First Friday Event

Oh my gosh! I had the best time at the First Friday event at Quiltworks.

Here is Marilyn, the owner. She and her husband really put on a wonderful show and are so friendly. The whole staff was terrific and very welcoming.

Remember this stack of quilts? Well, they turned that stack into this......

Even I have to agree my quilts looked great! LOL

The other group I was displaying with was the Woolies. You know wool is one of my loves too so it was wonderful!!

Guess who I met? Anna of The Woolie Mammoth blog!!

Loved these!! Anne, of Cottons N Woolens made these. I got to finally meet her too!!

I forgot my camera so I only took a few photos with my phone and then I swiped a few photos from Anna and Anne. Isn't that sheep with monthly blanket adorable?!

There was a nice size crowd.

Marilyn had door prizes and fabric on sale! That's always a bonus!!

And delicious food and imbibe. 

I want to thank my friends, old and new, for coming to Quiltworks and showing your support for my quilting!! And for Phyllis for recommending me to Marilyn for this event.

Now, I'd love for you to see better photos.
Anne has two posts- one to see the quilts and one to see the wool works.

Anna has made a beautiful slide show- don't miss it!!

2013 and Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative

2013 will be the final year for the The Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative. There is a high possibility that fundraising for this grass roots organization will reach the $1,000,000 mark this year. I think it is amazing and it happened because one lovely lady had a vision of helping to find a cure for this terrible disease.
This photo speaks volumes.

Ami and her mother, Beebe, in 2006, shortly after AAQI began.

To get the full update with final dates you can check out this page.

Here are three more quilts waiting for their registration numbers. I quilted and bound these on my trip.

I have made the $1000 promise which does not include the quilts Kathie makes and I finish. I figure I'll have 6 more quilts to make to reach that personal goal. I hope you'll support me buy purchasing my quilts.

As usual, I will be sure to let you know when mine come up for sale.

Thanks you Ami for all your hard work and love put into AAQI!!

A Little Porch Time top Completed!

I am beyond thrilled to have this top completed!! This was a monthly project for 2012 and I really liked the way of setting a monthly goal and working toward that during the month. It was fantastic to be working on it with some blogger friends too. I'd love to have you add your quilt, even if it isn't complete. The border was a lot of applique and I set a pretty ambitious goal to complete it.
Thanks for spurring me on!!

January Adventures with Sven

I thought before the month was over I'd share Sven's adventure. It was a perfect week for a quiltalong and I enjoyed reading the comments and emails and seeing the wonderful photos of Abundance!!

Here's my bags when I took off for Ohio. I also had a pack back that was pretty fat too and that is where Sven rode safely. Crazy quilters haul all kinds of things. The black duffel bags was 38 pounds worth of quilt tops, quilt backing, and quilt projects. I checked both bags and they made it fine round trip.

The first morning I was in Ohio it was snowing! It was lovely so we went and stomped around in the snow and fixed the feeder for the birds.

The next day we woke to beautiful blue skies so we knew we had to have a road trip.  Don't you love the name of this shop?

Sven found something at the next shop that reminded him of his relatives.

I knew when I saw this fabric I'd have to have a little.

Is this the cutest quilt shop you've ever seen?  It may be tiny but it was jam packed and the owner was young and cute and so friendly!

And it's called Olive Grace. Very sweet....

 

So pretty and picturesque.

 After all that shopping we had to revive ourselves at Paladar Latin Kitchen and Rum Bar. Need I say more?Yum!!

On the last day we went to the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame. They were very strict about photos, but I did manage to catch Sven wishing he could have played this guitar.

It was an awesome week spent with my good friend Kat. It was relaxing and we got A LOT of stitching done!!

On Thursday I'm posting my A Little Porch Time Quilt. It was a lot of applique this month but my top is complete!! I want to see everyone's quilts, even if it isn't complete. I know many of you have been working hard on it.