This weekend is the Spring Trends show at Portland, an open-house event for retailers at E.E. Schenck, a Portland based fabric and notions supplier. After arriving late last night, my mom and I spent a long day at their warehouse, shopping til we dropped! My Durango is loaded with some great new things! Fabric, patterns, books, notions, you name it, it's in my car and headed home tomorrow! My dad and husband came with us this time, so it's been quite a comical trip.
Monday and Tuesday this coming week will consist of a marathon of quilting for me, as I try to squeeze in as much time as possible before we head off to Disneyland. Yes-That's Right! DISNEYLAND!!! We've been planning a special Spring Break trip as a surprise for the kids, and we leave Thursday for 5 days at Disneyland. Yes, I know I'm crazy, you did read the title of this blog, didn't you??
After I return, hopefully tanned and happy, it's back to school to finish my degree in May. Will's birthday is the 26th of March, so there's a party in there somewhere. Not to mention, 2 quilt shows in April, a shop-hop in May, a quilt shop basement to clean and repair, and a TON of new samples to figure out how to complete. All as I continue to chip away at the mountain of quilting to be done. Whew.....I'm tired just thinking about it!
Watch for pictures of the first Sun Surf Halter, which I finished Thursday evening. It's the cutest thing you've ever seen, and it was super easy, taking only 2 or 3 hours to complete. So maybe it fits my almost 12 year old daughter and it was supposed to fit my almost 7 year old daughter......did I mention the pattern runs large?
By the way - I think I saw some notes about a "Boss Is Away" sale some one is planning. You might want to pencil in a trip to Deary for some great deals next week!
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Now I Get It.......
I asked in my previous post what "Steamy Quilting" is and why everyone's searching for it. Thanks to a kind reader, now I know! You can too, if you visit the following website:
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35
Scroll down to "Listener Limerick Challenge" and listen for a few minutes. Turns out there was an interesting incident involving a recent quilting magazine article. It's actually quite funny, they had to sell the Jan/Feb. issue of Quilter's Home Magazine inside an opaque cover because the article title printed on the cover was too "Steamy" for store shelves. Yes, this is a quilting magazine we're talking about!
I tried to find this magazine online, and no luck. The copy of the issue I did find didn't refer to Steamy Quilting anywhere I could see. I guess they caved under the pressure and changed their cover.
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35
Scroll down to "Listener Limerick Challenge" and listen for a few minutes. Turns out there was an interesting incident involving a recent quilting magazine article. It's actually quite funny, they had to sell the Jan/Feb. issue of Quilter's Home Magazine inside an opaque cover because the article title printed on the cover was too "Steamy" for store shelves. Yes, this is a quilting magazine we're talking about!
I tried to find this magazine online, and no luck. The copy of the issue I did find didn't refer to Steamy Quilting anywhere I could see. I guess they caved under the pressure and changed their cover.
What the heck is "Steamy Quilting?"
My feedjit widget on the side of my blog has been blazing this week with people from all over who searched for "Steamy Quilting," or "Steamy Side of Quilting."
Could someone who's searching for it please tell me what the heck you're all looking for? My curiosity's got the best of me!
Could someone who's searching for it please tell me what the heck you're all looking for? My curiosity's got the best of me!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Comforts of Home Part 3
Look what I got done yesterday! I actually felt a little caught up on homework, and since I've reserved Sundays as my day off from long arming, I found some time to sit down at my lonely Bernina. Here is what I did!
These lovely houses are part 3 of the Comforts of Home Block of the Month. They went together wonderfully, in only a couple hours! If I had brought home the fabric for part 4 I would have kept going, but I didn't, so we took a hike behind our house instead.
It snowed again! Just when we were beginning to see grass around the edges of our yard, we got 4-6 new inches over the weekend. Winter is not giving up easily this year in Northern Idaho!
Well, that feeling of being caught up escapes me this morning, as I have 2 assignments due in 3 hours. I guess I might want to get started on them soon.....
These lovely houses are part 3 of the Comforts of Home Block of the Month. They went together wonderfully, in only a couple hours! If I had brought home the fabric for part 4 I would have kept going, but I didn't, so we took a hike behind our house instead.
It snowed again! Just when we were beginning to see grass around the edges of our yard, we got 4-6 new inches over the weekend. Winter is not giving up easily this year in Northern Idaho!
Well, that feeling of being caught up escapes me this morning, as I have 2 assignments due in 3 hours. I guess I might want to get started on them soon.....
Sunday, March 8, 2009
The Greatest Ideas Ever!
Moda has started a new blog site, called "Moda Bakeshop," and it's fantastic!!!! It is chock full of exciting and original patterns that use the Moda Precuts. Precuts are any fabrics that come precut, including charm packs (5" squares), Jelly Rolls (2.5" x WOF strips), Layer Cakes (10" squares), Honey Buns (1.5" x WOF strips), Turnovers (1/2 square triangles that make 5" finished squares when paired), etc.....
Take a look here for some great ideas!
www.modabakeshop.com
Take a look here for some great ideas!
www.modabakeshop.com
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