A Scrap Crystals Kind of Friday!

Hangin’ with my peeps!

49 quilters running thread through fabric – piecing up the pieces, making blocks  - but even one better, MAKING FRIENDS!

I’m having a great time in Carmel, near Indianapolis – and the time is flying just as fast as the scraps are.

Yesterday’s workshop?  Scrap Crystals from my book MORE Adventures with leaders & Enders – And oh, the colors that came out to play!

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Where Quilters Gather!

Two more for the done pile!

It was foggy over Atlanta as I changed planes on my way to Indianapolis, Indiana for my last teaching engagement of 2018 – The Quilters Guild of Indianapolis!

The big question was – can we hold off the snow, just until I am done and on my way home??  There were rumors that snow could be flying overnight.

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Happiness on my Doorstep! String Frenzy Gift-Away!

Oooooh, look!

I opened the door yesterday afternoon to find a box on the doorstep -

I quickly tore into it once I saw who the sender was – my advance copies of String Frenzy showed up!

Oh. My. Goodness!

It’s like Christmas! 

With hands shaking, I removed the filler paper from the top of the box and lifted out my copy – It’s here.  It’s in my hands.  

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Lost Quilts Found–and Home Life in General!

I’ve been out and about all ready this morning!

It was just that kind of morning – sun streaming in the window, blue sky above.  Oh my goodness – what time is it?  “7:00 am” says the clock.

Well, okay then – there is time before blog writing and daily work load takes over to make that run to the grocery store and pick up just a few things and get them going for tonight’s dinner.

Remember my recipe for White Chicken Chili that I shared a few weeks back?  (Under the recipes tab at the top of the blog, crock pot wonders section!) Son Jeff has declared it a White Chicken Chili kind of day, and I had some cooked and de-boned chicken ready for something of the sort in the freezer.  So off to the store I went.

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