Cowboy Down!

 

Yelp!  It's that time again--another two blocks from

this summer sew along. 

 

 

Every good cowboy knows you need a few things to make it on the range.

 

You need a good hat and good boots!

What would a cowboy be without his horse?

We are coming to the completion of this quilt top--

anxious to see the final layout.....

Tumble--Lead or end?

Every year, Bonnie Hunter gives a pattern for a quilt that uses

leaders and enders--this is a good way to save that thread

and create a quilt top as you sew along.

This year's leaders and enders quilt will be

Tumblers!

 

 

Never mind that I haven't finished the 2014 leader and ender quilt

Yes, I'm still working on 2014 but now I'll think about

Tumbling!

 

Nope! Don't Want To Do That!

 

The Bonnie Hunter Group is working on Easy Sunday quilt top

 

-- and my first thought was to play along with them.  I shopped for the fabrics, keeping in mind the original quilt.  It is a lovely quilt and the pattern is challenge to make.

 

Then I looked at the colors and said to myself "what am I doing with these colors?"  I don't even have anything that would remotely coordinated with these.  So, I chucked that game plan and deviated from the rest of the group!  Yeah, I'm a rebel!  I'm going off course!  Taking a detour! Bucking the trend!  Venturing outside the comfort zone- Being different!

 

I decided I like star blocks!  That's what I'm going to do.  In order to be a member of the BH group, the rules are you must do a BH pattern.

I have so many scraps!  So I settled on Sister's Choice

Make a nine patch

and add the star points!  I can do that!

Emery's Stars was my next choice--this one will be in red, white, blue!

Okay--BH gals, I'll be working with you during our next gathering, but

I'll be seeing STARS!

This Little Piggy...................................

You see I have a traveling companion--he doesn't eat much; doesn't talk much; sleep a lot.  Actually, he doesn't take up much room in the traveling bag.  He carries his own backpack with his own supplies and clothing.  His name is Little Piggy!

 

Little Piggy had car envy when he saw this slick red car in the show room.

Sorry, Little Piggy--you can't afford it.

Don't say 'when pigs fly'--because he has flown--didn't go far, but he did fly!

He plays hide and seek amongst his friends--can you spy Little Piggy?

He couldn't believe this sign in Kentucky!  Yes, thank goodness, this state doesn't rent pigs!

He has been known to take a drink occasionally.

He really liked the Glacier Park--

Then he traveled to the Southwest to have some good food

He couldn't go out to the lake in Canada--too cold!

He thought he had found his mother when he saw this golden pig in Seattle

He was telling jokes while we rode the ferry

He made friends in Old Mexico

He put on his warm weather while he built this snowman in Vermont.

Yes, Little Piggy is constantly in my traveling bag.

Wine + Jazz ==Two of My Favorite Things!

We love July in Keystone, Colorado!  It is time for the Keystone Wine and Jazz Festival!

The weather is perfect!  The setting is beautiful!

We reserve our condo weeks ahead

Buy our tickets to wine seminars early

and make our plans for

plays, concerts, other events in the area!

 

What a view!  The plaza is just right for walking for coffee, sitting by

the open fireplace, visiting with companions, meeting

new people, seeing old friends.

 

 

First up for the day is the music--jazz all day!

Totally free jazz music!  with great international artists!

And then there are the wine seminars and special events--there is a price for

those though--not a problem--we have been coming for years; think we only missed couple

of years--one year when the event wasn't held.

We are groovin' to the music, enjoying the international wine selections!

 

Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum

Today I'm on my way into the mountains, but the first stop will be at Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum in Golden, CO.  This quaint town hosts one of the foremost museums of quilts!  Here you can see outstanding works of quilt art.  Today I'm seeing works by two well known quilters--each with a different and unique technique.

Gwen Marston's work is liberated!  Know the name?  Sure you do.  Gwen is the author of over 20 books on quilting:  Minimal Quiltmaking, Liberated Quiltmaking I and II, Ideas and Inspirations:  Abstract Quilts in Solids just to name four of her titles.

 

 

Patsy Heacox is another quilt artist that has her works displayed at the Quilt Museum.

Patsy works with Native American themes.

 

Check out Rocky Mountain Quilt Museum Face Book page for photos from this exciting exhibition

 

Ah, yes, I'm excited to view these outstanding works of art!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Today IS THE Day!

Today I'm going to a special event at Aar River Gallery located at 3715 W 73rd Ave
Westminster, CO 80030.  It will be a fun event and a great shopping time!  Three special guests will be showing their crafts.

Black Water Abbey Yarns will have lovely Irish yarns;

great for lace knitting

sweater, socks, etc.

 

Susan Schmitt will feature her unique art work.

I love, love her old ladies--because, I fit right in!

 

Fancy Image Yarn will have specialty hand dyed yarns by Myra Garcia--Yummy!  I need more sock yarns, of course!!

 

come on over and visit with the gals.  They'll be there 11 AM-8 PM.  What an opportunity to visit with the artist and buy, buy, buy!