My ABC's

I saw that Jen, Miss Punkie Pie blog, did this over on her blog recently,

so I am going to follow along. I started this last week and since today I have a camera with a dead battery, then I think that this would be the day for:

The ABC's of Me

A- Age: 54. Yikes! Too honest?

B- Bed size: California King. I love to go to bed. My entire bedding set is from Moda Home. Ummm!

C- Chore you hate: Dusting. A never ending annoyance.

D- Dog's name: Hannah. Our Labradoodle.

E- Essential food/item: Bread. Hot fresh baked bread!

F- Favorite color: Of all time? Sage Green. Favorite color today? Shabby Pink.

G- Gold or silver: Gold in Winter and Silver in Summer

H- Height: 5'8"

I- I am: patiently waiting for Spring!

J- Job: Office admin. & accounting assistant for Environmental Consultants.

K- Kids: 3 plus 2 plus 1. I had 2 pregnancies, but had twins so, 3 children -boys. Remarried, 2 more sons (all the same age group) and now I am about to have a DIL.

L- Living arrangements: We live in a modern farmhouse style home on 3 acres. Very rural area.

M-Mom's name: Donna. You would love her.

N- Nickname: I have had several. I'm one of those people who get tagged with names and in fact Sinta is (or was) a nickname, but I made it legal once upon a time.

O- Overnight hospital stay: Lots, watching over my hubby.

P- Pet peeve: Well, manners. People need to remember manners. I'm not formal or stuffy by any means but common courtesy is important!

*** There was this receptionist at the dentist office who never would say hi or greet you in any way. I always made a point of saying hi, just to see if she ever would respond. One day I came in and after saying hi and getting no response I said...

oh, you poor thing... laryngitis? It worked. I got a greeting from then on. ***

Q- Quote from a movie: A heart is not judged by how much you love; but by how much you are loved by others. Wizard of Oz.

But on the other hand- "I'll have what she's having" is a good one... from When Harry Met Sally.

R- Right or left handed: Lefty

S- Siblings: 2 sisters. One older, one younger.

T- Time you wake up: I get up by 5 and on the weekend I sleep in until... 6ish.

U- Unique thing about your car: My car is kind of "beefy". Toyota 4 Runner. Tinted windows and the extra grills (deer protection).

V- Vegetable you hate: PEAS.

Peas are the reason I got kicked out of school (the first time).

That was Nursery School!

W- Ways you run late: I always wait until the last minute to get ready for work.

I hate to leave my sewing room.

X- X-rays you've had: MRI's are the most notable x-rays. Back problems. I always take my stuffed bunny with me to the doctors for these big events.

Y- Yummy food you make: I make a killer Fettuccine Alfredo. Second place is my Quiche.

Z- Zoo favorite: I think Elephants are amazing and Giraffe's are beautiful animals.

There I am in a nutshell!

But Wait! That's Not All! Quilt Show Part II

Quilt envy here! I am such a wanna be appliquer.

This one is so adorable. Another

pattern by A Vintage Spool.

A braid quilt here. Nice colors.

This one is pretty fun. I think it was called Screened In. It's bug fabric and the circle fabric on top is actual screening.

There is another group (from Quilter's Paradise) that has an annual retreat at Bass Lake (like I do). Everyone at the retreat did a tree block and someone from the group won them and made this quilt. I love it.

I love One Block Wonders. I think it fulfills my wild side. Usually my style of quilts are more traditional and vintage looking but this is just fun!

I did one of these landscape quilts before in a class taught by Gai Perry. But I really like the way they use diamond shapes to create the scenery opposed to squares. I suppose it would blend better.

I always love the Georgia O'Keeffe styled flowers. This one is so dramatic with the black background.

I love these guys relaxing in the sun! This evidently was a row quilt done by a group. The Theme was penguins and it went from there. So cute!

The Bright, The Bold, The Beautiful

Here are just a few of the photos I was able to take during the set up of the

Fresno Quilt Guild's show last Friday.

I have always loved this Jan Krentz pattern.

These trucks are so darn cute... makes me wish I had a little guy
(as in grandchild) to make it for.
This is from a Buggy Barn pattern, it wasn't part of the show though,
it was in the Quilter's Paradise booth.


I love the red background, it's simple but stunning. Well, at least I think so.



How cool is this one!

Ah, and pinwheels, like candy on a stick.


This one I thought was sweet. I know I've seen this pattern before... can't remember where.

I think this one is just beautiful! Impressive!
I cannot imagine doing it! Kudos to this quilter!



I love the Vintage Spool patterns. They are so charming! Especially this one,
so sweet and patriotic!

Very cute little Quilt Soup quilt.

Okay, this one is on my list too! Love the quails!

I have more pictures... I'll share those tomorrow!

Fabric, Fun & Some Characters

I parked next to this little group of guys today and I couldn't resist taking a picture of them.

Don't you think they are a handsome group of characters?

I guess this sets the mood for some Monday randomness.

I have to show that I completed my Jelly Roll Sampler block!

I decided to make it out of soft "shabby" fabrics. I figure you can't go wrong with that.

There are certain combos that are always "safe".

Red, white & blue;

blue and yellow;

black, red and white.

I am such a woosie when it comes to "mystery" projects! It really unsettles me!

Now I have to figure out Flicker so I can submit it to the group!

Last week I went to Quilter's Paradise in Clovis, CA. They are one of our featured shops.

They have really cute displays and thousands of bolts of fabric!

I had to take this picture because I had bought the pattern and have been on the hunt for black & white stripe for the basket handle fabric. QP sold out of the stripe. I saw on Freda's Hive that she was just at a workshop and this was one of their projects! She kindly lead me to a resource for the stripes:)

The other pictures are just some eye candy for you!

It's like taking a stroll around the store! They have such cute displays. Color coordinated.

So next time they have the gift certificate giveaways for our A Year of Schnibbles, you'll have an idea of the store you would be shopping in.

I also wanted to show you what we have been doing

the last two Saturday evenings.

(Yes, I do allow myself time away from my never-ending-list-of-projects.)

Watching soccer!

I had been a "soccer mom"... and have missed the sidelines since the boys have grown up.

But now, we went to the Fresno team's game with a couple of the boys

and my sister and her family. It was so much fun!

This one next to me still plays soccer.

My BIL is the assistant coach for the Fresno Fuegos team...

which kinda makes it a little more fun.

Don't you think that they are a handsome group of characters?

This is just part of the catching up... I also have quilt show pictures

and my Fig Tree Club class... I will be back soon.