Sisters Quilt show

Today was the Sisters quilt show here in Oregon. It was a beautiful and HOT day for the show. The first thing I did was start collecting fabric. I had to think about pacing myself.  After I had seen all I was going to, about 3 hours later, I drove to Redmond and went to the Oregon Summer Quilt Expo. I was smaller this year but, still fun. It made for a full day. No cooking for me. Dh took me out for dinner. Since I don't have the ability to bring in more fabric and store it I had to leave the fabric behind. I did manage to come home with a quilt puzzle and t-shirt from the quilt show and several fun things from the expo.

Here are some of the wonderful quilts that were on display today.

 

Then I spotted this cute little foot stool.

 

And I found a

Bonnie mystery quilt. Celtic Solstice made by someone in Astoria Oregon. It was beautiful.

After all was said and done, I had a great time. Met up with friends and got a sunburn to go with it. I should sleep very good tonight. We'll see.

After this day of inspiration I am going to spend tomorrow in front of my sewing machine. I have Bonnie's Jamestown Landing, Cathedral Stars and Celtic Solstice kitted up and waiting to become beautiful quilts.

I can actually see the pattern coming together on the Jamestown Landing quilt.

Happy New Year!

Hope everyone had a great holiday season. Mine was different. Thanksgiving came with a move. Downsizing is not fun when you aren't prepared for it. Christmas was great. Got to spend it with my whole family. Just not at one time. But that's ok. My son and his wife came for Christmas Eve which for us was the 23rd. It is so nice to see them both.  Then the official Christmas Day brought my husband home from out of town. M was so excited. When he knocked at the door I let her open it. Daddy was the best gift of the day. I thought so too. New Years was quiet for us. Everyone was in bed before midnight and we have just been enjoying the vacation time at home.

My sewing room is still somewhat of a mess. So very little sewing has been taking place.  Bonnie Hunter's yearly mystery quilt began on black Friday. This year the quilt is named Celtic Solstice. If you get a chance stop by her blog and take a peak . It's free until the end of May when she will pull it off her website and it will then go into a future book. http://www.quiltville.blogspot.com/p/celtic-solstice-mystery.html .  I printed out all of the clues and saved them for a later date. On New Year's Eve she surprised everyone by giving us the big reveal. It is gorgeous! I have step 3 done and step one started. Can't wait to see this quilt completed.  Hopefully I will get my sewing room finished so I can get motivated to get sewing again.

My dear daughter in law graduated from George Fox University on 12-21-13. We are so proud of her. She graduated with BA in biology. Don't they make a cute couple?

 

I have to start getting back into the usual routine of going to bed relatively early and getting up early. Yuck! But as they say "All good things must come to an end." Sad but true.

donation quilts

I got the last of my donation quilts for the firefighter families done Saturday. Seems nobody in my county ships packages on Saturdays so I have to do it tomorrow. I tried to mail out the two boxes but all of the UPS stores were closed.

Now I am working on finishing one of Bonnie's free patterns "strip twist" just have to put the borders on and I can send it off to be quilted. And I am trying to straighten out some rows on a quilt I am making as a gift for someone.  So frustrating. Then I can get to the final step of Quiltmaker Magazine's Bonnie mystery Lazy Sunday. Can't wait to have that as the only active quilt in the making.

Thanks to bills, school shopping will be off until a very busy holiday weekend. Yuck! Just wish I could get it taken care of sooner.

Ordered my tickets for the Northwest Quilt Expo in Portland. Just have to make reservations for the hotel and I'll be set. I'll be heading for it after my time with Bonnie In southern Oregon. September will be an exciting month.

Today I took M clamming. We got up at 5:00, yes AM. We got our limit and headed back to town and got breakfast. Since she doesn't have any boots she had to wear her only pair of tennis shoes. So off to Fred Meyer we went to get a new pair. I however bought a pair of boots.

In the afternoon I announced that I had to wash my work truck. She was all over that. "Can I wash it too?" I'm not one to turn away free labor so I told her to get a sponge and have at it.

She liked it so much she asked me if this could be her new chore.  Then she came inside and asked to help with the laundry. I got the soap in and told her to load up. Then she loaded the dryer and turned it on. pretty soon she'll have that chore too. I know, enjoy it while it lasts. Eventually she will just whine when I bring it up. lol.

Thought I would slip in a few more show pictures.

What seven year old girl doesn't like pink? Mine sure does. She said this was her favorite quilt.