Sneak Peek

I can't wait to create my slideshows but in the meantime I want to share a little bit of a great time! Take a look at Missie's designs from www.Hallbrookdesigns.com...way to go Missie's! See all those heads looking at your creations!




We started the day with a dressing issue and I am not talking turkey. Karen is trying to help Kari of the Clearly Perfect Angles!




Stacy of Buttermilk Basin ...add...Karen of Farmhouse Woolens and the good times keep on rollin'




Valori Wells Kennedy looking as fresh as a Wish.




Here we are catching up with Gail Pan from Down Under.




Another highlight was being able to meet Laural from Simply Put Plus. You have got to check out her site for some wonderful projects.




At the end of the day I met a very special gal, Marie who I keep up with on Facebook and to my surprise she was shopping the market. Love her designs...but I really love her shoe collection!




Stay tuned more to follow...

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Where in the World Are Sandy and Anne?

Oh my aching feet! But, it was a good kind of ache...this was an incredible experience, Sample Spree at Quilt Market.

So, can you find Sandy and Anne?



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Over Hills and Over Dales...

Well, maybe not hills and dales but a mountain range we arrived just in time to pick up Kari and Karen at the airport. We immediately did a mini shop hop, Pioneer Quilts, Holly Hills and the Speckled Hen...ahhh, let the shopping begin!


Kari, Sandy, Karen and Anne

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This Little Piggy....

...is going to market...Quilt Market!!!  And she is not going to go whaaaa, whaaaa, whaaaa...all the way home cause she is gonna have a blast!  But, before I go let me catch you up on what my friends and I have been up too.

First, my design wall is up and I love it.  It is bigger than the one I had before and I can get to it easier.  It is great to be able to lay out squares and step back, view and decide if I want to move blocks around.   

I prepped my first Buttermilk Basin project and decide to start with July, lol...this way I may be able to hang it up this year!!!  

Lori has got two of them prepped!

Anne is working on a Primitive Gathering banner...I have this project also  but haven't started it.  I have a lot of catching up to do!

These 2 are by Karleen.  I can't wait to do these, they are adorable!

Karleen created this cute sewing tote.  It is absolutely adorable!

I'll try to keep you posted on market...but know that there will be some slide shows when I get back!

# 9

I definitely live the "Happy" life...why?  It is sooooo much easier to be happy than angry, sad or PO'd.     I think if every one would read this list before leaving their house each morning the world would be more peaceful.  I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day, even if you are not a mother I know you had one.  I not only enjoyed the day as a mother but, I also spend each Mother's Day reflecting not only on my own mother by my mother-in-law.  It is a day I chose to be grateful for all the mom's in my life. 

Although my kids are not local I still felt the love.  HH whipped up breakfast for Robin and I after a nice dog walk.  Then I spent the day sewing and am now caught up on my BJ's BOM!!!!  we still have boxes to unpack but sometimes you just have to take a break and enjoy the moment!

I hope your had a wonderful Mother's Day!

I'm in Heaven...Quilt Heaven!

I know, I know I said I was only blogging 3 days a week through the month of May but this news just couldn't keep till Monday!!!  Just to let you know I may not stick to my 3 days a week all the time because as the muse moves me I must write!!!

I couldn't stand the idea of not having anything arriving by mail.  What would the postmaster think...that no one loves me.  But I just couldn't sign up for another big block of the month for 2 reasons...I am sooooo far behind on the ones I have and no wall space for big quilts...so what is a quilt girl to do????

Girlfriend to the rescue, Anne.  She sent me the latest from Temecula Quilt Co...a applique BOW.  It filled my well on so many levels, a little bit of love each week in my mail box, applique, Dresden and it finishes at 40 x 40...which is just perfect.  Every week during the summer you receive 2 four inch blocks, 1 dresden and 1 applique.  They are set as shown below...and the kicker...if you pay for the whole summer up front, you get the backing!!!!  Anyone want to join me, we can encourage each other by sending me photos of completed blocks and I'll post them on the blog!

life is sweet!

Nooks & Crannies

I got the sweetest "new home" card from my girlfriend Colleen.  When I opened the envelope and pulled it out it became the sweetest 3D birdhouse!

One panel of the design wall is completed...one more to go and the Woolie will be in business! or at least be able to hang a few blocks, lol

I dived into piecing this week and OMG...does it ever feel great!  My first task has been to catch up on my BJ's BOM and I have this last step to complete and lordy, lordy I will be totally caught up!!!

