Family Visit

Last week my brother and sister-in-law(Randy and Mary) came for a visit from CA. They hadn't been here in several years so it was nice to have them come to our house. We didn't do much but relax around the house. Mary and I went to the Gentle House Christmas Open House and our local quilt store Grandma's Attic on Thursday. I made crab casserole for dinner with green beans and salad. We all went up to McMinnville for lunch at the Golden Valley Brewery and then to the quilt store Boersma's. It was a nice day so the guys visited outside the store. We had soup and sandwich for dinner. Saturday, we went to the Woodburn Factory Outlet stores to find a coat for Mary. The rest of the day we relaxed and watched football. Sunday, we went out for breakfast at out local resturant Washington Street Pub and Grill. They left for the airport after breakfast. We enjoyed our visit with them. Mary brought alot of fabric which was great. We have great quilt stores in Oregon.

Quilting Projects

I have been working on several projects in the Fons&Porter Quilting Celebrations magazine. I made a small fall leaves wall hanging, mini mats with Halloween, and Jolly Holly table topper. I have a picture of the small leaves wall hanging. I found a great pattern at Grandma's Attic at my local quilt store called Fall Quilt by Bobbie G Designs. I used some of my black fabric called Confetti Leaves Michael Miller fabric. I loved it for fall/Thanksgiving season. I made a table topper from a pattern called Topper Twist with fall leaves fabric. I'm using some of my stash with these patterns. I worked on the Jolly Holly table topper today which I hope to get done in the next few days.

Church Banner

I was able to see the church fall banner that several members and me made for the side of the altar this past Sunday. It is a 12 ft banner with falling leaves on it. It was alot of work but looked great on the side of the altar.

Camping trip to Bullards State Park Bandon OR

Last week, we went camping at Bullards State Park in Bandon,OR for 3 nights (Monday-Thursday). There were several storms coming in over the weekend and Monday. We got to see the best storm watching with rain,wind and HUGE WAVES along the coast. Wayne, Dad and Maddie came in the pick-up camper and drove the VUE. I took my time getting to Bandon by stopping at the Factory Outlets in Lincoln City, Fred Meyer in Newport and Florence and 3 quilt stores. I stopped at the Quilters Cove in Newport and Wenz-daze Quilters Emporium in Florence. I went shopping at Forget Me Knots in Bandon. I found a cute beach materical in Florence and Bandon. We stayed in the campground with me in a yurt and the guys in the pickup camper by the yurt. Monday night we had a wind,rain, and thunderstorm come in at 11:00pm. You could hear the storm coming with lighting and thunder in a distance. It was very intense when it hit us with alot of rain,wind and huge crashing lightning and thunder that felt like it would hit you. It was nice to hear a warm yurt to sit in and eat our meals. We went over to the south jetty to watch the waves which were 20-25 ft high. Tuesday, we went to the beach and saw huge waves throwing HUGE LOGS around the beach. It was amazing. We went to see Sunset Beach State Park, Shore Acres State Park and huge rocks with seal lions and seals on them. You could hear them. We had a great campfire that night. Wednesday, the guys/Maddie went fishing on the Coquille River and I went shopping in Bandon and working on my binding on my fall quilt wall hanging. Dad caught a coho salmon 25" long and 15-16lbs. It was a naive salmon so couldn't keep it. We went out to eat in Bandon that night. We headed home on Thursday with me leaving early at 7:45 and guys later. We had a wonderful time camping and see a wild storm on the coast.