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And MICAH MAKES THREE!!! from A Quilter and The Chief
MEET MICAHGod has blessed us with another grandbaby!
We now have three beautiful grandchildren: Our daughter, Nicole and David's two,
Gigi, 3 yrs and Brody, 6 weeks,
and our newest grandson, Micah Alexander Pavone,born to our son, Alex and his , Angelina, on May 12th,
at 8:19 pm,
weighing 7 lbs 5 oz
(one ounce more than his father weighed at birth!)
and 20 inches long.
(Yaya holding Micah!)
Micah is a sweetie with a full head of black hair-the most hair
I've seen on a newborn.
(Micah held by Papa)
Despite the fact he isn ... -
Life Happens! from A Quilter and The Chief
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Showering Baby Micah from A Quilter and The Chief
Last weekend Nicole and I hosted a Baby Shower for Angelina.
Family and friends from near and far (San Jose, Paradise (north of Chico), Sacramento, Redding, Upland, Orange, and Santa Ana) came to shower Angelina and her baby boy, Micah, due May 20, with lots of clothes and baby essentials!Nicole made some very cute decorations with dots (a favorite of Angelina), including this mobile that Angelina can hang in Micah's room.
Cupcakes (another favorite and must for Angelina) were made from scratch by Nicole and decorated with brown, green and blue M & M's ... -
CG&GQC and OPAM Completions & APRIL TO DOS from A Quilter and The Chief
March was another productive month!
One Dozen Pillowcases donated to the Con Kerr Cancer Pillowcase Project.
A summer blanket/quilt--lightweight, pieced top, flannel back and no batting for a new baby girl born to one of my husband's firefighters and his wife.
A machine Appliqued Pillow, for a very good friend, made from a McKenna Ryan pattern.
A vinyl covered fabric bib (an Amy Butler Fabric) for my granddaughter, Gigi
I also finished two blocks: one for a block exchange, Live Piecefully
and one for a quilt for a woman I work with at the quilt ...
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Great Weekend in Arizona from A Quilter and The Chief
SPRING TRAINING WEEKEND
We headed to Arizona last Thursday in our RV with Nicole, David and Gigi. Nick was able to drive, despite having had his 2nd rotator cuff surgery just a month ago! We met David's parents, Dan and Jeri there about 8:30 pm on Thursday night, at a very nice resort, Pueblo El Mirage RV and Golf Resort in El Mirage, Arizona. This resort is a lot nicer than the place we stayed at last year, with a fantastic clubhouse and recreation buildings with loads of activities, kid friendly, extended pool hours for kids (a big ... -
Memory Verses from A Quilter and The Chief
"His Word in My Heart"
Last year Nicole and I joined Beth Moore's, “1st and 15th Siesta Scripture Memory Team "
along with thousands of women across the United States. At first it seemed like memorizing 2 verses a month wouldn't be that difficult. Well, I have to admit it was. I did choose my 24 verses for the year, and memorized a few, but I didn't actually, fully memorize all of them as I would have liked!
This year I'm going to try to memorize one verse a month, with Nicole and her "His Word in ... -
My Version of the "Madness" from A Quilter and The Chief
SPRING "MADNESS"
March and April look to be busy months, a kind of "madness" (no NOT basketball !) with all that will be happening. At the quilt shop I work at we've got the upcoming San Diego Cruisin' Quilters Shop Hop starting this Saturday, and I'm working a lot of extra hours and long days!
Then there are the planned getaways or happenings: a trip planned to Peoria, Arizona for Padres' Spring Training, for a long weekend, followed by a weekend Women's Retreat with my church. The next weekend we will celebrate Easter, followed by another weekend(YES ... -
Winter Olympics Come to an End! from A Quilter and The Chief
My Love of the Winter Olympics
One of my most favorite things is watching The Olympics- especially the Winter Olympics, and Alpine Events, and Skating, of course. I Love the Olympics! I even enjoy watching the Nordic events, also known as cross country skiing. I also enjoy watching the Summer Olympics, especially the gymnastics events, but my heart has always had a fonder spot for the Winter games.
