New Year 2014

Welcome to a New Year 2014. Last week was the 1st full week of the New Year and I wanted to post my goals for this year. I have several quilting activites planned for the year. Next week, Paige and I are going on our 3rd annual Greenbaum's Winter Retreat in Newport. We leave Thursday and the retreat starts Friday-Sunday. There are 76 quilters in a huge room with a oceanview working on their projects. The staff at Greenbaums have mini demos on different projects. It is a fun weekend with other fellow quilters and to get our projects done. I will post more after the retreat. I'm going to the Home Machine Quilt Show in Salt Lake City in May for 5 days. I signed up for several classes and may possible enter a quilt in the show. I will get to visit with my friend,Cindy that I meet at MQX. She lives in the Salt Lake City area. I plan to go to the new show by Quilts Inc in August called Sew Knit Quilt. This is a premier in Portland that will be held every year.I can't wait to see what classes will be offered this year. The catalog will come out in April. I plan on going to the Northwest Quilt Expo in Portland this Sept. I hope to take some classes and possible enter a quilt. That is a few of the activites planned for this year. My goals are: 1) Take classes to learn new ideas for quilting 2) Attend Quilt Shows(local) 3) Mid Valley Quilt Guild Secretary 2013/14 and 2014/15 4) Mid Valley Quilt Guild Make more comfort quilts 5) Increase my quilting business Quilting at Mistletoe Hollow 6) Possible start on Esty account to sell quilt items It is going to be a New and Exciting Year. It is like The Quilt Show saying "It Is A New Day Every Day"

2013 Happy New's Year's Eve

It is time to say goodbye to 2013 and welcome New Year 2014. It has been a great year for my love of quilting. I really enjoy blogging about my quilt projects. I made a beautiful table runner which I didn't show pictures of it. I love the fabric and took a pattern out of the Quiltmaker Quilt Blocks. I used a Anne Bright design called Flamingo Sunset. Here are pictures.

Merry Christmas 2013

I love Christmas. It is a special time of the year with a beautiful tree, lights and decorations. It is fun to see the outdoor lights which we put up every year. We always take a ride to look at the lights on other people's place. It is a time of family and friends. We went to Christmas Eve service last night to celebrate the birth of the Prince of Peace. I miss my parents alot during Christmas. I have fond memories of Christmas's of the past. I did make a Christmas quilt for next year. Here are a few pictures of it.

River City Quilt Show Nov 2013 in Sacramento

Happy December

Boy last month flew by so fast that I didn't get one blog written for November. I went to visit with my brother Randy and my sister-in-law Mary in CA from Nov 6-17. I helped Mary after having foot surgery. It was great to see them and get to sew with Mary in her quilt studio. We went to her guild quilt show which was fun. I have a few pictures of the River City Quilt Show form Sacramento. Mary had 3

quilts entered but not juried this year. She won best of show last year for her The Red Chair. I got home and got a bad cold that has lasted over 2 weeks. I did get 3 quilt tops started and finished them at home. I have one of the tops on the quilt machine that I made for our 5th wheel(camping). Here are a few pictures of the River City Quilt Show.

Strawberry Hill Quilt

Strawberry Hill Quilt

I have wanted to make my sister-in-law a quilt for a long time. This was the perfect time to make a quilt for her because she needed a comfort lap quilt made with love from her family. I found a postcard pattern called Blueberry Hill made by Villa Rosa Designs and had a jelly roll of batiks called Watermelon. I decided to call the quilt Strawberry Hill. I used a Anne Bright design called Cotton Candy and thread was Superior Thread King Tut called Harem. I found the border fabric at Center Diamond Quilt store in Cannon Beach, OR. It matched a fabric in the quilt. I'm going to give the quilt to her when she comes out here the week of Thanksgiving. She didn't want to see it until then and said it was ok to post on my blogs. I'm excited to give it to her next month. Here are pictures of the quilt.