Yurt adventures from July 29-31

Jasper helping

Notice the always fashionable blue paint on Jaspers face

Sustenance is a key part of the yurt building
process.  In order to get ready for our weekend
I stopped at Georgios bakery in Auburn ME
after we picked up the sewing machine and
bought a dozen donuts.  Alex's mom asked me
what I was going to do with a dozen donuts,
I said that I was going to eat them of course!

You know it is ironic that all the pictures of someone sewing is
Alex since I actually did 90% of the sewing.  However, I am
also the only person who seems to ever take pictures.  Alex does
work hard though when he sews. 

Pete and Joanne hanging out in the shade cooling
off and having a pow wow about how Alex and I
can best put this yurt together and get it up and
functioning. 

In order to check that the yurt is going well Alex decided
that we should unroll the fabric and take a look at how
it is coming together. 

Alex doing some sewing machine maintenance after we
managed to mess up the tension.  Luckily I found a
manual for the machine online and Alex successfully readjusted
all of the tensions.

Alex demonstrating for his parents how his new machine works.
He was very proud that he got it all set up and working.  The
Singer easily sews through 6-8 layers of fabric. 

Alex showing off his mad muscles by carrying
all the fabric himself.

The completed wall fabric.  All that is left
to do is to hem the top and bottom and
install the grommets.

The mobile sewing factory.  Look how nicely everything
fits within the back of the Honda!  Just because the Honda
isn't running doesn't mean that it doesn't serve a purpose.

I was attacked and successfully squished by the wall fabric. 
Luckily I managed to get to a window so that I could
still breathe.

At the end of the day I still feel good and give the sewing
machine and all of our work two thumbs up!
Hell yeah Singer you are our hero!

Just the singer logo makes Alex happy

It looks good doesn't it.  We have done a lot
of work and come a long way. 

Yesterday Alex began to cut down the Cedar for the roof rafters.  He was happy to find that a lot of the cedar was actually dead and still standing so it is very dry.  All we will need to do is cut the poles down to size and slap them up on the ceiling.  We still need to buy a 100 feet of air craft cable but we are making good progress...