I grew up in Southern California in a suburb of LA in the San Fernando Valley. I started snow skiing when I was about 5 years old and skied my whole life ... -
MY FAVORITE THINGS from A Quilter and The Chief
Joan has challenged all members of CG & GQC to blog about our "favourite things!" (She's a Canadian hence the spelling of "favourite"!!)These are a few of my favorite things......
1. My sewing machine: a Pfaff Creative 7570 (To quote Joan because I couldn't have said it better myself "sewing (and quilting) is my most favorite hobby"), and a few of my sewing/quilting accessories!
2. My doggies:
That's Sydney (4) resting her head on Lacy (12)3. DARK Chocolate: Any kind of DARK chocolate will do, but I especially love Dark Chocolate with Raspberry Filling:
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ANOTHER GREAT QUILT RETREAT from A Quilter and The Chief
FEBRUARY BROWN BAG RETREAT
We had so much fun at our Brown Bag Quilting Retreat at
The Creation Station Fabric and Quilt Shop
located in Buellton, California.
This cute quilt shop is owned by Patrick, here cutting fabric inside the store,
and his wife, Dawn, here in the classroom/retreat room. 
As you can see the walls of the retreat room are all painted with wild flowers growing everywhere. The floors are also painted with grass, flowers, rocks and more. Even the bathrooms are decorated so creatively
So inspirations abound...
We drove up to Buellton on Thursday and met our ... -
February To Do Projects from A Quilter and The Chief
Off to a Quilting Retreat
We're heading to Buellton, Central Coast, California in our RV. We'll be camping for the next few days with our great friends, Lynn and Rick. While the guys do what guys do, Lynn and I will join our friend, Nancy and others and will be quilting till the late hours on Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Creation Station Quilt Shop's Brown Bag Retreat!
So, here's what I plan to work on while at the retreat:1. A baby quilt for my grandson, Micah, due mid-May out of these cute fabrics ... -
January Projects, Part 2 from A Quilter and The Chief
Gigi's Hawaiian Quilt is finished.
Just in time to be included in my January finishes for Charming Girls Quilt Club and OPAM !
This quilt is for Gigi's room at Yaya and Papa's house. Whenever she comes to spend the night she sleeps in the room that was hers for 10 months!! It matches the Hawaiian theme in this room: Hawaiian Quilts and framed pictures I took when I was in Hawaii!! For Gigi's quilt I used many of the same fabrics as in the Hawaiian Quilt that is on the futon (in the same room), and ... -
TAGGED for REDS! from A Quilter and The Chief
SHADES OF RED AROUND OUR HOUSENicole tagged me. This time the instructions were to showcase 7 photos showing red around the home. As I took my pictures I noticed I actually have a lot of red accents around our house. Maybe, that's because Nick is a firefighter, and so we have collected a lot of
"fire memorabilia" over his 34 year career!
Hence, my 1st photo shows some of the red fire pieces we have!
2 - our red fireplace wall (color name: Red Red Wine)
3 - the red cat door stop my mom make (she used to ... -
January Finished Projects, Part 1 from A Quilter and The Chief
Busy with More Than Quilting!
With the end of January approaching quickly I thought I would share what I've done so far.
I've been knitting up a "storm"!! I used to knit years and years ago. Over Thanksgiving weekend, Jeri (Nicole's mom-in-law) showed Nicole and I how to make knit kitchen cloths
(she refreshed my memory about knitting; I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it.).
So before Christmas I made over a dozen of these 100% cotton cloths for gifts,
and a few for myself!Then I made Gigi one beanie with a pom pom and ... -
Gigi from A Quilter and The Chief
Gigi LOVES To EAT!!
