Rain

The rain has finally come back to Oregon yesterday. We have over 80 days or more of little or no rain. Everything was very dry with low humidity was a receipe for FIRES. We got a good rain yesterday with 1/2" by evening. I'm so happy to see and hear the rain to make Oregon Green again. We are transplants from Colorado. It is fun to hear people complain of the rain but why move here if you don't like the RAIN and GREEN. That was one of the reason we moved here was because it was GREEN most of the year. It was so BROWN in CO during the winter but here it will be a beautiful GREEN. We love Oregon and are so glad we moved here 11 1/2 years ago.

Northwest Quilting Expo

Here are a series of different quilts at the show. There were alot to vendors at the show. They had 4 different national quilters( Rob Appell Margaret Miller, Deb Karasik, Marci Baker and Helen Knott doing classes but decided not to take a class this year.

12x12 International Quilt Challenge

More pictures of the 12x12 IQC. I took individual pictures of the group challenge.

Northwest Quilting Expo

Here are some more pictures of the 12x12 International Quilt Challenge.

Northwest Quilting Expo

I went with my friend Paige to the Northwest Quilting Expo on Thurs in Portland. It was the 12nd show with over 300 quilts. There was a display of the 12x12 Quilt art group which was great. It is 12 women for different parts of the country and overseas that make a art quilt the size of 12x12. They pick out a theme and have 2 months to make it. There is a book about the group. My sister-in-law Mary suggested we start a group which she will get organized to start next year. There were alot of fanastic quilts. Everyone of them is a winner even if they didn't win a award. I will post several pictures of the 12x12 first and then a few pictures of some of the quilts at the show.

Hokey Pokey

I finished a twin size quilt from a pattern called Hokey Pokey this summer. It is so big to get a nice picture of it. I'm going to get a photo set up with stand and backgrounds to take pictures of my quilts. I want to use it to take pictures of my customers quilt when I get my quilting business started end of this year. I have a few pictures of the quilt but will take more when I get the photo set-up.

Happy September

It is hard to believe that summer is almost over but I love the fall. I grew up in Nebraska and the end of summer was called Indian summer. It was sunny/warm days with crisp nights and football season. I love the fall colors of the trees. Fall is apple season with all different kinds of apples, apple cider and caramel apples. I took a class at our local quilt store(Grandma's Attic) in June called Applefest. It was a paper piecing class. I went with 2 friends and had a great time. I finished my Applefest quilt this week. It is perfect for the fall and have it hanging up. I have posted a few pictures of it.