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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

New Toy Hauler

Rick's bringing the new travel trailer home tonight.  Will post pictures later.  The old one is being given to Eric T.  Yeah, it's out of here!

Taking Thursday and Friday off from work to get ready for the Bonnie Hunter Roll Roll Cotton Boll quilting class taught in Mineola at Stitchin Heaven on Friday.  Yeah.  Need to get to cutting for the class time of six hours.  Busy Busy Busy.

Will travel to Mesquite tomorrow morning and pick up the computer from Best Buy and possibly stop by Thomas Sewing Center to view and pet the fabric selections!  Need to purchase teal for the upcoming Mystery Quilt.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Great Weekend

Rick and I rode the roads yesterday.  First going east to Athens then on to Tyler then back west on I20 to Canton and then on to Dallas!  Good grief.   He's decided that it is just possible that we need a new RV.  He's looking at Toy Haulers and not at something beautifully fabulous but utterly functional.  It's so easy to get swept up within bumpouts and space and fabric choices and . . . I had to remind myself the reason and the purpose of having it.  If and it's a big IF money was not an option, oh my, hanging pendant lights, kitchens with actual islands.  All we need is bed, air/heat, toilet, and a place to sit.
Went to Toy R Us and purchased Grady's birthday gifts.  His theme this year for the big ole 3 is Monster Trucks (ha, so like his Daddy) - he's getting an electronic Grave Digger, a few small big trucks that will fit inside the car baggage along with batteries for the Grave Digger.
Breanna and Thomas are enjoying a weekend at Galveston with Thomas' brother and family.  So happy they are enjoying time away from Corrigan and having fun.  Breanna called up and we face-timed, Henry wanted to eat the phone! 

Thursday, October 9, 2014

Bonnie Hunter's 2014 Mystery Quilt

Bonnie's 2014 Mystery Quilt began today with the colors and yardage needed for the mystery quilt.  She's going with Green, Turquoise, Yellow and Pink all decided from her time spent in Michigan on Mackinac Island at the Grand Hotel.
Here's a link to her post regarding this new mystery.
http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2014/10/surprise-quiltville-winter-mystery.html

Here's one photo shared in the post regarding the colors chosen.  The ceiling shows the reason for choosing the torquoise, the carpet is where the badge came from, the greens and pinks are showing and the yellow is visable through the many flowers and awnings outside.

Grand Hotel green tufted sofa

So very many quilters are excited about another mystery, there will be many groups gathering together to discuss methods and share their progress through photo's.  Bonnie states within the 2014 introduction, quilters will be sharing their progress via Facebook, Blogs possibly Flickr and other message boards.  Again this year there will be a linky so that all can share the progress each Monday.  I hope to be able to share a few times within the linky!
One good thing about this years mystery, it's supposed to be easier than last years.  I remember those chevrons from Celtic Solstice.

And finally here is Bonnie with her clever yearly advice - -

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