An Outing...

Yesterday Nadine, Brenda and I decided to head out to Prineville to check out a fairly new quilt shop that had opened last June. It's about 30 minutes from Bend, so we had a nice drive out there. The drop down into the town is always such a pretty sight to see. Big cliffs on one side of the road and the valley on the other.
The shop is The Quilt Shack and it's owned by Rhonda Krider. She's a ball of energy and told us that before owning this shop, she owned a coffee shop. We think she still had some caffeine lingering in her system. LOL .

This is the view when you come into the store.

Loved this antique cheddar quilt.

That's Nadine on the left, Brenda on the right.

Lots of variety in the fabrics. Amy Butler, Moda, etc.

Some "critter" quilts too.

This apron was adorable. It should be called "4 and 20 Blackbirds". And it might be...I honestly don't know. LOL

She even has a room full of yarn.

Prineville is horse country, so of course there had to be cowboy/horse fabrics. Very popular in this area.

And then....look what I found.... The "Little Jelly Bags" pattern that I designed with Anne at Bunny Hill. How fun to see it in the store with SAMPLES!

These are the "Bitty", "Small" and "Large" bags.

This one is the "Medium" bag. I didn't expect this trip to be a business trip! ;-).

Thanks Rhonda for a fun visit.

From Prineville we headed out to Redmond to my favorite Antique Mall. Stay tuned for more pictures.

Trip to Calif

Last week we drove to California to visit my Mom and brother since we weren't able to see them at Christmas due to the snowy weather.

We had beautiful weather the whole drive. This is Mt Shasta which is always such a beautiful sight towering so high.


California is experiencing a severe drought which was very apparent when we drove by Lake Shasta which supplies water to much of California.

I can't remember ever seeing it this low. They will need alot of rain to get out of this drought.

This is what I was working on in the car. It's another block of "Reminiscence" by The Rabbit Factory. Someday I'll get it finished!

On Friday I met up with Anne at HomeGoods and then we had a yummy lunch at Macaroni Grill. Go on over to her blog and see what fun things she got at HomeGoods. She LOVES this time of year. Bunnies multiplying everywhere.

Saturday I met up with my girlfriends and we had a whole day of shopping, eating and laughing.

We all met at Janet's house and she had bagels and fruit for us. Everything looked so festive. It was all decked out for Valentine's day.

The bowl was as pretty as the fruit.

And under our plates? Some fun stickers! She also made us towels with hearts applique'd in wool, a geranium plant, a shaker candle (actually it's a candle in a jar that you'd put parmesan cheese or something like that). And we also got a cute little candle and dish. I forgot to take pictures. Sorry about that.

So, after visiting for awhile, we went over to Bearpaws and Hollyhocks Quilt Store for some retail therapy and by the time we were finished shopping there, it was time for lunch.

Aha! Look where we went. Yep, my fav place...Panera Bread. I had my usual French Onion Soup and was a happy camper.

From there we went to Auburn to Cabin Fever Quilt Shoppe. It was a Top 10 quilt shop a few years ago in Quilt Sampler magazine. Sorry I didn't get any pictures, but I get very involved in my fabric shopping and actually, didn't even think about it. Bad blogger!

On our way back to the car we spotted this darling little sandwich shop. Too bad for us....it was too early for dinner. (Although that hasn't stopped us in the past...LOL)

Saturday I'll post pictures of all Janet's decorating. Her house looked so cute.

I wanted to thank everyone for the nice comments you've been leaving me. Right now I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with all the emails because I usually try to respond to your comments. However....my Mom has DIAL-UP! Needless to say, it took way too long to get online to answer the comments and to try and read a blog was nearly impossible. So, if you asked me a question and I didn't get back to you, please ask again. I know you'll all understand if you haven't heard from me.

Hugs, Anne

Shopping in PJ's

And I don't mean on the internet!

Yesterday The Stitchin Post , home of the Sister's Outdoor Quilt Show, had their annual Pajama Sale. The earlier you get there, the bigger the discount, and if you are wearing your PJ's, you get an extra 5% off.


Obviously, lots of people thought it was worth their while to wear theirs.

Here are Valori and Jean, owners of the shop. Such good sports to let me take their picture. They had both been there since before 6am. Ouch!

And here's my loot. The red floral in the upper left is what I'm going to use to make a tent for Emma for Christmas. Wish me luck!

Since I was up and out of the house so early, I thought I should go to the Fairgrounds to a Christmas Boutique.

Saw lots of signs...

Snowmen...

Santas...and

Angels. Did I buy anything? Hmmmm, it's a secret!

Then, since I was at the fairgrounds and close to my favorite antique mall, I decided to head on over there.

It's in an old railroad station.

The "porch" is usually filled with fun things. Not so much yesterday. Did I buy anything? Well, funny you should ask. While I was at Market, a little gift bag appeared out of no where in the booth. I thought I might have an inkling of who it was from, and since I'm not the type to wait to open something, I tore into it. Look what was in it. These darling little pillows from Karen. I had mentioned to her that she needs to write a pattern for them and I'd be the first in line to buy it. Well, she made me some. Isn't that just the sweetest thing? I'm still after her to make up patterns to sell on her wonderful website, Farm House Woolens. I think I may have convinced her. Yea! (get back in the sewing cave, Karen) :)

Since I didn't have anything cute to put them in, I bought this Amish scoop at the antique mall.

And here's how they look. Cute huh? Thanks Karen!

And here's my latest obsession. I'm going in circles! Any suggestions on what I should do with them?