Spring Cleaning

Did you happen to watch "Oprah" yesterday? It was another show in the "uncluttering your home" series. One specific thing that Peter Walsh said really made me sit up and take notice. He said that "surfaces are not meant for storage". If you saw the surfaces in my sewing room, you wouldn't know what the countertops actually look like.

So, I decided to unclutter them and thought I would offer some of my Moda Fat Quarter bundles to my blogging friends. Soon I'll be setting up and Etsy and/or Ebay store to start getting rid of all my excesses but wanted you to have first dibs here.

If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail me. Payment can be made by either PayPal or a check. I will ship USPS (Post office) in Flat Rate/Priority boxes. The cost will be either $10.35 or $13.95 depending on how much you order and how much I can stuff in a box!!!

Here we go. The name and price will be UNDER the picture.

Portobello Market by 3 Sisters. 52 fat quarters. $89.00 SOLD

Sonnet Collection by April Cornell. 44 FQ's. $$75.00

Christmas Past by Minick & Simpson. 28 FQ's. $40.00 SOLD

Fig & Plum by Fig Tree. 40 FQ's. $68.00 SOLD

Folklorique by Fig Tree. 39 FQ's. $67.00 SOLD

Day in the Country by Fig Tree. 35 FQ's. $60.00 SOLD

Yuletide Blessings by Fig Tree. 15 FQ's. $26.00 SOLD

Winter by Minick & Simpson. 30 FQ's. $50.00 SOLD

Roman Holiday plaids by 3 Sisters. 20 FQ's. $34.00 SOLD

Four Seasons solids by Brannock & Patek. 12 FQ's. $20.00 SOLD

Roman Holiday by 3 Sisters. 45 FQ's. $77.00 SOLD

Cornucopia by Fig Tree. 36 FQ's. $62.00 SOLD

Summer's Basket of Flowers by Terry Thompson. 41 FQ's. $70.00 SOLD

Sanctuary by 3 Sisters. 25 FQ's. $38.00 SOLD

Nell's Flower Shop by Blackbird Designs. 11 FQ's. $16.00 SOLD

(these would make nice backgrounds for embroidery)

Thanks, Anne

An Outing...part 2

Before I continue with the outing, I wanted to show you the giveaway I won from My Yellow Farmhouse. Wasn't I lucky? If you're interested in any of these wonderful items, you can find them on Karen's online store, Farmhouse Woolens. Thanks Karen...I love everything!

Little bunny guy found a home!

If you remember, I blogged about this Antique Mall back in November. It's always fun to head back to Redmond to see what's new there. Warning...this post has lots of pictures. I'll try to keep my comments to a minimum but I'm not guaranteeing anything! LOL

The porch always has some fun wood primitive goodies on it.

Lots of kitchen-y things.

This is always my favorite booth. Wooden bowls, braided rugs, tableware shaker boxes, yelloware and on and on...

Another booth had a whole cabinet of old tins.

CrossStitch and applique combination.

Campbell's soup kids.

Click on the picture to enlarge.... It's in SPANISH! That cracked us up!

The red/white room. I think Monica would probably move into it.

I love old milk jars.

Hey, Anne, check out all the chocolate rabbit molds. Although, you probably have them already!

Hmmm...I don't really consider these gals to be antiques, because if THEY are, then what am I? Oh Yikes!

And, you wanted to see what I bought? ROFL! Just kidding!

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.

Block #3, A Tisket, a tasket.

Well, she's done it again...That Anne over at Bunny Hill Designs has come up with the next darling block in her year long mystery Block of the Month. These little blocks are so much fun to do and so quick and easy. I haven't put the buttons on the basket yet, but other than that...it's a done deal! If you haven't started them, you can get caught up in no time at all. Just click on the above link or the picture on my sidebar and you'll land right on her site to get the FREE pattern!

Here are the first 3 blocks. Can't wait to see what she comes up with next month. Thanks Anne!

I guess I shouldn't complain about the snow we had last week when this is what we see once the skies clear! It's such a beautiful sight. There are 10 mountain peaks that can be seen from all over this area and they are so pretty with all the snow on them. Bend is such a beautiful place to live and play.

Thanks for stopping by,

Anne