Saturday, October 8, 2011

I spent the day on Friday, my birthday gift to myself...making Korabell and her three kitties Krissy, Kitty, and Karl.  Probably hard to tell but I did make lots of progress.  I have all the cats cut out.  Korabell has her head, one arm, and two legs stuffed.  Kitty is stuffed too!  With the help of my classmates I have all the fabrics to make each of the pieces of clothing they'll wear, the cotton Pearle threads to put things together and rusty wire for their whiskers.  The hardest part was finding the right pink for the cats noses and the right tummy and paw fabric.  Thanks to Maureen and JoAnn's stash!  The fabrics behind the cats are the clothes they'll be wearing.  The tan wool at the lower left is for the tummies and paws.  JoAnn is a great teacher.  If you are in the area or just visiting and want to take a doll making workshop check at the Country Loft.


So let me share with you pictures of what was going on during our workshop.  The workshop was scheduled to make the cute fairy doll most were working on.  Clara and I worked on a different pattern.  Clara is making a much smaller doll that has a male companion; both will be dressed in Halloween attire.


Susan



Maureen



Linda and Mary



Clara



Linda



JoAnn

 

This is Kit Kat Mama with her kitties.  When I get done Korabell and her kitties will hopefully be just as cute as she is!

Friday, October 7, 2011

Happy Birthday Karen!


My birthday wish come true when I was 9 years young.  Back then I had two little brothers and when Mom told us our family would grow to one more baby brother or sister I wished for a baby sister when I blew out my candles.  Two days later my birthday wish came true.  Karen is married with two children and two cats.  She's just the best sister I will ever have.  I miss seeing her, but we are always just a phone call away.  This picture was taken the last time we were together when I was blowing out birthday candles at Seaport Village in San Diego.  I'll be giving her a call shortly to wish her the best today as I do everyday.


Let me share the Temecula Quilt Company's Red and White Quilt Show.  This event goes on the month of October.  This day was the Grand Opening and official start of the show.  I don't know who all the makers are nor do I know pattern names (except for mine and one other).  The shop is small, but the display throughout was done with such style.  When you enter the shop you are taken back...very impressive just as those folks in New York were with the recent Red and White Show at the Park Avenue Armory.  If you get the chance check out the show.

Krimson Khat at the bottom right position is a very large quilt.  Displaying large quilts was difficult for the shop. 

Bonnie and Mattie met me at the show that is just around the corner from her home.  Isn't Mattie her grandchild the cutest?

Hope you enjoyed the show!  I'm off to my Kit Kat Mama Workshop!  I'll have updates so check back soon.  Happy Quilting!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Happy Wednesday!  Its a special day for me today...my Birthday!  I learned that today is the most common of days to be born...now that is some trivia I never knew about until yesterday.  If you are one of them Happy Birthday to you too!  I hope you've got something special in your schedule to celebrate.  Bonnie and Sue are taking me to lunch and I've received well wishes and cards (which I love receiving) from several friends; ones that I've known for years too many to count on all my fingers and toes.  I love celebrating my Birthday!

So this week I've been working on what I want to work on most, Kolonial.  On Sunday I assembled all dark and light star blocks (two stacks on bottom right).  Last night I finished the remaining broken dish blocks (the two stacks at the front on the left).  Tonight I'll separate out the corner stone broken dish blocks and assemble what's left into pairs.  That's it and I'm ready to assemble the top.

Thursday night I'll have to gather my supplies for my Kit Kat Mama workshop at Country Loft in La Mesa on Friday.  I decided to give myself a Birthday gift with a class and a day off work!

Enjoy today, do something you want to do, and if you are celebrating a Birthday I hope you have some nice surprises.  We only get these days once a year, right?