More quilt show day

It was a beautiful day - colorful quilts, good friends, good music (the Gee's Bend ladies).

Sisters - Quilt Show Day

Here are a few pictures from Quilt Show Day. My batteries died (bad planning on my part), so it's only a few.

Friday at Sisters

We had a lovely day today. We went to Camp Sherman for the Pine Needlers Quilt Show in the morning, then Katie and I headed off to Bend to look at sewing machines - on sale. We had a great time looking at things. Then on the way back we stopped at Twigs and the Stitching Post and picked out some wonderful gifts for Angie for her birthday.

Katie took some pictures at the Gee's Bend presentation last night, as well as some pictures from the Camp Sherman show today which I will put up at a later date.

Katie at Camp Sherman

Katie and I - trying to take our own picture
This was the best of the lot.

The musicians (in the background) at Camp Sherman

A few quilts from the Camp Sherman show.

Then back to Rosemary's where Katie did some sewing on her new Janome and I cut out fabric and provided support. Then it was Pizza from Papa Andreas in Sisters and now, a lovely piece of chocolate cake from the lodge.

It's been a great week and I can't believe the time is nearly over. We'll head in for breakfast at Angelina's Bakery in the morning, spend a couple of hours at the quilt show, meet up for lunch - somewhere, and then it's in the car and on the road for both Katie and I - heading in opposite directions.

Can't wait for next year.

How can it be Thursday already/

I started the week with a class: Collaged Journal Covers with Kathy Shaker. It was a great class where she taught us many new techniques - and a few I've already done. The journal turned out really well. It's amazing how much you can add to a piece of cloth and what it does to the finished product.

The camera just doesn't capture the color well at all, but you get the idea.

Here's a shot of all the painted fabric from the class - outside drying

Tuesday I took my car into Sisters to get the check engine light fixed. Luckily it was simple and cheap to get fixed. Then I headed over to the Llama Farm to look at their wool. Oh my was that fun. Here are some pictures from there.

I just thought this one was so darn cute.

Sunday - July 5th

Another lovely day. It was great to have gotten so far yesterday as I was only 40 miles from Bend with another 20 from there to Sisters. I managed to fill the morning and early afternoon with visits to BJ's and Sew Many Quilts in Bend. The once I got to Sisters I checked in at the Stitchin Post to get my tote bag and goodies for the week. The only traffic I hit was heading in to Sisters. It is just one main road through town at 20 miles per hour, but it was really slow. It allowed me to take some great pictures though.

This is one of my favorite spots, with the "flat horses" in the foreground and the mountains in the back - gorgeous!!

The mountains - lots of snow still on the tops.

Pat, Rosemary and Merry Lee - my house mates for the first part of the week.

With all that's going on in the "real" world, it is a real treat to be here, staying at Black Butte Ranch and relaxing with friends. I have class tomorrow that should be a lot of fun, then the rest of the week nothing planned but hanging out at the house and quilting. A little bit of heaven on earth!!

Oregon or bust - July 4th

I made the drive to Sisters in record time (especially since I was on my own with no help driving). I left home around 9 on Saturday and arrived in Crescent OR at 4:30. The weather was beautiful and traffic was not bad at all considering it was July 4th.

Mt. Shasta

Welcome to Oregon

I had planned to stay in Klamath Falls, but arrived so early that it made more sense to continue on. I'm glad I did. I stayed at the Woodsman Lodge, like last year. Such a nice place, wonderful folks who run it, and a great value. I had dinner at the place with all the taxidermied animals. Not nearly as overwhelming on second sight. All in all a great day.

On the road....

I head out tomorrow for Sisters, OR and the wonderful Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show. I'm taking a class on Monday which should be fun. I'm hoping to keep this updated with pictures and commentary from my week away.