25 July 2012

. . . my favorite day of the month {and a winner} . . .

. . . yes, today was quilt group . . .
. . . good thing, too, 
because i was in withdrawal 
from missing it 
the last two months . . . 
. . . i love my children 
and i was so happy 
for the chance 
to visit drew and jessalyn 
in utah 
and amber, chris and children 
in california, 
but i will 
~ from here on out ~ 
be a little more careful 
with my trip planning . . . 
. . . there's only one third wednesday 
of each month . . . 
. . . no need to be out of town 
on that one day! . . .
. . . so 
~ after my prolonged absence ~ 
you'd think i'd be excited 
and take lots of photos . . .
. . . well ~ think again! . . .
. . . when we were nearly finished 
for the day, 
i snapped a couple of pics . . .
. . . and i'm so disappointed in myself
 for all the things 
i didn't document . . . 

. . . like the amazing quilts
nedra is working on . . . 
. . . she's a professional 
scrap user upper . . . 
. . . and she turns those scraps 
into works of art . . . 

. . . gina whipped up a baby quilt 
and a doll quilt 
in a couple of hours . . .
. . . then she and renee served 
an italian lunch feast . . .
. . . salad, pasta, sauce, bread 
and panna cotta . . . 
. . . oh, my . . .

. . . vicki is working on 
adorable birthday wall hangings . . . 
. . . i am most likely 
going to steal one of them 
when they're finished . . . 

. . . renee worked on one 
of her signature 
minkee and satin 
baby blankees . . .

. . . candice sewed 
strips of vintage modern 
for a grandbaby's chevron quilt . . . 

. . . holly stitched away 
on a project 
that might take a while . . .
. . . embroidered blocks 
depicting famous children's books . . .
. . . a labor of love . . .

. . . amanda popped in and out 
between her 
relief society president duties 
and back to school 
immunization appointments . . .

. . . so excited julie's 
going to join us from now on . . .
. . . can't wait to see 
what she'll work on first . . .
. . . whatever it is,
it will be spectacular . . .

. . . we missed jamie and janet . . .


. . . i think if this quilt 
and this quilt 
had a baby . . .
. . . it would look 
like this gorgeous quilt
 that karen is working on . . . 
. . . bliss and snowballs . . . 
. . . perfect combo . . . 
. . . i absolutely love 
the tiny cornerstone squares 
in this pattern . . . 
. . . they add so much . . . 

 {isn't it so pretty?}


. . . gina has an entire bolt 
of this mustache fabric . . . 
. . . pretty sure i laughed out loud 
when i saw it . . .
. . . so clever . . . 



. . . here's one of peggy's projects . . . 
. . . she's started 
a great granny quilt 
for a grandson on the way . . .
. . . lucky baby! . . .

{that tiny gingham background will be fabulous} 

. . . me? . . .
. . . i didn't get done 
nearly as much 
as i thought i would . . .
. . . could it be because 
i was yakking too much? . . .
. . . could it be because 
i was admiring 
everyone else's work too much? . . .
. . . could it be because 
i was 45 minutes late? . . .
. . . could it be because 
i spent too much time with megan
 designing my ipad cover . . .
. . . could it be because 
i was savoring 
every single mouthful 
of that lunch? . . .
. . . who cares? . . .
. . . bottom line? 
i finished a couple of blocks . . . 


. . . and today . . . 
. . . that was good enough for me! . . .
. . . i just love spending time 
with these ladies . . . 



. . . and . . . 
. . . yep! . . .
. . . today's the day . . .
. . . congratulations, rachel! . . .
. . . you get to pick out 
a couple of your favorite oops! . . .


. . . thanks to all of you 
who left such nice comments . . . 
. . . don't worry . . . 
. . . just as soon 
as jessalyn and drew 
have their baby girl, hayden . . .
{grandchild number eight}
. . . there'll be eight more winners . . .
. . . stay tuned . . .



2 comments:

Rachel Cunningham said...

Yay!! I'm so excited!! My sisters are going to love me. My email is brcunningham@cox.net. I am up in Snowflake until Saturday. Thank you!!!!!

kylie said...

Yea Rach!! So glad you won! :)