Neutral Yellow Brick Road

Oh, and I have been quilting and recently finished a lap quilt in neutrals using the Yellow Brick Road pattern.  I’ve done this pattern before and enjoyed it immensely.  But I’ve never done it in neutrals.  This was a kit we found at a terrific quilting store in Great Falls, Montana.  

One thing I learned about kits was to NOT wash the fabric first.  One fat quarter in this kit shrunk A LOT and I had to find something in my supply to fill in the gaps.  My dad and stepmom will be getting it for Christmas.  

Once I get a quilt on the frame, I have to get over the fear of taking that first stitch.  Sometimes, I wish I could be more like my aunt and just dive in (or, as she says, jump off the cliff)!  Anyway, I think this turned out really well.

Neutral Yellow Brick Road

Oh, and I have been quilting and recently finished a lap quilt in neutrals using the Yellow Brick Road pattern.  I’ve done this pattern before and enjoyed it immensely.  But I’ve never done it in neutrals.  This was a kit we found at a terrific quilting store in Great Falls, Montana.  

One thing I learned about kits was to NOT wash the fabric first.  One fat quarter in this kit shrunk A LOT and I had to find something in my supply to fill in the gaps.  My dad and stepmom will be getting it for Christmas.  

Once I get a quilt on the frame, I have to get over the fear of taking that first stitch.  Sometimes, I wish I could be more like my aunt and just dive in (or, as she says, jump off the cliff)!  Anyway, I think this turned out really well.

This Summer

It’s been awhile since my last post.  The summer has gotten away from me.  We have had a busy few months.  As I noted in an earlier post, I had a great time on vacation in Idaho and Montana, visiting with friends and family and, of course, shopping for fabric.  Living where we do, we often have company staying with us.  It also helps that we have a “cabana” in the back yard.  This summer, we got to know some of my cousins I had not met before.  We thoroughly enjoyed Aaron and Jennifer’s visit and hope they find their way back over here someday.

Another project keeping me busy this summer has been digitizing family photos -- hundreds of them!  I'm lucky to have four sisters and none of us had any photos from our childhood.  So I've been busy scanning them into the computer and trying to keep them in some sort of chronological order.  I've got most of them scanned and plan to get copies to my sisters.  After that, there's a box of geneology/historical photos to do but I may have to save them for later.  I've got quilting to do!

Last month, my husband, Scott, and I traveled to Monterey, California, for a memorial service.  It was a great opportunity for my husband to reconnect with members of his extended family and to revisit the places where he spent much of his childhood.

The beach at Pacific Grove

Deer in the neighborhood

Remembering

This Summer

It’s been awhile since my last post.  The summer has gotten away from me.  We have had a busy few months.  As I noted in an earlier post, I had a great time on vacation in Idaho and Montana, visiting with friends and family and, of course, shopping for fabric.  Living where we do, we often have company staying with us.  It also helps that we have a “cabana” in the back yard.  This summer, we got to know some of my cousins I had not met before.  We thoroughly enjoyed Aaron and Jennifer’s visit and hope they find their way back over here someday.

Another project keeping me busy this summer has been digitizing family photos -- hundreds of them!  I'm lucky to have four sisters and none of us had any photos from our childhood.  So I've been busy scanning them into the computer and trying to keep them in some sort of chronological order.  I've got most of them scanned and plan to get copies to my sisters.  After that, there's a box of geneology/historical photos to do but I may have to save them for later.  I've got quilting to do!

Last month, my husband, Scott, and I traveled to Monterey, California, for a memorial service.  It was a great opportunity for my husband to reconnect with members of his extended family and to revisit the places where he spent much of his childhood.

The beach at Pacific Grove

Deer in the neighborhood

Remembering