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Happy Monday All I am going to say about the Election is Vote! I'm sure we will all be glad when the commercials are not longer thrown at us.. ************************* I recently was able to go to the quilt show in Aurora. My friends, Karen and Gloria and I have been going to this show for many years. I particularly like it because it is in historic Aurora and it is usually a showing of old quilts and even though there are new quilts, they fit in nicely with the old ones. There is an old log cabin called The George Steinback Family Log Cabin and there is a fire in the fireplace and cookies and it is a wonderful atmosphere on a chilly fall day. Here are a few of the quilts and a picture of the log cabin. At the entrance The log cabin done by Julie A Nice fall leaves in Aurora ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Now for some of the latest class creations Mostly Sue Spargo patterns Karla's block from a Sue Spargo quil...

You may be surprised to see another blog so quickly!  This week we had our Janet Bolton Class and I want to share some of the pictures with you. Janet Bolton is a wonderful Fabric Artist who lives in London. Here are a few pictures of her work. You can see many more of her designs if you look up Janet Bolton Images. I was privileged to meet her last year when Karen and I went on our trip. Since then I have wanted to share her designs with my stitchery friends. She has wonderful books and exhibits in many fine galleries. Here are some of the pictures that we started work on.  Well, first of all you need to see the table that has just some of the fabric and embellishments that we gathered to work with. Work in Progress And there are more!!! And lastly the ones I'm working on. Here are a few of her books. I think they are all wonderful. It was nice to try a...

These are New England Fall Leaves Sure is a beautiful time of the year. Sandra brought this basket of hand made acorns recently. I love a bowl full of fall findings. Whether they have fallen to the ground or someone has hand crafted them, acorns are a promise that after falling ....new life begins again. Susan has been cross stitching many wonderful Fall and Halloween patterns. Here is one to enjoy. She uses many of her cross stitch pictures for decorating draw string bags. Karla finished her punkins  Susan quickly finished this TRIMS Pin keep. I have this on my list of to-dos. Oscar enjoys our days of sewing. As long as he has dad's coat to curl up on, he is happy. Barb has completed her beautiful flower design. This shows Susan's other Pincushion that she finished!! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We went camping at Nehalem Bay in our Motor Home and Ginny came down...