Grandma's Sunbonnet Sue Quilt

Look what I got a picture of...My grandma C's sunbonnet quilt. It was handed down to my Aunt because it was made from her dresses and clothes she had as a little girl. So cute!! It was made aroung the 50's and is still in perfect condition.

My Scary Halloween House

With only one pumkin on the porch carved by my Kissie, our house hardly looks like Halloween is only 2 days away. So I searched high and low for the scariest thing in my house. It turned out to be my quiltroom! AHHHHH!!

You probably thought you would get a good ghost story or something, but not today! Everytime I look in I want to scream!

Anyone ever felt that way?? Could there be anyone out there who has a worse quiltroom? (And you all thought I was perfectly organized from my cute little pictures on my blog) I guess I have just got to bump my quiltroom to the top of my 'to do' list. AHHHHH!!

What is the scariest thing in your house?? A room? your dog? the kids? (hee hee) or could it be the eerie scratching on your window from the overgrown tree limbs outside? wooooh! I would love for you to leave a comment with your story to share and scare!

Happy Halloween!!

Another great giveaway!!

Now you need to hop on over to Pumpkin Patch Primitives for the It's a Happy Halloween Giveaway! I love free stuff!

Time out for a Quilt Retreat

What a fun weekend! Just got back from a fabulous quilt retreat in Eastern Utah.

One of my gal pals invited us to her cabin to sew, eat and laugh histerically! I got a couple of long overdue projects done like my new camera case and a mystery quilt top. yea!!

But sorry hubbies and kids, this was for moms only! I am thinking every girl needs a get-away once in a while!

Wonderful video!

I found a fabulous video of Polina Seminova dancing on youtube and wanted to share. You will have to scan to the bottom of my blog and there you will see it. She is so graceful and such a fantastic dancer!!

It's Fall

It is fruit season...so what have I been doing?? I have been picking fruit, washing fruit, peeling fruit, squishing fruit and canning fruit. I actually got a few cucumbers from my garden this year to make a fresh batch of sweet pickles- colored dark green of course!

My tiny garden didn't produce much this year but I got a bunch of fruit from my daughters plum tree and apple tree and from my brothers grape vines. This weekend it will be bottles of apples, grape juice and plum jelly.

Chocolate Basket

Here is the yummy basket our guild is donating to be auctioned by the Utah Quilt Guild. It is crammed full of fabric, chocolate, a cupcake pin cushion, kiss dishtowels and candy pillowcases, a fabric sundae, patterns, and did I say chocolate?? Plus lots of other surprizes. The girls from our Feed Dogs group are fabulous!!!!!

Just her size!

I finished my favorite little girl a chocolate quilt. It ended up measuring 45 x 60. It is a fabulous size to put over her while she naps. We call it her ice cream blankie. By the smile on her cute little face you can see she loves it!!

I need a vacation!

My honey came home a couple of weekends ago and said "I need a vacation." I think I looked at him strange because he is already on the road all the time. But off we went to Moab.
Our friends invited us to stay at their house so we jumped at the offer. Preston Paxman- one of our dearest friends owns a fabulous business on the Colorado River. It is called Canyonlands By Night.

They have day trips that take you down the river to see all the beautiful rock formations. Then they have the tour they are famous for. (Sorry this sounds like a commercial but it really is awesome) Before dusk you head to the dining room for a yummy homemade dinner of pulled pork, pasta salad, dutch oven potatoes and homemade rolls. Then at dusk you get on the boat and it takes you upriver a few miles and stops.






When it is dark enough the boat floats back down river as an audio presentation is played with majestic music and lights are shown along the canyon walls. It is so beautiful. You can see every star in the sky. So the mini-vacation was a hit. I came home destressed and relaxed. Thanks honey for the idea!!







While there we drove about 45 min south of Moab up the canyon, above the quakies for a ride on the four wheelers. Always exciting!








The view from the top was incredible and we saw tons of wildlife.







Here is the horney toad the kids caught- which they were forced to leave behind ( I wonder why-eew!)

Photo Redwork

Did you see the post over on Becky's blog about photo needlework??
I thought I would share mine. --Of course, it is only my top because, you know I have trouble finishing quilts. :b
This is my Challenge Quilt from our quilt group last year. (We were given fabric scraps and had to creatively incorporate them in a quilt.) My photo is the house my grandfather grew up in- as it looked in the early 1900's.



I enlarged my photo on my computer and traced it on to my fabric, with my fabric and pattern taped on my patio door window. ( Windows work well if you don't have a light box! )
Then I stitched it up in red floss to match my blocks...