Antique Sale Fun!

Wind up wooden horse that I bought.

Twice a year I look forward with great anticipation for the Pilot Antique Sale. Why you say.....because of great antiques and homemade pie! I love walking booth to booth and looking for treasure. I am there when the doors open. It is wonderful to find all these dealers under one roof and one car ride to get there! What made it really special this year was that Kathie got all of us quilters (Terry, Nan and I) to meet for lunch. We laugh because we see each other every year at the same time. Show and tell is a lot easier sitting at a table then digging through sacks in the aisle. I have just recently started collecting unique pincushions in the last few years and I only get ones that make me smile.

I also take home pie for all my family. At $2.00 a piece it is a steal especially since I do not make pie. This is one way my family forgives me for adding to my collections. One woman bought 18 pieces of pie for her college son and his dorm friends. I am sure she will get a Mothers Day card this year.


This pincushion had a bell boy hat so I put two of my hotel don't disturb signs behind him.



I already had the dog pincushion on the left so he now has a friend!



I put a few of my other clowns together for this photograph. I just love that if you pull his nose you get a measuring tape.

New York, New York!

I just had a wonderful time at http://www.kcframingandfabrics.com/ in Saratoga Springs, New York! (Home of the first potato chip.) When Courtney (on the far right) and Kelly ( on the far left) asked me if I wanted to come to do workshops for their shop I said yes. Then I got off the phone and thought upstate New York in February ... what was I thinking! It was wonderful! These two sisters were the nicest of nice, the customers were fun, weather was fine and I enjoyed myself immensely! I even got to meet most of their family...all nice, nice, nice!!!!
Their shop is in a two story old grange building. They have made the inside so modern to go along with their modern and bright fabrics. The upstairs of their building is for classes. Lots and lots of space and even a stage in case someone wants to break out into song.

We had sent some of my quilts earlier and the room was perfect for displaying them against the tall white walls.


They put me up in the historic Gideon Putnam Resort.

I made one of these dog block for each of the participants who took my workshop. It is for practicing their buttonhole stitching on. I wanted them to practice first before starting on their first block or wall-hanging like I did. Needless to say my first buttonhole block looked hideous!!!!!



This is Debbie in the bee headband showing me her Snugly Bugly blocks. She was one of three Debbies that day. You can tell someone is fun when they come in dressed for fun! My "Doo Da Daisy" pattern is hanging on the back wall. I absolutely loved this building. It was perfect for showing off quilts. They even had a small lunchroom off of this room for eating our lunch and snacks. Is there any better way to start a workshop than a creme filled donut followed by chocolate and a swig of diet pop to even it all out!




This is Jessica who made my pattern "The Hoots" for her future baby. I just loved the colors that she used!


I would definitely recommend this shop if you make your way to Saratoga Springs, New York. The whole town looked like a lot of fun. http://www.saratoga.org/

Brrrrrrrrrrrrr

What do you do when you have eight inches of snow and your thermometer reads below zero? This girl get her colors out and her movies on! I was having a lot of fun until I watched the movies "Chloe" and "The Hours" back to back. I usually do one serious one feel good. I had to break into the chocolate after those two in one afternoon!

I am so through with winter. Oh where Oh where is spring??????

Remember When...

Last weekend my husband and I went antiquing in Springfield, Missouri. I came across some memories. Memories of being stranded under a hot dryer for 30 - 40 minutes waiting for a head full of 2 inch curlers to dry. What we will do for a good hair day!!!!! Thank goodness that they invented blow dryers. It takes me less than 5 minutes now. I did do more reading back then though. The dryer in the top photo had a price tag of $69.00. The dryer in the bottom photo had a price tag of $10.00. Remember the saying "one person's junk is another person's treasure". Needless to say I didn't bring these treasures home.

What A Great Guild!

My daughter and I just did a guild talk for the Starlight Quilters Guild in Mission, Kansas. This is one happening FUN group! When it was time for show and tell the line practically went around the room. They get things done! The group also added 80 quilts just that night to Project Linus! They warmed up the group telling jokes. I followed with passing out some chocolate and my talk and lots of quilts for my own show and tell. If you are not in a guild and live close by to this one please try this one out....you will love it! http://www.starlightquilters.com

This is a photo of my quilts all neat and tidy in their bags ready to show.

This is a photo after the talk. No problem though with great help they were all back in their bags in about 5 minutes.

Have a great day! Amy

Time to say goodbye once again

Time to put up my snowmen collection for another year. I should really keep them up all the way through January because it is definitely snowman weather outside. It is funny how you are so ready for the holidays and all things holiday related to go away...fudge, peanut brittle, extra pounds and snowmen. I am now back into my normal routine....designing, sewing and alas exercising to lose the sugar pounds. I like normal! Normal always feels good!

Shrek the Musical

Don't walk but run to the musical Shrek. My daughter and I saw the national touring production at the Music Hall in Kansas City. It was wonderful. We didn't know what to expect. We both couldn't quit smiling through the whole thing! We both have seen a lot of musicals and this ranks up there with my top three. I loved it!