Eye Candy for the Weekend

I thought I would follow up with a littlebit of eye

candy from the Road to California Show.

                                              

A fountain of fabric!

                                                     

There was a fascinating exhibit of

 signature quilts at the show also.

 I love this one.

 This is a sweet store that we made a

pit stop at

on our way to the quilt show.

 This store is Strawberry Patches in Bakersfield CA.

It's 3 hours away from home for me... but I think it

would definitely be worth a little road trip to...

just to go there alone!

Last night I was talking with the hubs about blogs when a contestant on 

Wheel of Fortune said she had a blog... and it had xxx amount of views.

So that prompted me to look at my "stats".
I have an amazing (at least I think so) 719, 640
page views.
I have over 900 sweet followers. And

I noticed that I am just a few posts away from a whopping 700!
Now, that is a fun one... so I am going to have to celebrate!
I will be thinking of an idea and I will let you know when
it's my blogiversary so you can celebrate with me!
It won't be long!!!

Where Have I Been?

I must have gotten lost somewhere between going to Road to California...

and coming back home!

It's been a week since I have posted!

You haven't seen too many pictures from the show already have you?

I thought I would share some of mine...

I guess I should have saved this quilt for last!

(he he)

I have a great time at this quilt show but 

most importantly, there was some fabulous shopping to be done.

A little bit here and a little bit there!

One of my favorites was

My Red Door Designs.. their little store is amazing!

I love Dresden quilts... and versions 

thereof.

An amazing piece of art.

Eye spy a Jaybird quilt...

this was Science Fair entered in the show.

A beautiful traditional quilt.

A very fun alphabet quilt.

Another amazing art quilt.

They also had a fantastic exhibit of

signature quilts.

And an exhibit of modern quilts.

And some quilts that were no doubt made 

by saints!

I love this quilt... Green Tea.

A lot of people are making the designers' other

pattern: Gypsy Wife. Both are very fun quilts.

I think this one was made out of wool.

Here was a gorgeous embroidery quilt in monotone.

And that's not all! But you will have to wait to see the 

photos that focus on the shopping!!! Woohoo!

Oh, and a newsflash: 

Our February 1st AYOS Schnibbles Parade  is going to

be postponed until Monday Feb. 3rd.

Sherri is away at a wonderful retreat... and

we don't want to have the parade without her...

or DO we?!!! ha

That means... we have another weekend to finish our Jersey Girl quilts!

A Finish and An End to a Story

This was one pattern I have been thrilled with all the way through!

I loved seeing each block unfold.

This pattern has being made up a lot in blogville and 

each one has been so cute... 

it just really works well with all fabrics and especially 

theme fabrics. Thelma made hers in Christmas fabrics.

I knew I had to use my Going Coastal fabric especially 

because the Bottle Top fabric I fussy cut for the center of the stars.

I went from one block to

7 in no time flat!

I have plenty of GC fabric left over too...

which I had been hording so I could make this

pattern by

Sweetwater.

http://sweetwater.typepad.com/makelifesweet/2011/04/our-hometown-quilts.html

I might still be able to make it out of my scraps.

I seem to be starting this year on a Nautical theme.

Oh wait... I ended last year on this theme

with Anchors Aweigh.

I guess that works just fine for me.

no jury duty for me...

I was able to be excused from jury duty.

It turns out that it was going to be a projected 6 month long trial.

It involved a couple who went rouge this past summer and started

over a dozen arson fires. 

It actually happened up in my area... even though the court

was being held 45 minutes away. Although I would have 

liked to have been a juror...

I have very strong opinions about this...

so it is a good thing I won't be on their trial.

Road to California... here I come!!!

The Story Has a Twist

This week Road 2 California begins!

It is an event in Southern California that I try to attend

each year.

The quilt show is amazing and the shopping...

is fantastic... and if you take a class at the convention...

those are super fun also.

These are photos from last year...

Ms. Cupcake n Daisies had two quilts in the show!

I was thrilled to meet her there along with 

Ms. Sister's Choice and Ms. Stashmaster!

Woohoo! 

It was great having a little bit of time to walk around with them

and lunch too.

Here are a couple more photos of quilts that were 

at the show!

And there was a special exhibit of vintage PINK quilts!

So sweet!!!

I did manage a few purchases for my souvenirs 

and then there was a little side trip over to

Temecula Quilt Company... because 1,248 

vendors at the show were just not enough!

So my plan is take a little road trip and go

there on Thursday- Saturday.

I am super excited to make an escape...

the only thing stopping me from my adventure now is

 a Jury Summons for tomorrow!!!

Please keep your fingers crossed that they don't pick me!