Hello September!

Happy Labor Day weekend! It is incredible to me that September has rolled around once more, Fall will be here before you know it and I believe most of us are ready for the change. August was a pretty busy month for me. When I last left you I was gathering my quilt models in preparation to do a Trunk Show for the Edmond Quilt Guild in Oklahoma. Phew, 2 suitcases full! My friend Brenda drove up from Oklahoma City on a Monday, spent the night and off we headed Tuesday morning for Edmond. We stopped in Stillwater Oklahoma for lunch, home of OSU. Our son attended OSU before finishing here at KU, so I was familiar with and craving some wonderful pizza from "The Hideaway"... and a wonderful pizza it was... such a treat!! As we continued on in to Edmond we stopped and shopped at 3 quilt shops. Running short on time we headed to the church where the Edmond Guild meets and prepared for their meeting. Such a wonderful guild this is, so welcoming and fun, it was an honor to share my work with them!

Wednesday morning Brenda and I drove back to Kansas City. On the way we stopped at 3 quilt shops in Wichita, Brenda made this in to a fun girls trip I'll tell you! We each added lots of fabrics and goodies to our stashes along the way. Back in KC we went to Oklahoma Joe's for some BBQ dinner. Brenda spent the night and drove back to Oklahoma City the next morning. A whirlwind trip that's for sure, thanks Brenda for showing me such a good time! 

The past few weeks have been busy with business as usual. Lots of pattern folding, as you can see here Cleo is tremendously helpful LOL! Many trips to the post office, everyone seems to be in the sewing mood now that summer is just about over. 

Labor Day weekend has been pretty quiet here on the home front... just Jerry, Cleo and I. 

Hubby has been enjoying the golf course and I intend to finish this stitchery I started on our road trips up and down I-35. Next I need to think about finishing, a pillow perhaps? 

Happy St Pats!

Happy St Pattys Day to you! Did you wear your green today, or go to a parade? I have to admit I did neither, only because I had to boil the corned beef for hours! I make Hubby his St Patricks day dinner every year, it's a tradition he kind of expects and I have it down to perfection which is why he expects it LOL!

Recently my Annies came home to Mama, beautifully quilted by Brenda as always.

A better view of the quilting.

And an even larger view, isn't she sweet!

Seems like I have been missing for awhile here. I lost 1 whole week due to a painful tooth problem, which always happens over the weekend. After finally seeing our dentist I had to take antibiotics before the root canal visit..... the 4 hour root canal visit....OMG... was he drilling for oil or what? It was no fun, but better than the tooth fairy coming at my age I suppose.

Next we celebrated Hubbys birthday and no he is not 9 but we were being kind because he is really quite vain.

When I couldn't sleep during my nights of tooth pain I shopped... online.. and purchased another doll to go with miss kitty, her name is Becky, don't you just love her bunny teeth :)

I now have my booth # for International Quilt Market, so excited! Only 8 more weeks and I know that sounds far off but believe you me I start to panic about now. I am using this beautiful fabric by Jane Sassaman for the border on my next quilt. Today I spent or wasted my afternoon trying to pull the fusible web backing off my applique pieces. Big UG!!! I should have known better than to frustrate myself with the brand I used which I have never liked but was all I could find at the time, so tomorrow I'll run to Joannes for the brand I like and start over.

I could sure use a little help, but probably not this kind :) My sweetie loves to hang out with me, I don't know why because my son says I'm pretty boring but Cleo seems to think everything I do is lots of fun!

Enjoy your weekend!

A little giveaway

I had a very productive week in my sewing room. Hubby was away for a few days and I was able to devote my full attention to sewing. Not that I don't get a lot done when he's home, he just likes a home cooked meal every night LOL! I don't know about you, but when I'm zipping along sewing it's hard to make myself stop, put on an apron and cook a feast. Noooooo, I ordered pizza one night and ate it for two! Day 3 I drove through Burger King on my way home from the post office, what a multi tasker I am! First of all I finished my quilt (not shown) for Market and sent it off to fabulous Brenda for some of her quilting love. It features the gray & pink fabric I showed you in my last post, all I can say is it's purrrfectly cute!

Then I pulled out my little Annie blocks who have been shoved off to the side for a long time, they were screaming to be finished cause they're so darn cute. Well, I had set them aside because I decided I wanted my block sashings to be a little wider. So I had to do some unsewing (don't you just hate that!) before I could re sew. Much happier with this change. This week I'll add the sashings and borders. Now don't even ask me why there is a golf ball in the picture LOL! See, thats what Hubby does during the winter, practice putting indoors, we have a regular little miniature golf course going on here. Either that or Cleo was batting it around.

I have lots of 2-inch wide fabric strips left from framing my blocks. My Annies are trimmed to

5-1/2" x 6-1/2" and these strips will work for this size block. I felt someone might love these scraps for their Annies, most are reproduction prints and a few vintage. There should be enough to frame all 12 blocks. I also added the January Annie Pattern to start you out.

Cleo will draw a name next Saturday, the 28th! So please leave a comment if these interest you, and hit my follow button if you have not already (it can be lonely talking to yourself over here)!

Until next time!