materials, I've let the practice float away. But then @farmandfolk made an adorable little quilt kit to make a mini marigold dyed quilt and I ha

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