What’s better than a Birthday Card?

Happy Birthday, Erin!!

Remember how I said that April was a BIG month in our family for birthdays..well today is my eldest daughter turns 30!!  NOW how did that happen?  Seems just like yesterday that she was colouring at the kitchen table…now here she is 30, married to a wonderful young man and teaching Grade 6…and living in Calgary!  Have a wonderful birthday, Erin!  Wish I could bake you a cake and hand deliver it!! Love you lots!!

ON THE QUILTING FRONT~

Bountiful, Utah is plentiful in quilt shops!!  I had the pleasure of going to Quilter’s Haven yesterday and I still haven’t recovered!!  What an experience!!  This shop will be featured in next month’s Quilt Sampler Magazine and I’m not surprised!!  Quilter’s Haven is gorgeous!! A picture is worth a thousand words so let me show you WHY it was voted in the top ten shops for this year!!

Here it is~

Isn’t the outside cute..all brick and rounded windows…so much character!!

Doesn’t this door say…COME IN…and..WELCOME!!

 

Inside it’s just as charming…bright, happy quilts on the brick walls…so cheery and welcoming!

This is the other side of the shop with more traditional quilts hanging…stunning!!

You have GOT to meet Joni…Joni is the owner of the shop and was so nice and just as welcoming as her shop!!  She was warm, friendly and funny and I really liked her.  She made me want to come back and come back often!

 Joni also said I could take as many pictures as I wanted, so of course I took her up on that…after all I AM taking you along on the tour!

I loved all the displays in the shop…all the little touches that pull everything together…like this antique sewing machine!

 

Lots of baby quilts…all around a little crib at the back of the store.

This quilt was definitely my favourite!   LOVED IT!!  You can tell everyone else thought so too because the pattern was no longer available! ;o(  The good ones always go first…I should have asked for the name and designer…??  Darn!

 I also loved this little quilt!!  Very sweet!

 Again it’s the little things…loved this ladder…wonderful way to display the different quilts and each quilt was gorgeous!!

AND LOOK….WOOL!!  Joni has stocked her shop with care, taking into consideration all the different quilting techniques.

 

Lots of wool patterns, lovely wool and threads!!  Sheer perfection!

Books, books and more books throughout the shop!!  I found two books that I have been looking for for a lonnnng time!!  I was thrilled!

Oooops!!  I am out of space…and the wifi will explode if I try to post any more pictures!!  So you know what that means…part two tomorrow!! After all I have to show you the rest of the store!!  You are going to love it!! 

Have a wonderful Wednesday…today we are starting our trek home!! Whooop-tee-doo!  Happy Quilting!