Back to school party for Victoria's class....

Have a look at this beautiful day this past Sunday afternoon. Victoria and her fellow classmates swam, ate and basked in the sun. A last summer blast!
The home is of fellow classmate family whom live in the Cloverdale area of Northern California. So below is the Sonoma County, California hillside with grapes. Great wines.



Working a little, so with getting the school routines jiving I will be posting some fabric related photos in regards to swaps coming up.

A party....

There is a party over at www.saltcreekquilts.wordpress.com, go and have a look.

I have gotten a hold of some fabric for my Christmas swap, shades of green, red, and off white. Going to be fun. Waiting for one more fabric to come into my LQS for Linda's Bag Swap. Then I can get started. All the other pieces have been cut already. My fabric for my Wizard of Oz for Missy has been cut as well. More time for sewing once both girls are in school. Is it the 25th yet? LOL I will be complaining in a month begging for school holiday to come so that I see them more. Vicious cycle.

Well this fabric below is going to be made into a quilt. Specifically the Autumn haze version. (the details I do not have with me at the moment, sorry) Well keep you posted.

Laundry....

The never ending saga of the laundry pile. The laundry is going to be worked on today while I wait for the TV tech to come by and fix our projector TV.

This is a quilted wall hanging that I made for my laundry room. I just love that it is a reminder of the laundry that was done over the generations of my decedents. My grandma was a line dryer and when I lived in Australia I also. Hubby has yet to put a line up for me. I mean sun kissed bed sheets, what I'm missing! (click on photo to see better close up)

The bulb died about two months ago. With it being summer and wanting to stay away from TV and the indoors we left it. So the highlights from the news and Olympics have come from the computer. I finally decided to get it fixed so that the kids can see the closing ceremony of the Olympics. It hit my eldest daughter the other day that she can do what her Auntie did. And that was go to the Olympics for riding horses. Victoria asked when the next one was and the conversation went on and on. Questions like when she was a toddler. Wow, I forgot how much I missed the out poring of questions.

So we shall see if her current drive is ready for London Olympia 2012?

Well the answer is Gabriella....

Well my youngest daughter started the fourth grade today. She had a good time and was excited. This is a new school for her. She hopes to meet many friends in the coming weeks.

Well from the two comments nobody picked correctly so with said I decided to have a drawing anyway.

I was able to put each of their names into a plam and Gabriella picked the left hand. The left hand held Sherry's name from If I Could Set My Soul Free blog. Great ideas over there. So go and have a look. And Sherry if you could send me your snail mail addy I will have squishy mail out to you.
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I decided to wait until you recieve your mail Sherry before I show a photo of the goods. I was kind of bummed with only two comments. And I got the feeling of, "I'll send a comment if the prize is worth it." Anyhow thank you for letting me vent a bit here.

Well here is one of the many first day of school pictures for fourth grade. The 25th is when Victoria will start 8th grade.

School Day...

Well the first day of school started for one of my girls today. I have only gotten two comments. Hummmmm, well I will wait for the child that has school to come home and pick the winner. If I get any more entries then they will be added to the guessing game and win some squishy mail.

Ok, I am back...

I am doing a guessing game. It is of which daughter starts school on Thursday the 14th of August? Victoria age 13?
or would it be Gabriella age 9?

All the right guesses will be entered into a drawing. All you need to do is leave a comment. Pass along the information and good luck! I will reveal the answer when I have my first day of school pictures of...oh almost gave it away. Oh, did I mention there is a prize? I will post a photo once I take the picture.

Have a look at Sadie-Baby (on the left) and Mr. Tubbs exploring up in the trees. We have four cats folks and with each their very own personality.

Well I have two quilts in progress at the moment, the black and floral print are the "Amelia" quilt then the blue with brown tones is the "Orion" pattern using the two inch thangles. Love those cheat-cheats.


Have a look at this Wizzard Of Oz quilt I made my best friend. She is a 39 year old Oz finatic! By the way I have joined a swap that Sherry is hosting for a Wizzard of Oz swap. This one is going to be a blast. Oh my goodness that makes three swap, I think I need to get through these before I do any more.


Who does not love a great, easy pattern? Well I found one in the BQ pattern. The horse jumping one is Victoria my 13 year olds. Then the cowboy one is just a top finished waiting for someone special.



Finally....What do quilts and Mike Rowe from the t.v. show "Dirty Jobs" have in common? Well my friends; at my husbands work they were demolishing mobile homes and "Dirty Jobs" came to our town to shoot a t.v segment. So I took a quilt I made with batiks using the "magic title" pattern and had him sign it. The reason why is because of a non-profit that my girls are starting. WE (the family working together) are making quilts with fabric I have gotten donated and then getting autographs on them. Once we have a handful, the web-site will be up and running. The signed quilts will have a raffle over a duration of time, then the monies raised from each raffle will go to that *stars* charity. For example: Trace Atkins=F.A.A.N Mike Rowe=labor/trade, etc.

Hello...Guessing Game....

I am coming back tonight to get some pictures and updates. School starts on Thursday for one of my girls. Which one? Leave a comment with whom it is. Victoria my 13 year old or Gabriella my 9 year old. A mini contest with goodies to win. Those with the right answer will be placed in a drawing for the goodies. Answer will be revealed on Thursday. Have fun.