Happy 10-10-10

This is a special day because it is 10/10/2010. It has been a rainy weekend with mild temps. I love the fall weather with leaves turning different colors, pumpkins, crispy/rainy weather, hot apple cider and fall food. Last week I helped finish make a 12 ft fall banner for the church. This my first time working with some ladies from church making a 2 banners for the side of the altar. It is light tan in the front with a dark brown on the back. We cut leaves to place on it. I put the 2 banners together which was alot of work and time. Long story short I wouldn't do it again(disorganized and lack of communication). I will try to get a picture of it this week.
I have enjoyed 10-10-10 because I was put on call this morning which is my 1st day back to work after over 8 weeks off for surgery. I was canceled the rest of the shift so started a wall hanging called Pumpkin Harvest. I made a table topper last week with fall leaves. I started a small wall hanging with several leaves. I will work on sewing the veins on the leaves.
Wayne's Dad is coming Wednesday for 3 weeks. It will be nice to have him here.

Northwest Quilt Expo/Wallowa State Park

I went to the Northwest Quilt Expo in Portland on Sept 25. I really enjoyed the show and the featured artist was Jean Wells. I got to the show early so was able to see all the quilts before it got crowded. There were 250-300 quilts with alot of great vendors. I got 2 patterns designed by June Jaeger called Quail Family and The Pictorial Northwest. She is the sister of Jean Wells. Superior Threads was there so got several spools of thread.
The next day we headed over to the far Northeast corner of the state to go camping at Wallowa State Park/Wallowa Lake/Josesph. It is a beautiful area of Oregon that we have never seen but heard alot about it. We went to 3 different quilt shops which were Pendleton QuiltWorks, Becky's Fabric in Lewiston,ID and Cattle Country Quilts in Joseph,OR which was my favorite. It was a cute shop with alot more fabric/patterns then the other 2 stores. I got a pattern that I have been looking for ages called Bali Sunrise and 2 fabrics on sale. Joseph is a cute town with alot of shops, resturants and beautiful bronze statues on main street. We had a great time camping and seeing this beautiful area called the "Switerland of Oregon". I love the barns in this area which are featured in several Country/Country Extra magazine.