August 27, 2008 | Fig Tree Quilts, Red Geranium Cottage, stitcheries, The Quilt Buddy | No Comments

Well, where to start…I am back form San Diego and what a whirlwind it was! It took me a day to just veg out and get back to East coast time and routine…so about my visit!

It was cool! On the first day Stefanie and I went to Temecula and met up with a fellow blogger at the Quilter’s Coop- who, you ask? Well it was none other than Red Geranium Cottage blogger, Sharon! I tell you she is one cool lady! We went to this cute little barbecue place down the road from the Coop and had a leisurely lunch chatting the whole time. I really did not want it to end!

After lunch we walked back to the Quilter’s Coop to do some shopping and sadly had to say good-bye to Sharon. It was great to meet you Sharon! You are awesome!

So we went into the Coop to drown our sorrows with some retail therapy! My how cute the Coop is- check out the loads of samples they have hanging and they have a wonderful selection of fabrics and patterns. I bought some gathered Ric-rack and some patterns from here.

Then we went onto Rooster Creek- wonderful stitchery store with some antiques and shabby chic decor products in the front. I bought some wool felt for a couple of the patterns from the Coop and a cute little felted bunny for The Little Ballerina.

Then we were off to get some Starbucks and to go home. We decided to get Rubio’s for supper. Let me tell you , if you have not tried their beer battered fish burrito…go get one…they are to die for! I dreamt about them the previous night knowing I could not get them out here on the East Coast! Yummm!

Well, I will leave you with that for now and tomorrow I will post about the second day and the Country Loft’s outdoor quilt show as well as the loot we got there! Also, here is my Hexagon progress- check out all of that Fig Tree love! : )

Until then…T.T.F.N.

June 18, 2008 | Butterfly Garden, Home Sweet Home, Leanne's house, Organized Chaos, stitcheries, The Quilt Buddy | No Comments

Well, I have completed Organized Chaos and finally downloaded the photos I took of it. I am excited that I have another finish under my belt- even if it was started last year! I used YLI blue variegated thread on the border and for the feather stitch on the blocks, cream in the polka dot border and Valdani variegated pink on the blocks. I love the YLI and Valdani threads! They are wonderful to work with.

So as I have finished a project, I was going to allow myself to start the project from a couple of posts ago….well then all of the patterns I have ordered recently came in and I wanted to work on those, and my Dear Baby Jane’s. So the quilt I have started is a pattern by Natalie Lymer of Cinderberry Stitches that I ordered from Australia called “Home Sweet Home”. It is too cute and I am excited to finish it! I managed to piece it all and trace the stitchery patterns yesterday and then I have finished one of the stitchery’s already! It is going to hang in my foyer to welcome people when they come in the door!

Stefanie and I also ordered “Butterfly Garden” by Leanne’s House and are going to start that together so both of us are in the process of picking our fabric’ s and then piecing the first block. This will be an ongoing project that we hope to put the finishing touches on together at our quilt retreat in November. Will keep ya posted.

O.K. so I am off to stitch some more birds and the Home Sweet Home block…more tomorrow about the goodies I got at ‘strip’ club on Saturday!
T.T.F.N.

April 20, 2008 | Lynette Anderson, stitcheries | No Comments

I think the title of this post says it all! I sawthis cute little stitchery block on Happy in Quilting‘s blog and ran straight over to see how adorable it is! I was hooked and today I just finished putting the itty-bitty borders on…on what you ask? On the Noah’s Ark Stitchery BOM from Lynette Anderson’s site. I love her patterns! I cannot wait until the rest of it comes out! I was sooooo excited with finishing them that I had to rush immediately to my camera and share them with you! If you have not already started these and or discovered her site, I say go for it! It is a cute project that is nice to stitch!