Sunday, October 30, 2011
It's time!
The Houston International Quilt Show is here at last! I plan to spend all day Thursday and Friday having a ball at the show. Would love to have you all come and see it with me!!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Camping...
Sweetie and I just got back from a 10 day camping trip during which time we attended the "Changing of the Colors" rally (Christian Motorcyclists Association) on Iron Mountain near Hatfield, Arkansas. We really enjoyed our time there but once again, we came home with a wet tent camper. It rained most all night Saturday before we left. That was our second rain. Loved the rain but would have liked enough time for things to dry out before we had to leave.
The display of "colors" was a little disappointing this year -- things were so dry up there (like other places I know) that many of the trees died. Also, it had been hotter than usual and the cold nights are needed for the color changing process. Well, after the first night of rain a cold front blew in and we had at least two nights of 30 degree and two nights of 40 degree temperatures. I thought I would freeze! We had our electric blanket but, alas, not the correct wiring/controls. We did purchase an electric lap robe and that was great -- put it at the bottom of the bed and it made our feet stay toasty. (Sweetie was afraid that Gracie would be too cold in her kennel so she slept with us the whole time. She loved the elect lap robe, also.)
Our last full session of the rally was Saturday night -- We received the word, after the final session, that Herb Shreve, the founder of CMA, had just passed away. He was recovering from heart surgery and had just had a birthday party in his honor on Saturday afternoon. He will be missed but we know we will see him again...
The display of "colors" was a little disappointing this year -- things were so dry up there (like other places I know) that many of the trees died. Also, it had been hotter than usual and the cold nights are needed for the color changing process. Well, after the first night of rain a cold front blew in and we had at least two nights of 30 degree and two nights of 40 degree temperatures. I thought I would freeze! We had our electric blanket but, alas, not the correct wiring/controls. We did purchase an electric lap robe and that was great -- put it at the bottom of the bed and it made our feet stay toasty. (Sweetie was afraid that Gracie would be too cold in her kennel so she slept with us the whole time. She loved the elect lap robe, also.)
Our last full session of the rally was Saturday night -- We received the word, after the final session, that Herb Shreve, the founder of CMA, had just passed away. He was recovering from heart surgery and had just had a birthday party in his honor on Saturday afternoon. He will be missed but we know we will see him again...
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
I've been missing a while -- life has gotten very busy and I'm trying to simplify my life -- blogging was one thing I had to let go of for a while.
But, having said that, I just finished a quilt! This will be a baby gift for a friend's new baby and will be delivered tomorrow.
The quilt is pictured above. Some details -- all of the front fabrics except one came from my stash. I loved the colors together! I purchased the one fabric (ladybugs) for the front and the back flannel fabric at JoAnns -- the front is plain cotton fabric and the back is flannel. I tried to find binding that would work with both front and back and it just wasn't available. So, I sewed two fabrics together and the front binding is yellow cotton and the back is the same flannel as the backing. A little harder than doing it the regular way but I really like the effect. The second picture shows the flannel binding at the top of the picture the yellow binding in the part that is folded over.
Another note...the pieces of the front were cut with my friend's GO. Sure made it easy!
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