The Big Move

It has finally happened, we're moving to Oregon. This is a picture of our new home. This has been a dream of mine and my DH for five years. It didn't feel like it was going to ever happen but in less than a month we found a home we love at price we can afford in a neighborhood we like. The house is like new and has all the features we wanted. I'm going to miss my friends but I have already made friends in Oregon over the past years while visiting and I have family there. I invite all my friends to come visit. I'm going to fix up one of the bedrooms into a cozy, comfortable guest room. The other room will be my quilting room and I have some great plans for that. As for the physical part of moving, not so fun. I just spent two days having a garage sale and I find that shopping at one is more fun than having one. I will keep you posted on the moving progress.

Wishing you a blessed week.

Vacation Highlights

I'm back home and not happy about it. I had a wonderful time in Oregon and didn't want to leave. I spent Saturday at the 35th Anniversary Sister4s Outdoor Quilt Show. I love Sisters and recommend you visit if you ever have a chance. I worked at The Sewing Basket booth selling fabric, notions, and kits. I met wonderful people from all over the world, that's right, world, and saw so many beautiful quilts. I met a lady from England and she was such a kick. She was comparing the style differences in the Oregon area quilters and what they are making in England. I had an interesting chat with a couple of ladies from Canada. In case you don't know, people in Canada are taxed up the kazoo. She had to make sure that she didn't purchase over $400 because of the taxes she would have to pay when crossing the boarder. In Oregon there are no sales taxes so you can go crazy when you are shopping. When you are paying VAT tax and sales tax and who know what other taxes you just don't have any buying power. She said she buys on the Internet because taxes are higher than postage. The picture below is the view from our booth. I love the quilts hanging everywhere. This is the front of our booth. It was a nice day with a cool breeze keeping the temperatures down.

This is a not to close up of my sister-in-law in the booth waiting for the next customer. We had a very successful day and I'm looking forward to next year.

We stayed at the Holiday Inn in Bend. Bend has some great quilt shops and we visited all of them. I didn't buy fabric but I did pick up some notions that The Sewing Basket doesn't carry and some patterns. It's interesting how each shop carries different merchandise. Most sell sewing machine too. We dinned at some great restaurants and I'm sure I gained a few pounds. I'm not anxious to confirm my suspicions. I'm home now so it's back on the program.

I did get a chance to quilt my Sister's Choice quilt. I need to get the binding on and wash it. I'm very pleased with it.

I have a quilt meeting tonight and some work to do so I better get with it. I hope you're enjoying your summer and you have a blessed day.

A Time to Remember

Wishing you a safe and Happy 4th of July. I hope you will have the opportunity to spend this day with family and friends and take a few minutes to reflect the meaning of this day and how it came about. We are losing a lot of our freedoms, many of which we take for granted. Some of us aren't even aware of it. Maybe that is because the very people who are taking those freedoms are elected officials that are supposed to up hold our Constitution and represent us, the people. Hundreds of thousands of people died throughout the years fighting for our freedom and we should never take it for granted.
God bless you and America.
Stay safe

Friday Fantasy

I got an email the other day announcing the Gammill Vision 22. OMG, I gotta have it. I went to their web site and watched the demo video and OMG, I gotta have it. The quilting in quilts have always been my favorite part of quilts. I have seen some butt ugly quilts turned into masterpieces by the quilting. I've seen plain simple blocks stitched together and quilting made them spectacular. I have been trying to hone my quilting skills on a Viking Mega quilter. It stitches fine and is doable, up to a point, the point being 8 inches of throat space. It is very difficult and sometime impossible to quit a twin or bigger size quilt in that little space. Have you ever tried stuffing a marshmallow into a piggy bank? Viking did come out with a new version of their Mega Quilter with a larger throat space but I'm ready for the big leagues. My DH is looking at buying a truck to replace my 93 Honda, I'm looking at this New Gammill and to heck with a truck. So I'm cranking up my creative problem solving skills, film at 11:00.
You really should check out this little jewel. I see a road trip coming up for me in my future.

Wishing you a blessed day.