Happy National Quilting Day

I'm going to celebrate National Quilting Day by going to Trends at EE Schencks today. My friend, Paige and I are going to Portland and stay overnight at the Oxford Suites near Jantzen Beach. This is the spring trade show for EES. It should be fun and hope to win door prizes. Quilting has been a great postive in my life. It has been a great stress reliever and lets me be very creative. Happy Quilting Everyone!!!

Aloha

We love MAUI!!!

Maui Vacation

We went to Bubba Grump which is on the waterfront in Lahaina. I love this saying which was in the movie.

Maui Vacation

More pictures of Maui.

Maui Vacation

It is the 1st day of March and the weather is getting better in temperatures with a high 60 today.It is so much better than in the 40's. Thank goodness spring is around the corner. Last month, we went to our favorite state that has islands which is Hawaii. We went back to our favorite island which is MAUI from Febr 11-20. It was wonderful to be back and enjoy the sunny, warm temps(70-80's), beach/sand/snorkeling/whale watching/Hawaiian green sea turtles, our favorite resturants, shopping and visit 3 quilt stores. We stayed at Kaanapali Beach Hotel which is near the Sheraton/Black Rock. We had a partial ocean view from our lani but could see whales with and without binoculars. Our weather was different this time with no rain but with beautiful rainbows over the mountains and ocean. There was a High pressure system that wouldn't move which caused high winds/high surf warnings. We were able to snorkel 4 times but missed 2 days due to high winds. We saw alot of beautiful fish and swim with a green sea turtle twice at Kapalua Bay which is our favorite place to snorkel on the island. I did get to shop at 3 quilts stores which were Sew Special, Maui Quilt Store and Quilts N More. I will post a few pictures of our Maui vacation.

Church Banners for Lent

I'm on the worship committee at my church and we are planning what to do for Lent. I decided to make 2 banners and use the pattern from McCalls Quick Quilts Febr/March 2013 called Easter Blessing.The pattern is a table runner. The banners came out great and will show the committee them next week. Here is a few pictures of them.

Happy February

I'm excited that I finished my 1st customer quilt on Jan 31. I was asked by my neighbor in Dec to make a quilt for her 1st granchild due in March. The baby is going to be a boy which makes it easier to put out fabric. She wanted to pick out the fabric with my help and we got alot of cute prints. I picked out a quilt pattern from McCalls Quick Quilts Aug/Sept 2012 called Toddle Time. She want it to be bigger than 39x39 so made 8 rows instead of 6 rows. I changed the pattern to have a solid block with a angle block. I quilted it with E2E quilt designs called Playful. My friend, Paige made the label. I had a great

time making the quilt and it is so cute. Here are a few pictures of Brenda's baby quilt.