I am so excited about taking a road trip this June. The best part of being "on the road again", it's been 20 years, is the company of my loved ones coming along. I have never been to Tennessee, so first on the list of course is Graceland, followed by Memphis bbq. So I need quilt shops in the area to visit...my new thing is Civil War fabric and patterns, I think everybody is on the band wagon, it's been 150 years..so if anybody out there happens upon my blog ideas would be greatly appreciated

so..here it is April 2010 and I have almost forgotten I had this blog....I have devoted way to much time to facebook..and other time wasting trivial pursuits. I haven't accomplished much of anything.
I am perplexed however, why is it that my scraps and stash seem to multliply even though I don't add to them and use them? Do the missing socks in the laundry turn into faabric scraps? And then there's the issue of wire hangers...where do they all come from...Will these questions be revealed to me ever in my lifetime?

I have been lagging in my quilting.....I am hostin a bridal shower for my niece on Tuesday and I am working on making the shower favors. I am also addicted to scrapbooking using my cricut bug. Knowing I could make cute little favor boxes of course I stick out my tongue and starting ranting I'll do it myself...this was before I learned the guest list was 50!
Oh yes, I am also doing the wedding favors....I am my own worst enemy...
Hopefully I will get back to quilting soon..

so finally my "shed " is finished. It does still need to be wired for electricity. In the mean time I decided to organize my stash...it is in the process of being folded and labeled ( amount of each cut). It is taking a lot longer than I judged...story of my life. But I know that in the end I will be a very happy quilter.

I will get pix up soon...famous last words

My dh has decided that I have way to much stuff, it's taking over the house...I am lucky enough to have a sewing room....but I also scrap book and that is in the dining room/kitchen.
to make a long story short, he and his brother are building me a 14x16 storage shed in the backyard...it will have electricity..air conditioning..our summers are outragously hot..
I will post some picks when I get more time..
I am trying to organize fabric..

tootles

This quilt is made from my moda stash (silly safari). My dear grandaughter laid out the blocks to suit her..it will be hers once I finish it....

Hopefully this summer I will be able to sit her down to a sewing machine and start her quilting, she shows and interest...she lives with me so it's not a matter if when she visits,,more like when nana feels up to it.

How many people believe that the stash multiples at night? It seems the more I use the more I have..

This quilt was made almost entirely from my stash, the only fabric I purchased was for the borders...( I already had the charm pack, I put it in the border..
My granddaughter is living with me,,,This summer I am going to sit her down to the sewing machine and start teaching her how to quilt....after all somebody needs to inherit the small fortune I have invested...

I am really new to blogging and loading photos etc. Just bear with me for awhile...I am the one in blue jeans, glasses and white shirt.. I always wear jeans...

This is taken in the breakfast room in Lancaster...

This last October I had a chance to fullfill one of the items on my bucket list.. I travelled to Lancaster with my fellow quilting ladies. I was so impressed with the countryside, we were lucky enough to catch the last of the fall foliage, or the beginning...The colors were awesome...perhaps it is God's quilt?
It was a treat to learn about the Amish culture, and they drive thru the drive thrus for banking, fast food etc. In my mind I quess I assumed they were not involved or like us the Englishers....

While there we went ...

I have several passions in my life, photography, scrapbooking and quilt making. I dapple in crochet and reading. My reading tastes range from romance to crime to mystery....