OH man!  I've done it again! 

My last post was AGES ago!

How does this happen?

We spent a little over a week earlier this month in San Diego.

Mom and dad took a little vacation and asked if we could come over to stay with thier kitties. We had to think long and hard about leaving our 110 degree heat to stay where it was only in the 80's...........

One day we drove up the coast to visit with our friends that we met YEARS ago in South Africa.

It's always a great day getting together with Rusty, Lyn and Terry.

Here I am at the bay enjoying a picnic supper.

Thankfully we had a quilt in the car.....It was only 64 degrees!

We took several LONG bike rides  (15+ miles each),  went to the beach and bay, ate at Kono's and The Chicken Pot Pie shop, and basically just enjoyed the great weather.

I did work on several quilty type things while I was there.

I made mom some new kitchen curtains,

and made a whole stack of Petite Potholders

and of course visited The Quilted Rose and

Rosie's Calico Cupboard.

As you know, all good things must come to an end and well,

we are back in the 100+ degree heat.

Thank you God for Air Conditioning!

This is one of the projects that I am working on at the moment.

I had some leftover squares from a larger quilt I made and

thougth that it might make a baby quilt,

then reconsidered since the colors were not very babyish.

My brother is in a band and plays the guitar

so I thought that perhaps I could applique a guitar

and add a border to make a arty type wallhanging for his apartment.

Tonight I drafted the guitar pattern for the top using the

Guitar Center logo for the basis of my drawing.

Guess that's it for now.

Do you think our sweet angel knows

that she is loved alot?

Quilty Blessings,

tammy

What a weekend!

This wall in my living room has been bugging me

for ages now!

Just before Jenny's wedding I painted it turquoise.

Then I couldn't seem to coordinate

the rest of the room

with that color.

Then I painted it royal blue.

Liked it, but it still was not quite right!

So this weekend I got new curtains and  

painted the wall sage green color to match.

I'm thinking that this may be a keeper!

Now to work on that kitchen color......

I bought an extra curtain panel and made this pillow today.

I loaded the fabric onto the longarm and

quilted this design onto this pillow and

also another one that is still waiting to be sewn together.

Here we are.....

Hot babes at the bay!

Mom, Jenny and I

picked up some Quizno's sandwiches

and headed down to the bay for a picnic

while Jenny and I were visiting last Wednesday.

Hard to believe that we needed jackets.

It was a beautiful sunny day in San Diego,

but was pretty windy down by the water.

One last post about my California trip.

I failed to mention that along with Disneyland

and visiting with my mom and dad

I managed to make a couple of business stops.

You know what they say about all play

and no work.

I made some fabric purchases at

M&L Fabrics.

M&L is located between Knotts Berry Farm

and Disneyland so I really had to stop......

I was right there.

Looking a little PINK!

I had to stop at the Quilted Rose.

I needed some new thread for the longarm

and also some baby designs.

I picked up another bundle of Camp Reach for the Sky quilts

at Rosie's when I dropped off my last bunch.

And made a little purchase as well.....

Very late...........need some sleep!