Another Trip around the World

After I finished the Christmas Trip around the World, I was pumped up to quilt, so I pulled out some material I purchased at a local quilitng store, and went to work.  I love the colors, and this pattern is so easy, it was together before I knew it, so I went to town with my Mother in law and visited the quilting store to purchase additional fabrics for the borders.  I had some of the material for the back, but not quite enough, so I pieced a long strip from the scraps, I believe I have used all the left over material, that hardly ever happens!  I had just received a quilitng magazine and they showed the backs being pieced, so I thought what the heck!  Now I just need to get them quilted.....

Tulips, My Favorite!

I have a group of friends who annually make a calendar, we each pick a month, or maybe two months, we each make 12 pages all the same for that particular month, we send them to one of the ladies, who collects all of the pages, and binds them into a calendar, then sends us the finished project.  It is a great little calendar to have on my desk.  Each month is different, and it is fun to get them back.  This card was done with some left over Tulips, my month was April, and the tulip stamp just jumped off the rack!  I used 4 tulips per page, and I colored each one with colored pencils, in a different color, and I tried to be creative and tried to shade them, they turned out pretty good.

Trip around the world/Christmas

I have had the material for this quilt for some time now, I cut the strips according to Eleanor Burns, Trip Around the World, then I stopped and put it all away, away for a long time.  After I finished my King Sized quilt, I pulled this one out and I have been working on it at craft night at church for the past few months.  I pulled it out yesterday and finished it, and I do like it.  On the selvage edge of one of the pieces of material it gave a copyright date of 1991.  That means that the material is as old as my daughter!  So to say I have had the material for while would be an understatement!  I had a large piece of one of the materials and I assumed it was large enough for the back, however, I am incorrect so I will need to visit a quilting store to purchase enough of something 'christmas-ie' for the back.  It is lap-sized and I think it is a great size for one person.  I checked through my fabric stash, and I have other fabrics, a group of pink, purple and green, would be nice for a little girl, and I have bright colors that I purchased on the clearance racks.  So maybe I will get them out and cut them into strips as this design is nice looking and Eleanor Burns makes it easy to put it together.

Birthday card for Cory

Our friend Cory turned 50 this year, so I needed a 'man' card, of course all of mine are flowers, hearts, pastel colors etc.  So I sat down and made this card for him.  I like this stained glass stamp, I have several, but this one is the most manly of them.  I took this photo without the flash, so it is yellow, the colors were much better on the original.

No crafting lately

 We spent 4 days in Lincoln city at a rented house right on the beach with our good friends from California, Cory and Lisa and their children.  We had a great time and the weather was wonderful, wonderful by any standard, but especially by Oregon Coast standards, we had wonderful sunsets each evening.  Cory and Lisa and family also stayed with us the next week, they just left on Friday the 22nd and our house is so lonely and quiet, we already miss them.  It was awesome to spend time with them, and we are already looking forward to their next visit.

Now with the house so quiet I really need to get to work on Crafts, I did not do a stamping class this month, and I really miss getting together with the gals and crafting and creating.

Mitford Tea and Quilt Show October 9th 2010

Entryway to the  Tea Room aka Fireside Room



Quilts lined both sides



These were dated circa 1920





This is a quilt that my Mom had, but I don't know who made it.




This is a quilt top draped accross the chair is one that Larry's Grandma, Mable Brumley made.





Jacket made by a friend of my moms, the back is bargello.



At Bethel Church in Chehalis, we had a Mitford Tea and Quilt Show.  Mitford is a town created by author Jan Karon, she has many books, and even created a cookbook based on the food mentioned in her books.  The church asked for quilts to be brought in for display, and boy oh boy were they varied, and beautiful.  I just love quilts and it was awesome to see some very old ones, dated to 1920 and some very new ones, it was awesome.  The church borrowed teacups and saucers, so at each table no two cups were the same, they also borrowed teapots and again no two were the same.  We had wonderful food, little finger food type of sandwiches and sweets.  We also had 3 of Esther's Orange Marmalade Cakes to enjoy.  Larry's Mom Doris prepared 2 of the 3 cakes, very good.   It was an awesome day. 

In the Wild

This is one of my favorite sets, In the Wild from Stampin'Up!  I have used it for childrens cards, masculine cards, as well as feminine cards. No need to color the images, just stamp with the stamp pad of your choice.