Anita Goodesign Conference

So here we are the

Embroidery Princess'

at the Anita Goodesign class

being held at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Phoneix.

This is my very first embroidery class and I

am learning so much and having alot of fun

meeting other ladies who share this crazy passion.

Here are a few samples of some

of the beautiful things you can embroider.

This one is the Country Church tile scene.

This design is called Victorian Roses

and it is really stunning in person.

This sweet design is from the Butterfly 2 collection

and will be super sweet as a baby quilt.

Did I mention that I"ll be a grandma soon?

signing out from a hotel in downtown Phoenix.........

another full day of embroidery learning tomorrow!

Friday is here!

What a wild, wet weather day we had here yesterday!

Arizona had lots of rain, blizzards, flooding and tornados!

The weather people were calling it EPIC!

I was fortunate on two counts..........At my house all

we got was rain and a little wind AND I didn't have to

go anywhere yesterday.

So I stayed home and quilted and cleaned and

embroidered!

These cute little embroideries are from

Anita Goodesign's Loveable package and I think

they will look adorable in a little baby quilt.

Wow! Alot has happened today!

First off I went to the Chiropractor........

I really need to get my back and neck fixed up!

So far it seems to be helping some!

My daughter-in-law Jen got some great news today............

She passed her Leeds, "green" test with flying colors!

She has been studying diligently for weeks for this test.

I guess that only 20% of the people who take this test actually

pass. I KNEW she would pass, because when she puts her

mind to something she works really hard until she accomplishes it!

We (the whole fam) went to Caramba's tonight to celebrate!

Another thing that happened today was that Jenny's main credit

union branch was ROBBED! This is the branch that she used

to work at as a teller! I am so very thankful that she was at the

service center and not on the teller line! We have no information

about what happened or if anyone was hurt. I hope and pray that

everyone is all right!

I worked most of the day in my studio and here

are some pictures of my efforts:

This is the back of the Camp Reach for the stars quilt.

I finished quilting this quilt for Liz.

It is done with very nice Aunt Gracie fabrics.

and quilted using a heart stencil.

Detail shot of one of the squares.

I also embroidered the second square of my Haunted House.

AND
I finished up this patriotic shirt which I had started yesterday.

I'm hoping to wear it to bunko tomorrow night!

Weekend Fun

On Saturday I was able to spend some time in my studio

both quilting and doing some embroidery.

I started this Anita Goodman Design that will eventually

be a Haunted House!

This is the first of 12 blocks.

Each square takes about 3 hours to embroider,

but when it is done it is spectacular!

While the machine was doing the embroidery I did some

quilting on this glorious quilt all pieced in flannel fabric.

Unfortunately you can't see the quilting lines in this picture,

I tried some of Sue Pattens quilting designs.

I had the pleasure of attending one of Sue's classes at

Innovations a couple of years ago and she is fabulous!

Very energetic and a very accomplished quilter!

This quilt will become the "blanket of love"

and will wrap around a child who has cancer.

It is a very cozy and warm quilt and I made sure

to quilt lots and lots of love into it.

Rosie, of Rosie's Calico Cupboard in San Diego California,

goes to "Camp Reach for the Sky" each summer and gives each

child (and thier siblings) a quilt for thier very own.

Rosie has volunteer piecers who put the quilt top together

and longarmers (like me) who then quilt the tops.

This link will take you to Rosie's website: http://www.rosiescalicocupboard.com/

This link will take you to a website with pictures and stories

from the children who receive these quilts and also

tell you how you can be involved in this worthy cause:

http://www.rosiescalicocupboard.com/CR4TS2003Involvement.html

The weekend is coming to a close as it is

already Sunday evening.

Today was the final game in the

Soccer Tournament in South Africa

and Mike had Brian (and his greyhound Audrey),

Rafael and Jenny,

and Jerry and his son over for the game today.

Unfortunately the USA team lost to the

Brazilian team, but it was still

a great game and certainly wonderful to visit with

our kids and friends.