Our granddaughter, Gigi is just the cutest!! She does and says the cutest things sometimes! (Yes, of course, we are a bit biased!) She came over for a visit with her mommy and daddy today around lunch time. When she finished her lunch, she asked to be excused ("escuzed!").
Then Papa and daddy sat down for their lunch. She quickly asked if she could sit in Papa's lap. Once there, she proceeded to have "more lunch." She wanted to "share" Papa's chips and string cheese! SO... she waited patiently while Papa peeled the paper ... -
January RV Trip from A Quilter and The Chief
QUARTZSITE, ARIZONA
Nick and I headed east to Quartzsite, Arizona for the big RV Show and the "Endless Flea Markets" last Thursday, spending the first night in Indio, CA.
We arrived in Quartzsite midday on Friday and picked our spot near some of these other RVer's. We were on the north side of Interstate 10, not far from where everything was happening. Talk about affordable--$5/night!! It's a unique camping experience if you've never been out there. You just get off Interstate 10 at one of the several exits and pretty much park anywhere you choose ...
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Another Creative Talent in Our Family from A Quilter and The Chief
T-SHIRT DESIGNS BY ALEX
Have you seen this t-shirt at a Kohl's Store near you??
Isn't it a COOL design?!?
It was so exciting when we found it yesterday at our
Kohl's in San Marcos, CA!!
Why, you might ask?!? It's Simple --it's the second t-shirt, designed by
our son, Alex, and bought by a company to market and sell!!
Of course we had to buy a couple, and below it is proudly worn
by our son-in-law, David!!
So, you might want to check our the men's graphic t's at your Kohl's ... -
from A Quilter and The Chief
My Creative Projects TO DO List for January:
[For both OPAM (One Project A Month Challenge)
and the Charming Girls Quilt Club]1 & 2 Hand Knitting scarves for gifts,
like the one pictured on the top!3 Basting and quilting Gigi's Hawaiian Quilt for the toddler bed at our house.
4 & 5 Two pillowcases out of this Bamboo, eco-friendly fabric!!
It will be great if I can complete these projects.
On the horizon I do have plans
to finish the Fire Patches Quilt for my husband
(started a few years back).............
Not only do I need to baste and ... -
"OPAM Challenge" Finished Projects 2009 Recap from A Quilter and The Chief
When I joined the OPAM challenge in January of 2009 I never imagined I would finish so many projects, many of which were gifts. The group was made up of many (279) quilters from around the world. By the end of 2009, I completed 75 projects (and many other random blocks and a few quilt tops); but the amazing thing about this was that there were a total of 5,694 finishes for the entire group! WOW!! Now that is a whole lot of sewing and quilting!! It was fun to be a part of this group and keeping track ... -
Christmastime with the Pavones from A Quilter and The Chief
Nick and I had so much fun when we took Gigi to the Kids' Christmas Party at the RSF fire dept earlier this month, put on by the firefighters. There were so many little ones running around just being kids and having loads of fun. We enjoyed pizza and cookies. Santa arrived and appeared out of the make shift fireplace, after sliding down the fire pole! Watching the amazement on those little faces was such a joy!
Last Sunday we spent the afternoon with family: we took a trip to the Ikea store in San Diego, and then we headed ... -
Christmas Greetings 2009! from A Quilter and The Chief
December is here and it’s time once again to reflect on the past year. We have much for which to be thankful......... our family, our health, our travels. Life is full.
Our family ... -
It's December Already! from A Quilter and The Chief
Ok, I am a bit late in posting my finished projects for November. It was a "short" month for me so I didn't finish as much as I would have liked, and My one and only finish for OPAM- November was this table runner--shhhhhh...it's a surprise gift.
I did finish a couple of "blocks," though, that will count for the Charming Girls Quilt Club:
This block is for my Live Piecefully Quilting Bee online.
This block is for a Christmas "retirement" quilt for a gal at work!
Now it's December, and I only have one ...
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