What a fun weekend! I jumped on the last minute opportunity to join my friend, Eve, for a trip to the Long Beach Quilt Festival. We drove down to Long Beach on Thursday morning, went to the Long Beach Aquarium, then checked out the show before it opened for preview night. We were fortunate enough [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Long Beach Quilt Festival
Posted in Uncategorized on July 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Thank You!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I am so completely overwhelmed with the outpouring of love, support, encouragement and friendship, that I’m almost speechless. Anyone who knows me, knows that’s extremely unusual! Thank you, everyone, from the bottom of my heart. I am truly blessed!
Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and Life Changes
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2009 | 30 Comments »
I haven’t written a blog post in quite a while. It’s easy to write about quilting, but this post is about my health. Someone once told me that if I wanted people to read my blog, not to post about health issues. I don’t know whether or not that’s true, but it is what it [...]
French Braid Quilt
Posted in Uncategorized on July 6, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I started quilting this customer quilt over the weekend, and I finished it today. My customer did a beautiful job of piecing, and I love black, white, and red quilts! The panto is called Square Spiral by Karyn Emmerson, and the thread is Holiday Red by Signature. I have the book, French Braid Quilts and [...]
Award!
Posted in Uncategorized on July 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was awarded this by Stacy. Thank you for the recognition!
The associated rules are to name seven things you like
and to nominate seven other blogs for the award, thus spreading the love. Things I like:
1. Rain Storms complete with lightening and thunder
2. Hummingbirds
3. European chocolate
4. Big, deep belly laughs
5. The sound of a rushing river
6. [...]
Update on Rose Hughes Workshop Piece
Posted in Uncategorized on July 4, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I’m not nearly done with this piece, but I’ve done a lot of work on it. The quilting is finished, and I’ve been adding rat tail trim to the edges of each piece. I ran out of it, or I’d have it all applied. Once that’s done, I’ll start the beading process. I’m going to [...]