This is the current months which I finished yesterday.  I had to make 2 of these 12 inch blocks.  I really love the focus fabric I chose and I think it will be a great fall quilt for our great room.

I have been settling back into life in Sisters.  It feels like I have come home although it has been 25 years since I lived here...and it is a different town than it was back then.  The real estate office where we purchased our lot used to be the video store.  There was no high school, the kids had to go to Redmond for high school.  And...I wasn't a quilter.  Yep, back when we lived here I was not a quilter. 

Yesterday I met a friend for lunch and while walking back home I discovered a little quilt group sewing away in an office building. Everyone was sewing away at their own projects...and they were all wonderful.  Dang, I didn't have my camera!   I suspect there are quilt groups located in all the nooks and crannies of this town!  It will be fun to discover what they are up too!  What I learned is...never leave home without my camera!!!

Spring!!

Spring has really sprung in Sisters.  Our flowering crab apple tree is in full bloom and the bees are loving it.  Next to quilting I love gardening...I like digging in the dirt, planting flowers and creating a fun garden.  I worked all day on Monday with Juan who does any kind of landscaping, yard maintenance or project you can dream up.  If you are local to the Bend/Sisters area and would like his number just contact me and I'll share...he is a really nice guy and reasonable!  We worked all day on laying landscape pavers for flower beds the entire length of the backside of the house.  It was a perfect day to dig in the dirt!

While Juan and I had fun in the yard, the boys took a ride out to the head of the Metolius and the fish hatchery.  Was a good ride down memory lane for father and son because the last time they were out there together was with grandpa and our oldest was around 7 yrs old!  Time sure flies!

Here is a funny for you!  Hope there is some quilting in your life today!

I Need A Personal Trainer...for Quilting!!!

I was on a mission to complete my BJ's BOM for the May meeting on Saturday.  So...Friday I pieced, ripped out and pieced again till I had 2 strips made like the photo below.  That was the required block for May.  If you don't have it done you have to pay $5 for the next months...otherwise it is free.  Little did I know that this past month and a half my quilting muscles have gotten weak.  You know what I am talking about!  Sure my other muscles have increased in strength with all the packing, lifting moving...but the quilting muscles are these little muscles that are between you ribs in your back, including you neck and the muscles that run from your neck to your shoulder  blades!!!  A day of piecing and I definitely realized that I need a personal quilt trainer to keep in tip top quilt shape!!!  

HH and I got my Jackie Basket's hung and they look great in the stairwell leading up to the Command Center.

I had to share a photo of Robin with her Bugsy.  I am going to miss riding together...but it was fun seeing her scooter outside BJ's with the spectacular bag made out of lady bug fabric she got in France!

Hope you enjoy the slide show of the BJ's BOM morning.  I have had a wonderful 24 hours in the company of my eldest son.  I have the most wonderful DIL...she was ok with him coming over the mountain by himself for a quick visit with the parental units.  It does fill a mother's soul to sometimes just spend time with her child.  Today I will be working with Juan on my back landscape blocks...another project that will be done.

Another free digital slideshow by Smilebox

Jibber Jabber

I found out that HH is on the cutting edge of cool!  Last nights news had a segment on the return in popularity of the vinyl.  HH must have over a hundred and his player is hooked up to speakers...and you know what, they sound really cool!  We can take a trip down memory lane every day remembering...when he had long hair and rode a motorcycle...oh wait, he still rides a motorcycle, lol.

I got a funny story for ya.  I had this Easter Island statue in my yard and I wanted to move it down to Quiet River...I forgot that he weighed a TON!!!  I was only able to move him to the middle of the driveway, and that was it!  No way I could I get him into my car...so I left him there.  Then when HH and Enzo showed up you would have thought an alien had landed in our driveway...Enzo was circling him growling from a distance...now Mr. Easter Island has been in our yard for Enzo's entire life...but move him to the driveway and the dog poop hit the fan, LOL

Yesterday was a day to enjoy...the weather was beautiful and I did run some errands on Patty...but, I really wanted to catch up on my BJ's BOM.  With the move I got behind and tomorrow I had better show up with a completed block!  It felt so good and, I re-bonded with the fabrics I chose :) 

...and, I started cutting out my Glamping quilts for the camper!  I am so excited that HH is letting me have cart blanch at decorating the inside of the camper!  When I finish decorating it I will share a slideshow!

Hope you have an enjoyable fabric day!