Design Wall Monday

My current design wall puzzle.

This quilt has been hanging here for quite a long time.

I've already marked it with circles, but have been re-thinking

the quilting pattern...wondering exactly how I will execute it.

Somewhere along the way I've changed my mind

(ME!? Change my mind?)

I've decided that while I like the quilt.......

It's very colorful and bright...

It will be pretty boring once done.

It just needs something else.

What?

Initially I thought some tall flowers going up the side.

Or maybe a central design of some sort.

Perhaps a silhouette?

I'd sure appreciate any ideas...........

Whoo Hoo! I finally finished all of the embroidery

on Anita Goodesign's Halloween wall hanging.

Pretty cool, huh?

Now I just need to add some borders and quilt it.

I'll be all ready for Halloween!

On a personal note........this is a group of friends

who got together at Caramba's to

celebrate this past Saturday night.

We had a couple of birthdays, and a couple of anniversaries

amoung this group. Always looking for a reason to party!

It was a fun night.

PS. Today is Mike and I's 30 year wedding anniversary!

Last Cruise stop : Victoria Canada

Our last stop on our cruise was Victoria Canada.

Unfortunately this stop was only for 5 hours AND

it was at night!

We had scheduled a tour of Butchart Gardens.

Talk about breathtaking! I've never seen so many

colors in my life! I kept wishing that my garden at

home could look half as nice!

(Mike said that if we owned a concrete company

and had alot of gardeners to work on it our garden

could look the same........)

While we were on the cruise we were seated for dinner with a lovely family

from Ohio who also went to Butchart Gardens so we decided to

make this tour together.

Turns out that David was the ship's doctor!

He works full-time back in Ohio at a hospital,

but "works" his vacations as a cruise ship doctor!

His wife Sue and son were along on the trip as well.

I've told people since I"ve been home that we met

Dr. Bricker on the cruise.......some of the young people

I've told DID NOT GET IT!

Guess I'm dating myself.

The gardens were lovely, but I was a little disappointed

with the tour. There were THOUSANDS of people there

so it was a little hard to relax and enjoy the extreme beauty

of this eden when you were constantly dodging people.

It was also disappointing that this tour took place when

the daylight was fading fast.

At any rate, we had a lovely time with this nice family

at the Butchart Gardens. It is an amazing story....you

can read more about it here:

http://www.butchartgardens.com/the-gardens/