Vintage Trailer Quilt

Vintage Trailer Quilt

Friday, April 30, 2010

Mandy

Pets bring some much joy and happiness into our lives. They are alway their for you with unconditional love. Yesterday, we lost our Golden Retriever, Mandy. We got her when she was 6 weeks old. She would have celebrated her 11th Birthday on May 15. She had a possible brain tumor for the last 3 months. It has been so hard to see her health decline but had to made the hard decision to let her go to dog heaven.
She was a very sweet and loving girl. She loved to play ball and swim. We went camping in our 5th wheel she was always ready to go with us anywhere. She loved the big red truck. She knew the word GO. She would always greet you at the door with her tail wagging and gentle place her mouth in my hand(like a kiss) She would lay by my quilt studio when I was sewing.
We have some many happy memories of her that will live in our heart forever. She loved us and we loved her so much. I LOVE YOU Mandy.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Happy Birthday

Happy 59th Birthday to me. Last night we went to see Randy Travis with Roger, Karen, Paige, Lee, and Mike at Spirit Mountain casino. We ate at the buffet and I got an Old fashion cake to celebrate our B-Day(Mike and me April 24). Everyone enjoyed the buffet and concert.
Wayne treated me to lunch at Golden Valley Brewery in McMinnville. I went to Boesma's for my B-Day gift to myself. I got 2 different fabrics with a 25% off for my B-Day. I got several B-Day cards and a gift bag from Roger and Karen. It has been a nice B-Day!!!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Quilting Time

I have gotten alot of quilting time in this week. It has been fun making a small wall hanging with turtle materical. I went out of my comfort zone with no pattern. I found out I do much better with following a pattern. The turtle quilt is a little different but I like it.
I put the quilt I was working on the quilt machine yesterday. The pattern is called Prism. I used alot of of bright materical from my stash. I will start quilting on it this weekend.
I made a small quilt to hang in the bedroom with materical from Moda called Priscilla. This materical came out in 2004. I have alot of it so decided to make 2 small quilts to hang over our bed. I will piece the second quilt next week.
It suppose to be a nice weekend. We are going over to coast(Lincoln City) Saturday.

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Aloha and Happy Easter

We got back home on Thursday/Friday from a wonderful Kauai vacation. We found a great beach on the north shore called Anini Beach. We went snorkleing 3 days there and saw alot of beautiful fish and 3-4 Hawaiian green sea turtles. There is a huge reef(2 miles long) so it was protected from the waves. There was a High wind and surf warning during those days. It was unbelieveable to see the sea turtles swimming on the ocean floor and in the reef. I got a quilt kit with turtles. I can't wait to start making it. We miss the sunny and warm temp(upper 70's) in Hawaii. It has been rainy and cool (40-50's). We are enjoying a nice Easter with church and then a ham and fixings at home. Back to work tomorrow and then off for 4 days. Will start a new quilt project and put the quilt I finished on the short arm machine to quilt.