Lookie, lookie....

...what the mailman brought today. It's my winnings from the Strawberry Mallard blog!! It's so much fun to receive a surprise in the mail. Thank you, thank you, Nancy, and also thanks to Lynn at Rocky Creek Scotties for helping out, too. Duncan and Hamish are fighting over the dog collar charms!! They are so cute and will add a touch of "bling" to their neckwear. Thank you so much again for your generosity!!!

Now, on another note...last Thursday several of our guild members took a bus to Lancaster for the annual quilt show. What fun - and a quilter's dream with vendors and quilts galore. Here are a couple of the quilts that were on display - very inspiring. I also took the plunge and invested in an 18" Husqvarna longarm quilting machine. Now I won't have any excuse for not finishing my quilts!! It should be delivered in the next week or two, so I'm busy getting my quilting room ready and finishing up some quilting projects so they'll be ready to be quilted. Now if my hubby is looking for me, he can just hollar down to my quilting room 'cause that's where I'll be :o)

Hope you all are having a good week and do keep smiling -

I'm Excited!!

Friend and fellow quilter, Fran, and I are going up to New York City to see the Red & White Quilts display at the American Folk Art Museum on March 26th. I can hardly wait!!! We're taking the train up and back and it should be a fun adventure for us. We'll go up early in the morning, see the display, and then come home at night. It will be a fast trip and I'm sure we'll be tired...but happy :o)

The quilts on display (650 of them) are all from one collection - INCREDIBLE!!! This is the largest exhibition of quilts ever held in NYC and I'm so glad that we'll be able to take it in. I'm not sure if we'll be able to take photos, but, if so, I'll post some for you all to see.

Hope you all have a great day and keep smiling :o)

Happiness is.....

....a clean bed to sleep in - or half out of.

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Have a great day and keep smiling :o) -

Fun with Friends

Hi Everyone -

Yesterday was Sundae Quilters day at my house - I just LOVE these gals. We always have such a great time sharing laughter and love of quilting. Everybody has been busy working on their projects and Nancy showed us her Old Tobacco Road quilt, a Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt - looks pretty awesome. She also showed her flannel Mittens quilt - cute, cute :o)

If you like red & white quilts, check out thequiltshow.com and see the vintage quilts that will be on display at the American Folk Art Museum in New York City in March - looks like a great show and it's FREE - can't beat that!!

Dutchess decided to catch some ZZZZZ's on "mommy" Fran's lap. She had a busy morning "helping" everybody with their quilting projects :o)

Hope you all have a great week and ---- keep smiling :o)

It's Clean!!

My cutting table is cleaned off - finally!!! And here's the photo to prove it. Just my current project, which you can see on my design wall. Of course, you can't look in my storage cabinets :o) That will be my next project.

Have a great day and keep smiling!!

STILL WINTER

It's still winter here in south central PA - 6" of new snow last night. The pups are in their glory racing around the yard and "snuffling" under the snow - wish I had that enthusiasm. It is pretty, though, and with the bright blue sky, it's rather spectacular. Kudos to our plows - our road was clear this morning and is dry right now. Hubby had a haircut appointment this morning, so we went and did that and then decided to stop at Appleby's for lunch - yummy!! Now I'm heading downstairs to work on some quilting projects - photos will follow soon :o) I've also got in mind to CLEAN OFF MY CUTTING TABLE!!! Anyone who has been to my quilting room can attest to the fact that it's about time!!! I've got a couple of empty totes, so I think I'll gather all my UFO's and put them in these. Then I can find them when I'm ready for them - sound like a good idea??? I have to be careful to not fall under the "out of sight, out of mind" category, though. I'll keep you all posted on how much I get done :o)

Take care and keep smiling -