WHAT I'M DOING

Stay tuned.

Quilt happy,

Marilyn

TODAY

I noticed on my Yahoo homepage, that "Trending Now" was Clean Out Your Fridge. So, intrigued, I had to click on it.  That's when I found out it is "National Clean Out Your Fridge Day".  Seriously, it is.  I tried to ignore it; I really did.  I have plans to sew today.  My granddaughter's birthday is next month and she wants a quilt.  But, I went and peeked inside.

I had been having trouble finding things.  So, I did it.

Deciding to clean out the fridge:  most of the morning.
Time to actually clean out the fridge:  30 minutes
Feeling of accomplishment:  priceless

Now off to work on that quilt.

Quilt happy,
Marilyn

A FINISH

I'm sending this quilt off to Florida today for a raffle.  It is called Mediterranean Neutrals. 

Hope it makes some money for your charity Jolene.

Quilt happy,
Marilyn

FUNNY

Snagged this from Geta.

Quilt happy,
Marilyn

HOUSTON FALL QUILT MARKET

I was lucky enough to be invited by Robin to help with her booth, Robin Quilts, Etc.  We had a great time.  I usually forget to get pictures.  But, I have a few.

Robin Quilt's Etc. Booth

Couldn't resist a photo of this.  So Cute!

Even the hotel was artsy.

Halloween night.  The birds.....

And, to prove I was there......

Meeting up with friends.

Quilt Happy,

Marilyn



HOUSTON QUILT MARKET

Off to Houston Quilt Market today. 

YIPPEE!

Quilt happy,

Marilyn



QUILTERS BY THE SEA "SEA TO SEA" DAY 2

This past weekend we had a great quilt show with beautiful quilts, wonderful vendors, along with a great boutique and raffles galore.  We even had a live and a silent auction.  I managed to spread my money around the various vendors and have a great time at the auctions.  Well, somebody has to help with the economy.  I'm doing my part.

I won this gorgeous quilt at the live auction.  I had been eyeing it on the wall.  I could not get very close to it; but, I loved it right from the beginning.  So, I decided that was going to be the one I would bid on and even put a dollar limit for it in my mind.  When it finally came up to bid, what a surprise to hear that it was made by a member of my friendship group, Pat.  This just made it all the better.  Please visit her blog and see her amazing work.  But, wait.... it is a two for one.  This is the other side of the quilt.

I know.  How cool is that?  Thank you my friend.  You did a fabulous job.

I also bought this table runner because it looks perfect in my house.  I don't know if anyone took credit for this one.  No label on the back.  Come on quilters... you need to label your work.  

And that adorable Santa was made by Karen, and I managed to place the last bid in time to win it at the silent auction.  Isn't he adorable?

And, of course like most guilds, we had Opportunity Baskets for raffle.  I'm fairly lucky with raffles.  And, I won the one I wanted.  If you know me, you understand why it is so perfect.

It is a coffee basket.  Oh yes.

Just look at the loot, not to mention the four homemade placemats with coffee fabric. 

Thank you to the wonderful Quilt Show Chairs and their committee along with the many volunteers.  Without you we never would have had such a wonderful event.

I'm still working on getting you some pictures of some of the great quilts.  Stay tuned and

Quilt happy,
Marilyn

QUILTERS BY THE SEA "SEA TO SEA" QUILT SHOW - DAY 1

Today was the first day of our quilt show and I know I told you we cannot take photographs inside the building, and we cannot.  But, if you ask really nice, you can get the colonel to take a picture for you.  He can.  I didn't push my luck; I just asked for one. 

This is Cindy from Cindy's Fabric Shack doing some last minute touches with her booth.  Tomorrow I should be able to share some photos from the DVD which contains photos of all the quilts from the show.  So until then...

Quilt happy,

Marilyn 

QUILT SHOW SET UP

Quilters by the Sea Quilt Guild is having its quilt show this weekend, October 22 & 23, 2011.  It is at the Armory is Long Beach.  We cannot take pictures inside for obvious reasons.  So we will be selling DVDs with pictures of all the quilt entries.  Therefore, the only picture I have for today is of Karen and Becky sitting outside collecting quilts for hanging.  It was quite a process setting up.  But, I must say it looked wonderful when I left this evening.

I hope to see some of your smiling faces in the next couple of days.

Quilt happy,
Marilyn

THIS AND THAT

I haven't been sewing lately.  Two Wacky Women held a quilt retreat last weekend, featuring Lyn Brown.  There were 26 of us including the Wacky Women and Lyn.   Lyn designed this quilt for the retreat and we had a contest to name the quilt.

Lyn selected Gloria's name of Laguna Nights.  Isn't that a great name?  We all really had a great time.  Go check out our Two Wacky Women website and read about our 2012 retreats. 

This weekend is Quilters by the Sea's quilt show.  I have three quilts that will be in the show.

They are packed and ready to take for hanging tomorrow. 

The show is Saturday, October 22, & Sunday, October 23, 2011.  If you are in the area, I sure hope you can make it.  You can read about it here.

But for today, the two big elm trees are getting trimmed and the girls are at the groomers. 

 The trees get trimmed once a year.  The girls get groomed once a month. 

Sewing next week.

Quilt happy,

Marilyn