Life is good!

Yesterday my imac was in China and today it is on my desk! FedEx has amazed me for the first time ever. As promised here I am blogging.

This week I was really irritable. I am trying to blame it on pms but it was worse than usual. Here's why: The quilt stores here in Vegas are having their annual shop hop. I have known about it for a while and have been very excited about going. A friend and I had planned on hitting a couple shops Thursday morning. It turned out that one of my mandatory trainings for work was due and Thursday morning was the only time it was being offered. I found out early in the week and was emailing my friend to let her know. Turns out I got interrupted half way through and forgot that I hadn't actually sent the email. It was a mess and hopefully she has or will soon forgive me. There was no way to reschedule because I am at work all weekend. So lame that I planned so poorly!

I was still complaining to my husband tonight that I was so upset about not being able to go and being so inconsiderate to my friend. He said, "Life must be pretty good if that is the worst thing happening." I had to laugh, he was so right.

Custom Quilting

I quilted this quilt for Joyce Carr and I absolutely fell in love with it. She made this special quilt for her husband. After binding and washing her quilt, she brought it back to me so I could take photos and share it. Thanks Joyce!

Spring Quilts

Here are some of the beautiful quilts I quilted for others this Spring

Quilting Retreat

This weekend I attended my first ever retreat... yes I know it is quite strange that I have never attended a quilting retreat before. I never could justify the weekend time and money before but this one I just couldn't miss! It was so wonderful to sew without dishes or laundry or children! I only brought one project to work on not realizing that without interruptions, projects move! Of course I quickly got through what I thought would take all day and had to go shopping :) The first store I visited was Scrap Apple Quilts. They had a beautiful selection of batiks, but I was on the hunt for baby panels. I love baby panels for last minute baby gifts because I can add sashing, quilting and binding in an afternoon or two if I am determined. The employees were so kind to open the boxes in the back they had just received to let me look for more baby panels! 

Superior Threads was closed on Saturday but after hearing us knocking, they let us in! I tried to keep my hands in my pockets. I have soooooo much thread already and was in heaven walking through their warehouse. There were so many shelves packed with different threads, if only money grew on trees! I walked out with only one spool of glitter thread. I have been wanting to buy some to see if it will run as a top thread in my gammill.  I will soon find out! 

The retreat was hosted by the Las Vegas Quilters guild and Ida Connors of Teacup Quilts organized it. Thanks Ida! We stayed at the Hilton in St. George, UT and they were very accommodating. We had a wonderful turnout. I really enjoyed getting to chat with the many talented members of the guild! There was much laughter and smiles throughout the event. Saturday night Ida asked for a show of hands of people who would be interested in attending next year and it was unanimous that this event will become an annual gathering!  

So now I love quilting retreats and am happily planning on attending next year with more than one project to work on!