Hi Ho, Hi Ho

It's off to Houston I go and I am so excited to be going this year. My friend Ellen moved to Houston over a year ago and I have been wanting to visit her. Just so happens my visit coincides with the International Quilt Festival and, of course, I planned it that way! Ellen and I are going to have lots of fun and I might even persuade her to become a quilter. She's such a crafty person and she enjoys and appreciates all kinds of needle arts. We will be at festival all day Friday and if we don't get enough, we'll be back on Saturday. Lots of other things are planned... who knows, this might just be something we do all the time :)

I'm going to look up Billie Lauder so we can finally meet face to face and exchange gigantic hugs.

Check back... there will be pictures!

Hello Kitty Quilt

Quilted this for Siggi, her Hello Kitty Quilt. She sure had a time finding Hello Kitty fabric!

October BOM

Finally remembered to post this picture of the October BOM for the calendar quilt. I really like the way this block turned out and it was easy to make.

Darcy's Quilt

I made this quilt for my new granddaughter, Darcy, but neglected to get a picture of it before I sent it off to Baltimore.

So here it is!

Rambi

You may ask, what exactly is a "Rambi"? Well, one very blustery winter day, my husband was bored, but it was too nasty to work outside. We had this pile of stuff that we had been saving to make into yard art. We just started creating... welding... using anything of no value that we could find. And Rambi was created. The name comes from the fact that he/she is made up of Dodge Ram truck parts (the Ram) and BMW motorcycle parts (the B). When we first placed him/her in the yard, people driving or walking up the side road would stop... look ... and sometimes come back with a camera!

Quiltathon

Thanks to Judy at Patchwork Times http://www.patchworktimes.com/ for doing this Quiltathon. You would think, with my husband in Texas doing hurricane relief, that I would have gotten a lot done, but I haven't. I did manage to make this basket, which is not quilting, but sewing.








I also worked on another "Heart to Heart" wallhanging. I think I'll give this one to my neighbor, Lisa, because she will be taking care of Sasha, our Rottweiler, while I am in Baltimore next weekend visiting my son and his family, which includes a new granddaughter, Darcy :)

Finished the Bargello

Here is a picture of the finished Bargello quilt I made as a shop sample for the class I am teaching at Busy Bees Quilts in Edgewood, New Mexico.

Baseball Tablerunner

I made this tablerunner for my future son-in-law. He loves baseball, especially the Boston Red Sox. This will go nice with his collection of baseballs.

Yippee! I won a prize!

I just received an e-mail that I have won a membership to the Anilee Mystery Club!
If you don't know about Anilee's Mystery Hunt, then you should check it out! http://www.anilee.net/island/island.html
You can join in the hunt at the above address or when you find the treasure hunt logo on a participating website. I know how much we quilters enjoy a mystery and the hunt takes some time, but you go from website to website looking for clues. The mystery quilts are really cool. Hope you have as much fun as I did!

Busy Bees

I have been checking out various bloggers and their sites and came across my tall daughter Amy's site (she's not really my daughter, but I love her like one) and found where I can change the look of my background. Found the bees... and since I teach at Busy Bees Quilts in Edgewood, New Mexico, thought this was most appropriate. Speaking of Amy, she and her husband, Jesse, are expecting their first child in May. Another quilt to make! Yippee!