On Monday night we ate at patti’s 1880’s settlement for supper…it’s an annual ritual…the best food around..you have to make reservations…this was my dessert… I need not say another word…it was great…but I have to be honest.. My mom’s is better… I think because I like whipped cream on the top of coconut cream not meringue…Monday is the only nite we can all go out to eat….and Patti’s is the place to be….it is about 30min from town in Grand RIvers
Well, finally a moment to blog….we are doing well here in soggy KY. Lots of things are moved around but luckily we have not been affected by any of that…we are seeing lots of return customers and meeting many new ones…we had 10 day old Corbin visit us with his Mama yesterday… Isn’t he beautiful….we are starting to sell out of things at the booths so if you have not made it to us, come early today…yesterday was very busy!
I am blogging for the first time on this iPad so I hope it all goes and I am not wasting my time only to not have this post not work so it will be short…it took me an hour to figure out how to upload from my camera…so I am going to send this now…talk to you later
Just wanted to let everyone know that we found a place to stay and we will be set up tomorrow and ready for all of you to come and visit us. We will be at 2 different locations…..at the Kentucky Oaks Mall as usual and we will also be at the Finkle Building. Thank you for all of your concern, Hope to see you all there.
Harrah’s Hotel where we are staying for the quilt show this next week called tonight to say they are closing tomorrow…..no power and problems with the storm…where are we going to go???? Any help would be appreciated…any of you have anybody cancel or have extra rooms reserved? Send out the SOS….LB
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Hey everyone…I think I have recovered from my near “breakdown”, THANK YOU to those who offered me help…I am going to use you in the future…. The “to do” list is getting a little smaller…one being this newsletter being finished…I hope you enjoy what we have to offer for the Summer of 2011. Join in the fun of the Summer BOW’s, yes that was plural….we decided to do a “scrappy” pieced BOW and not leave out those who do not applique or are allergic to wool…(thank God that is not me)…we also are hosting a Charm Swap, Joyce Allendorf has given us her best swapping secrets which we appreciate …and don’t forget this…with a $10 purchase each week during the summer you qualify for a “freebie”. I am not going to post them like I did last year…they will be a mystery…so trust me…they will be COOL! Why am I telling you all of this????…READ THE NEWSLETTER ABOVE! Judie will have all of this information on our site by Monday….so you can start to sign up!
So back to that LIST:
write the charm swap patterns
pack for Paducah
draw BOW
draw Freebies
work on Jules new designs…for Market
finish writing the patterns for the Moda Fabric Quilts
wool applique stitch “Little Tulip Crossing…and stitch Surrounded the 18” wool/applique-small piecing workshop quilt for Primitives of the Midwest….
and I still want to design at least 2 tablemats for market…hmmm that is going to be close…might have them done, but the patterns probably will not be ready in time for Market…oh well they can wait a bit!
Hand quilt “Wool Tulip Crossing” this is an all wool quilt that I just had to do…it will be a pattern at market…This quilt was so easy….much easier than the little one..I am “big stitch” quilting it…here are some photos below…talk to you soon…LB
I got up early the last two days and finished…45 and Life to go…I will be 45 this year and there are 45 star blocks in this quilt, so I named it for me…you never know if my life gets any crazier if I will make it for many more…it is 55″ square the blocks are 5″. I would love to make it 10″ blocks and to make a king size…it features the blacks and tans from my “Little Gatherings” line of fabric that just went out on the market for sale to shop owners this week. So watch for the fabric in August and ask your quilt stores to buy it…It is a wonderful line of basic background colors…raven, time worn, paperbag, piecrust, honey, brown sugar, walnut…all with vintage little prints on them….I have had a great response from the shop owners who have already seen it…I will be showing more quilts as time progresses…
I think I am having a breakdown…i need a fulltime house keeper…where is Alice (Brady)?…I need a full time personal assistant to keep all this stuff answered, organized, and me sane and so I can have some personal time in a day…I have not excersized in over a week…I’m not asking for much…maybe an hour to two to rake the garden…go grocery shopping or take down my Christmas decorations!…I need some expert “piecers” to make quilts…and do it quite quickly as there are always deadlines. I miss just having a somewhat normal life…so I think I just need more people…so when this happens…they just seem to somehow come my way…I will be waiting…patiently….
Now that I unloaded all of that you…remember you wanted to know this stuff…
By the way…here are the April Farmer’s Wife blocks…so I think I have it right now…sorry for the mix up…the last post’s were May’s…see someone is ahead that would be Sue,..wish it were me! LB
