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Week 4 – July 20-23

August 9th, 2009

Now I know why I have not been getting my own sewing done. It is pretty cool to see all my students projects pictured in one place. It amazes me how much they accomplish during the camps!

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Week 3 – July 13-16

August 9th, 2009

The fun continues:

I love the sun – she designed it herslef.

The projects with the chenille have been a real big hit.

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Is there a cure for a "Hexamanic"?

August 5th, 2009

The Hexamania continues.

I have been folding 4 1/2″ hexagons out of all different colored batiks and they will be used for…..

“Hexapins“.

And you may be wondering what I am going to do with all these “Hexapins“.

A Hexamanic can never have to many “Hexapins”.

But really…………..

I am going to take them with to Houston to sale to unsuspecting quilters that are just waiting to be bitten by the “Hexabug“.

On Saturday Anne and I traveled to Hershey, PA for Quilt Odyssey for an outstanding show. Pictures from the show in a couple of days. While in Pennsylvania I purchased some wonderful batiks that were just asking to be made in to “Easy Does It Hexabags“.

One of the vendors was The Crazy Quilter owned by Alicia Whitehouse. What a delightful stop. She was selling these wonderful buttons. As soon as I saw them I knew that they would be the perfect embellishments for my new “Hexabags“. The buttons are so new that they are not on her website yet so you can just email (thecrazyquilter@charter.net) her to purchase them.

Well – back to the Hexastone (aka grind stone).

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A perfect example of why……….

July 29th, 2009

Last night we had five missionaries from the church over for dinner. Little did they know what was in store for them (and neither did Tom or I).

After camp was over yesterday afternoon I went to Costco to get a few things that we needed and then I came home and put the water on to boil for the ziti. When Tom arrived home from work he took over in the kitchen (so you would think all would be well).

We started dinner off with the salad (complete with many cucumbers from our garden). Tom had placed the array of salad dressing on the table. Three of the five missionaries choose the Italian dressing. We all began to eat and the missionary sitting next to me started to make some funny noises and moving around like he was uncomfortable………….then he was able to say that the dressing was not dressing but SOAP!!!!!!!!

All at once I realized what had happened – I had been let loose to deal with some things in the kitchen.

In June Emily went to the grocery store (Tom and I had taken the little girls to the Aquarium) to purchase some odds and ends for the special anniversary dinner and she also purchased a small bottle dish soap since she didn’t know if we had any in our storage. A couple of days later she mentioned that she wished she had a small bottle like that one at home because she buys dish soap in bulk and the BIG bottle gets kind of annoying at the side of the sink. Well, Mom to the rescue. We had just emptied and Italian dressing bottle. I cleaned out the bottle and poured the dish soap in the Italian dressing bottle. Proceeded to clean out the dish soap bottle and gave it to Emily to take home with her. Pretty innocent behavior, don’t you think. I am sure that our dinner appointment with be one that will be share by the missionaries when they are talking about the worst stuff they were served on their mission.

I have now marked the bottle so if you happen to come to dinner at our home, the Italian dressing should be safe. But you never know……………..what will happen when I get in the kitchen.

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Week 2 – July 6-9

July 16th, 2009

Here are the projects from week two of the summer camps

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Houston – here we come!!!!!!

July 7th, 2009

I just received notification that both Grandma’s Hexagarden and The Generations Unite have been selected as finalists to be exhibited at the 2009 International Quilt Festival/Houston in the annual IQA fall Judged Show, Quilts: A World of Beauty. The quilts need to be in Hoston by Aug. 5 (I guess they will get to enjoy the REALLY HOT months in Texas). Tom and I are planning on flying to Houston on Oct. 12. This way we will have a some time to play around before the show starts. We have booked rooms at the Hotel that is connected to the convention center. Needless to say I am pretty excited!!!!!!

Here are the pictures that I sent to IQA for the jury process:

Grandma’s Hexagarden

(Detail)

The Generation’s Unite

(White side – aka The Front)

(Detail: White side – aka The Front)

(Green side – aka The Back)
Emily and I were talking and she suggested (to which I had already thought of, but didn’t know if I was up to making more of the folded hexagons) that I should add a group of the three folded hexagons on each side of the quilt.

What do you think?

(Detail: Green side – aka The Back)

When I sent my submission to IQA I did book some rooms at a Hotel that is about 1 mile away from the convetnion center. After receiving notice that my quilts were going to Houton Tom suggested that I should do this right and get rooms at the Hotel connected to the convention center. Tom is very supportive of me and my quilting adventures. Once again, little did he know how much that FREE Quilt was actually going to cost.

If anyone wants to join the fun I have a couple of extra rooms.

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Week 1 – June 29 – July 2 (Children’s Sewing Camp)

July 5th, 2009

The first week of summer camp is history and I am getting geared up for the 2nd week.

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Student Project

June 26th, 2009

Anita came over for a private class yesterday. She has been working on these wonderful building blocks. I LOVE them. The detail is wonderful. As the blocks were on the design wall I enjoyed more and more of the details as I noticed them. GREAT JOB.

Yesterday we added the frames around each block. Next week we will work on the sashings.

It also amazed me how the different color of frame just seemed to set each block off and make them look even better.

This block was one of the hardest to find the correct color. Nothing seemed to look good with the sky fabric. Then we tried this purple color and it was just right.

Anita did all the work on these blocks by hand!
The frames were added with the sewing machine.

One of the great things about teaching is being able to see the student’s project up close and personal. Thank you Anita for sharing your project with me.

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Yah for Grandkids!!!!!!

June 25th, 2009

I think that Zephyr was the one that changed the most since I last saw the Grandkids.

It was great having our kids from Utah for the 50 1/2 Birthday Party.

Jason, Christy and Ty came the week before the party and the Weinheimer’s & Yri’s came a couple of days before and they stayed for a few days after.

We had a FULL house – Zephyr had to sleep in the laundry basket.

Here are the three older one Grandkids.

It’s great being a Grandma – easy to laugh at all the cute things the kids do.

Ty and his daddy playing air hockey.

I think we have an alien visiting.

or could it be one of our own.

Surprise! Surprise – it’s Autumn!

Saturday Grandpa and Grandma took the girls to the Aquarium.

Lunch at Burger King.

The last night the Weinheimer’s were here Emily and I were working on finishing up a sewing project. We went pretty late into the night. Zephry was with us in the basement. He is sleeping on the chair in my studio. Looks like a bandit to me.