Multifarious Monday

I made a quick trip to San Francisco for a Northern CA Meet the Teacher event. I think it went great and have my first booking for 2027!

You have 3 minutes to give your spiel....

And a total of 6 quilts telling about your trunk shows and workshops. I think it went great and made some good connections and gave a hug to an old friend. (Not old in age!) Hi Nancy! I loved seeing you!

 On my way home I had snow locally! Oh fickle spring!

Then we had a lovely day! My son and his girlfriend came and went hiking with me. I love this picture so much!

I needed mileage so I opted to take the river trail and they went up and over! I hoofed it pretty good so I wouldn't keep them waiting and I beat them! It was fun to see them coming down the ridge.  (They are right in the middle)

My SIL passed away in 1986 at the age of 29. My other SIL had this unfinished from her ever since then.

When she heard Rene did a stitchery for me she gave this to me to give to Rene. I'm sure my SIL made this when she was working on cross stitch and embroidery. My daughter was thrilled with it and when we get together we'll try and figure out how she can complete the partially completed cross stitch and give it to her cousin. He was 5 years old when his mom died so it is nice to have things and meant something to her. 

My little swap quilt is going out in the mail today! I hope everyone is making progress. 

Let's have an awesome week!

Mid April This and That

Jane Haworth was the guest speaker at the High Desert Quilt Guild. What charming quilts she makes!

I was able to get away on a nice Saturday and spend some time with my kids! We did an urban hike and this was the view!

I'm trying to get into backpacking fitness so I had a 15 pound pack on. Trying to keep up with the whippersnappers wasn't too difficult. LOL

 I love Portland in the spring with so many lovely blooms. 

Typical spring in Central Oregon. 60 degrees one day, snow the next! I get out to hike when I can. 

I had a lovely guild trip to the Village Quilters in San Diego. 

It was a smaller group, but so friendly and fun!

Show and tell is always fun but these ladies hardly gave me time to take a photo! 

They had a round robin reveal which was fun to see! They were all spectacular!

Lunch after guild is a time I really enjoy getting to know the ladies a bit better. 2nd on the right was my host Deborha. My flight didn't leave until 6PM so she graciously took  me to a couple of quilt shops. 

Grand Central Quilt & Stitch was adorable with lovely antiques and all the type of fabric I love. 

And Look! Eleanor Burns Quilt in a day! I had no idea it was located here!

It was a ware house full of SO much fabric! 

I think they do a lot of online orders. 

After Eleanor retired her son took it over. I love that!

My son happened to send me a text and ask what "dad and I are doing today" I responded- quilts, palm trees and sunshine in San Diego! Here is the photo I sent him. 

I'd love to visit your guild! I'd appreciate you passing my name to your programs person! I'll be in Walla Walla mid May for a quilt guild! If you are close by please come!

I'll be at the Meet the Teacher event tomorrow in Pleasant Hills, CA. If you represent your guild there please stop by and say hi. 

Spring in Central Oregon  brings chicks to the farm store! They are so cute!!

I've added quite a bit of fabric to my Etsy store- check it out HERE if you'd like. 

There is a little over 3 weeks to get your swap quilt completed. I hope you are on track! I'm hand quilting the last border, then will label it and bind. YAY!

I hope you are having a great week! 

 

Wednesday Catch up!

I went to a Meet the Teacher event in Pleasant Hill, CA this week.

I was thrilled to see my long time friend Nancy! She used to come to the Sisters Outdoor Quilt show and we'd sew, laugh and have a grand time together with a group of ladies. We had a lot of fun times together so it was so lovely to give her a big hug!

Teachers sign up to present and we have 3 minutes to give a spiel to guilds and encourage them to hire you. 

A quilt of Guatemala. You know my heart is there!

I only have last year to compare but it was not well attended by teachers or guild board  members this year. 

They limit the teachers to 30 and only 16 were there!

This is Sarah Goer who was next to me. Improv seems to be what the CA quilters want. Her quilts were improv and very well constructed. She was very sweet. 

And, in other news:

A  quick overnight backpacking trip...

Before heading to the city. 

Alcatraz Island was so interesting!

Hubby broke out and made it home with me!

Love ya'll! Have a wonderful weekend!

 

Meet The Teacher

This was a fun event I was able to go to this past week.

Guilds and teachers come to the event and hopefully make a connection and find speakers and teachers for their guilds. This one happens to be the North CA MTT event.  

This was so sweet. I met Donna years ago on Bonnie Hunters first quilt cruise! I'm so glad she introduced herself as I wouldn't have remembered since it was a large group on the trip. I'm hoping to visit their guild in August. 

These giant flowers and the bridge! Wow! And look at the sunshine!

My son met me there and we had a short but fun trip!