Still here

No. I'm not dead--just lazy! Will only show this picture of one of my Minnesota adventures (which happened quite a few times!)

The other two beauties are my sister and her daughter. We stained millions of feet of tongue and groove--the house will be beautiful!

Quilt Fair ribbons

Woohoo!
Entered four quilt items in the Ninilchik Fair. My colorful rainbow purse took a blue ribbon, as did my tablerunner and placemat set.  These were over the top for table items that will be used and abused--I custom quilted them and bound them all, but that's what got me the blue! Here are the placemats and napkins--no photo of the runner yet.

  I also got 2 seconds--one for the hexagon shaped topper and one for this:

I wasn't gonna enter it, but my sister talked me into it--glad she did!
This was finish #13.

Fun with Bonnie Hunter

I was in a class today with Bonnie Hunter-what a fabulous time!  We were working on Bow-Dacious and learning much!

Tonight we were treated to her trunk show--very entertaining and informative!

After her presentation those of us who had done her quilts got to show them---here are a few "Easy Street"s:

Tomorrow is "Love Shack" !!!!

Persistent Visitor

Bullwinkle has been hanging around--he will be long gone when moose hunting season rolls around--even though he's not legal!!

Geranium

This Martha Washington geranium is sitting on my front porch on the west side.  She started out on the south and wasn't doing too well.  Look at her now!!

Design Wall Monday

It's back up--Scrappy Trip Around the World from Bonnie Hunter's pattern that started life as 46 Ugly FQs.  Had to make another block--and I don't think it will play well with the group.  It is still here in the house, not on the wall.  Here's hoping!  I would like to get this put together and quilted in this life time!

Gift Package in the mail!!

This came in the mail:

Rats!!  I hate it when the photo loads sideways!!!!

Anyway, Becca sent me 3, THREE!!  episodes of Downton Abbey, a small purse mirror with green zebra on the back :) , a green crystal key chain, a fabric bundle to make a binkie blanket, and a ??.  Can you guess what the white item is?!?

Thanks, Becca--you made my day---and the coveted gift bag is back in my possession!!

Wordless Wednesday

Birds and bears and....oh, my!

Our little neighborhood is on bear watch...I check around before closing the door and getting too exposed before dashing to the studio!  Last week a mama brown bear and two large cubs were helping them selves to my neighbors trash bags.

Of course I have no bear pictures, but this teenage robin was very cooperative.

Our weather has been wonderful, so yesterday a motorcycle trip was taken to Princess Lodge in Cooper Landing--I love their KPL salad!  Then friends from church invited us to dinner--sushi and fellowship were both great.  Hmmm.  I wasn't in the kitchen yesterday.....


This lovely was found in the "back 40" and transplanted to my flower bed.

Design Wall Monday

This is on my wall--and there are two more rows of blocks finished that won't fit--it is a queen size BQ quilt from Maple Island.  I need another quilt for my bed like I need another hole in my head, but I fell in love with this huge poppy print and "had" to have it!  DH loved it too, (which helped--he's my enabler!)

Instead of Quilting

I've been doing a lot of this!!  But up here, you make hay while the sun shines...and has it ever been shining!!

View from the turn out at the top of Homer hill.  This was last week.
We started toward Seward today, but could really smell rain at Sunrise, so turned back into the sunshine.  (We are fair weather bikers!!)

12th Finish

for this year.  But I must confess, they have not all been quilts.  There have been placemat sets with napkins (I counted the whole set as one, not eight!!!) and tote bags included in the count, but, hey!, they ARE a finish. (And quilted--the placemats were customed, too!)

This wallhanging is the pattern "Oh Henry" and used a panel--very easy. I quilted it with Parrot Highlights thread from Superior in the top and a purple bottomline in the bobbin.  The binding was done in the car to and from Anchorage--in between photos and admiring the scenery!

Road trip

Made a quick trip to Anchorage to pick up a scroll saw DH scored on Craig's list--and had lunch with the DIL.  The weather was great til we hit town--sorry the pics are thru the car window while moving, but you get the idea!!

Quilt for Uncle Wayne

is done--just needs to be put in the washer.

Whenever I gave  a quilt to a new baby at church he'd ask where his was, so here it is!!  I decided to quilt it using Omni thread by Superior and the panto " Chantilly Lace"                                       

Shop sample

in the window.  This is using the comma fabric line from Moda.  Remember me belly aching about the 18 60 degree mitered corners??  Well, they turned out great.  Kathy, a long arm quilting friend wanted to quilt it for me.  I was hesitant 'cuz I didn't know how flat it would lay (and I didn't want her to think I was a rotten piecer!!) but she said it was good--only one side was a little friendly!

Pat is in Portland at Quilt Market, so I'm holding down the fort and making executive decisions!  Actually, I'm rearranging, shuffling, and having fun!