Lots of Guests Here at the B & B

Hey Lauren,
I had a minute between guests here at the B & B and I wanted to say hi.
We just spent a lovely week with our grandson and his fabulous parents. They did the touristy things that guests do and we got lots of hugs and kisses. We're now waiting for my Mom to come for a visit. I've already got a list of things we are going to do and hopefully she will have a good time.
Look what was outside the front door this morning when I went out to spruce things up a bit....

Needless to say, the front door area did not get spruced up at all!

I quilted two quilts last week on the longarm...that machine is like magic!

Here's one that's been hanging in the closet for awhile.

and a close up of the quilting.

I also managed to finish the quilt for my sister, which I'm going to give to her today after she drops Mom off 

and the quilting

That makes three finished quilts this month! I'm ahead!

We have to go back for more training on the longarm sometime in May. I hope it's not the same time that you're coming this way!

How are things with you?

Ann-- You are Cordially Invited No Hotel Necessary- Jumpy Dog Will Greet Your Arrival

I Love Fabric!

Lauren
Where did you unearth that note? I faintly remember writing that..I believe it was on one of our trips to Mary Jo's. Seven years have gone by since I wrote that and my fabric buying philosophy hasn't changed one bit! I love fabric..even the fabric I don't really need. I still try to buy something I don't need as often as possible!
Okay, so I've been down to Florida to be trained on the Gammill Optima quilting machine.

I wasn't able to ride down in the Winnebago with my fellow training partners but I did get to stay overnight with one of them and her husband. They very kindly let me share their studio condo for the evening. Here's a rough picture of what that looked like.

They could not have been nicer to me but I don't think any of us got sleep that night...I know I didn't! We are supposed to go back and get more training and I'm racking my brain for a reason (as if I needed one..can you say sleep) to get a hotel room! The Gammill is great fun. It's only been a week and I've been able to play with it a little. I'm planning on actually doing one of my quilts this week.

What's that being quilted? You guessed it...I finished my March "must be quilted" project. Who cares that it was the beginning of April before that happened. It's done!

I've already picked put my April project so hope to get started on that soon.

Since I finished one thing I gave myself permission to start a couple of things. I found this cute American Jane pattern and decided that it would great in all that 30's fabric we collected oh so long ago. I've got the pieces cut out and am ready to sew.

And a really fun, quick project that has taken me two days to cut and make all the blocks. I just need to add two borders and then it's done and ready to be quilted. I'll post the pattern info when I find it.

Your Rattlesnake quilting looks awesome!
 A couple of questions for you...
How is your FoOt? Did you drive yourself to the ER?

Why I Love Fabric Shopping With Ann

My FoOt iS My Flat TiRe

Hi Ann- So I hurt my right foot this past weekend which is bad timing because of trying to get my house in order to put on the market- Prior to this ankle event I was without my sewing machine for 10 days. It desperately needed servicing and when the black shuttle part (?) behind the bobbin broke -it prompted me to get the service done (especially since it wasn't sewing). I got the machine back the middle of last week and quickly got back to sewing. It was my reward in between painting, packing and purging.

 Look Ann-it's your BFF Stella wondering why you aren't here to see her.











Once I had the machine back in the house and  plugged in I set to work sewing- well cutting first.
I made a quilt for a dear work friend who retired from HHP last year. She had asked me to make her a dolphin flag and I wanted to make her a quilt instead. I decided I had plenty of fabric to choose from in my stash and would use what I had on hand to make this quilt (of course this still meant a trip to the LQS where I bought some fabric- the border fabric and the muslin were from my stash). This is me so proud I actually used

 something I had in my closet- go figure huh! 

We all called  her the queen (in the most respectful manner) as she was the queen of the place. The quilt needed a crown and of course some dolphin.

Before My Machine Took to Ailing I began the Machine Quilting on the RattleSnake. Time consuming however I like the depth of the quilting.