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.

Happy Fall

It has been awhile since my last blog and Sept is almost over. I'm glad fall season is here. It is one of my favorite times of the year. It has been 7 weeks since my hip surgery. I did get a another quilt to done in August. I brought the pattern and 8 fat quaters in Houston for the 2008 International Quilt Show. The pattern is called Follow the Leader and fabric from Pincushion Boutique Davis, CA. The fabric was a batik with blue, green and purple. I will get on the quilt machine next month. Paige and I went to EES last Monday and had a great time shopping for quilting things(books, pattern, rulers, fusible web, batting and fabric. I have been working on a 12 ft banner(2) for our church. It has been an experience working with a church group. Long story. I'm glad I got the banner ready to place leaves over it. I will be unable to work on the banner next week so won't see it until the 1st week of Oct. We are going camping to the northeast part of the state today. We are staying at Wallowa State Park near Joesph for 5 nights. We have never been that part of the state. It will be Maddie's 1st camping trip.
Yesterday, I went to Portland to the Northwest Quilting Expo. I got there early so was able to see all the quilts without a crowd. The quilts were fabulous. I will post some pictures later. Enjoyed the vendors.

Rainy Monday

It was so nice to hear it raining this morning. It never rains in the summer months. It is a surprise to have cool weather and rain on the next to the last day in August. I finished the quilt I started in Sisters last week. It turned out great and will have a friend quilt it for me. I would like to show it next year for our quilt show in April. It is called Old Hawaii. I took a quilt design class with Sally Frey in Sisters. I used some fabric I brought in Houston (International Quilt Show 2008) and fabric I brought in Maui. I will post a picture of it this week.
It has been 3 weeks today that I had surgery. I'm getting around with a cane and increasing my activities. I will start a new quilt project this week.
This was Maddie's first rainy day. She didn't know what to make of it. She is almost 13 weeks old and weighs 20 lbs. New pictures of her this week too.
Happy Rainy Monday that won't get me down.

Hello

I haven't been able to get much sewing/quilting done since going to Sisters. It has been very busy with a new puppy Maddie and then getting ready for my left hip replacement which was a week ago today. I was in the hospital from Monday to Wednesday. I had my right hip done 6 years ago so knew what to except with pain and moblity(walker and then advanced to a cane). I did get the last block done on my Old Hawaii quilt and started to put the rows together before surgery. I'm feeling better that I will try to sew on the rows this week. I will have my staples removed next Monday. I wanted to get an update on my blog and then post pictures of Maddie later. She is growing so fast.

Maddie Mae

We picked up our new golden retriever puppy Maddie Mae on Tuesday. She is 7 weeks old and keeping us every busy. She is so cute and full of energy. Tuesday night she cried for about 20 minutes and then went to sleep which was great. She did wake up several times and cried for a short time. She is learning fast in the potty training(house). She has learning to go thru the dog door in the sunroom. Sassy is curious about the new dog. Maddie is a little scared for her. There are going to best friends just like Mandy.

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

We had a great time in Sisters, OR for the Outdoor Quilt Show on July 10. Wed, we arrived at our campsite at the KOA Sisters/Bend. The KOA was great and had a nice site with several trees and great view of the lake and forest area around it. We had my high school friend Julie and her husband Doug come over from Bend for a reunion picnic at our campsite. I made chicken waldorf salad, crossiants, homemade potato salad, chips and Mai Tai's. Julie had a dip with chips and choc chip cookies. It was a fun evening. Julie was going to my 40th high school reunion the next day in Bellevue, Nebraska. Thurs, I had a design quilt class from 8:30-3:30 which was excellent. The teacher was Sally Frey from Fontura, CA. We had 22 quilters from OR, WA, CA and AK. It was great to see what everyone designed from their border materical. We had a huge room to work in which was great. The class was called Old Hawaii but everyone didn't have tropical prints. Thurs night, we went to the Ricky Tims concert from 7:00-9:00. They had show and tell which was neat. Ricky is a quilter and pianoist. He was excellent and tells great stories. He showed several of his quilts. Friday, we took a drive south of Bend and over to Mt Bachelor. We had dinner at the Three Creek brewery in Sisters. Saturday, I was a hostess for the quilt show from 9:15-11:30. I meet a quilter from Kalispell, MT that was a hostess with me. We keep a eye on the quilts in our area. We had a picnic lunch in the park and then I went looking at all the quilts. I founded my quilt near the area I was a hostess. Wayne walked over to see my quilt and took pictures. It was HOT but not as HOT as in the past shows. We were at the show from 8:00-3:00. The KOA had a BBQ for all the campers with a whole roasted pig, hamburgers, hot dog, fresh fruit, potato salad, cole slaw, baked beans, and fresh pies for $10.00. It was around the lake and had live music. The food was great and was alot of fun. Sunday, we headed home after picking up my quilt. We got home at 1:10. I will post a few pictures of the show.