Sea And Green Modern Quilt

My Quilt is featured in the Spring Edition of Modern Quilts Unlimited!

I am still amazed!  It's crazy to see it in the magazine.

I made this quilt after a  3 day class in our studio.  I had all kinds of fun with color and  design elements. This turned out to be my favorite choice for a quilt.

Country Music Weekend in St. George

 This is the most beautiful venue for a concert. Tuachan in St. George is set in these amazing Red Rocks.  We went with Dick and KC to hear Diamond Rio.  We sang along to every song.

Jerry and his brothers sang at the Care Center Saturday morning and mom and dad came to listen, but it's getting harder and harder to get them out of security when it's all over.  AND, the Condo.  A place away from the snow.  Just not sure who is going to get to really enjoy it....

From Sketch to quilt

Lots of doodles  until I finally found what I wanted.

I entered this quilt in HMQS.  The Quilting Show for our area.  We'll see how it does. See if all the sketching was worth it...

Midway Retreat

It was a get away in the mountains and no husbands. But there was a frog to kiss.... and hug.  The resort was charming. No Prince, but Vicki, Angie, Kimmy Brunner, Cheryl and I found  a frog to kiss. 

This is where I stayed, and this is me getting a picture of  the sun coming up.... SEVEN am and I am headed to breakfast.  This is my charming cottage, that I hardly had a chance to enjoy.  We were very, very busy teaching, laughing and  eating.  All buffets.  And food  breaks between lunch and breakfast and lunch and dinner and treats for the night gatherings. UGh!  Why is food always too good to pass up?

Jill Finley came and did a trunk show and Cheryl and I raced right up to get her to sign our copies of her book.  We had to twist her arm to get her to write that we were her biggest fans.  Which we really are.

This is me... teaching I'm sure. At the  first of every class I have to start with a joke. At least they get a good laugh out of my classes.

And this is my class of very good students.... the ones who followed ALL of the directions and laughed at my jokes.  I try to warn them ahead of time that I am telling a joke and when I stop talking is when they should laugh.

At the Homestead Resort there is this cave with clear blue water 65 feet deep.  I've been to the Homestead lots of times and looked at the water and the people inside.   I made the other educators promise that we would all go swim.  No cameras allowed.  It was on my bucket list ... well after all it is close to home, one of those things you just really ought to do before you die. Turns out we are almost dead.  We were supposed to pay $15 to swim and the guy only charged us $10. Angie wanted to go back and pay the five bucks when she figured out that we ALL got in for the Senior Citizen discount.  We had been so busy all week that this was the highlight of it all...just soaking in the warm water and relaxing. Oh, and laughing, a lot.

This is only a Test!

I took my machine to work for them to put a new part on it.  They said take it home and test it. Sew a lot.

 I just started with a border of feathers.  I need a sampler of micro designs for a class I am now teaching so I started adding them to the center.  This is one of those times when it is just fun to sew like crazy and not have to think very much.

Easter

We only had 5 grandchildren to play with for an Easter Egg hunt on Saturday.  That didn't seem like many when you are used to a dozen.  We still had a great day.  Hid eggs, found eggs, colored eggs.

Eldredge Bros and St George

First Mike and Dick both came to Salt Lake and they did a Friday afternoon at Millcreek Center, singing and entertaining.... which means jokes and stories and whatever else happens.  The next weekend we went to St. George and they sang at the care center there.  We spent a lot of time with Mom and Dad.  They are feeling their age.  We also looked at our new condo.  It was kind of nice to see what we bought.  It took 2 weeks from our first phone call until the deal was closed... must have been right. Hope so.

January

That really is a lemon tree and it's me in sunny California for a quilt show.  I really lucked out getting this assignment.  I took 3 days of classes with  Angela Walters, a quilting teacher.  I love her quilting and I learned so much from her. It was very fun.

I came home and made several quilts using what I learned from Angela, including a sampler of lots of designs for quilting modern quilts.

I've had lots of time to quilt, which is maybe why I don't mind winter.  These are some ideas I came up with using stencils as a starting point.

Jerry's Birthday, family, his favorite chocolate cake with white fluffy frosting.  I really love this guy.  They don't come any better.