Frosty Mugs…

What a wonderful surprise awaited me when I opened the ‘Frosty Mugs’ Kit from Dorr Wool…and found everything LABELLED!!  They took the guess work out of which piece of wool went for what!  Loved it!

Within minutes I had reversed the pattern and traced it onto the Heat n Bond Lite, ironed it on to the labelled wool and had it cut out and placed on the long stripe of backing!

DANG CUTE!

Yup, it’s cuteness exceeded my wildest expectations!

And I loved Dorr’s selection of neutrals…a selection like this would be hard to find!

Please excuse the dog rolling on the last snowman…

I think she’s trying to cool down!  It was another HOT one today!

Well that makes THREE projects prepped and ready for our trip home.  Surely this SHOULD be enough to keep me busy and stitching on the long trek home…?!  Gawd forbid that I should look up and start back seat driving! heehee

Have a Terrific Tuesday and Happy Quilting!~P

Garage Saling Palm Desert Style…

Every year the Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce closes their parking lot to host their annual Street Garage Sale…great fun!

The secret is to get there early…you know the old saying “The Early Bird gets the…saddle?!”

Whenever I see a work of ‘art’ I always wonder if it’s the real deal..you know worth a million bucks…but I mean really what are the odds and how would you know?? 

Love the mountains around the Palm Springs area and just look at that BLUE sky!

We got there at 8am…hubby walked the dogs while I shopped…

Lots of interesting stuff to look at…

There are always some treasures mixed in with the junk…come on look hard…REALLY hard!

Your kitchen wouldn’t be complete without a cactus cookie jar…

It took us at least an hour and a half to see everything…

A great way to spend a Saturday morning…and hubby was happy…I bought three pairs of earrings, a summer scarf, a top and a bag of antique buttons…and NO SADDLE…all small things that I can easily squeeze into our RV.  Things could have been worse…much worse!

Have a magical Monday and Happy Quilting!~P

A One Woman’s Show…

Meet JoAnne…a new member at the Clubhouse…but certainly not a new member to quilting!

When JoAnne mentioned that all of her quilts were backed with Minky we just HAD to see for ourselves…so off JoAnne went to gather up her quilts that she brought with her in the RV….literally taking them right off the bed!

Here’s JoAnne and her first quilt…a real beauty for sure!

Let’s get up close and personal…as all quilters like to do!

A very scrap happy quilt…

BUT LOOK at the back…Minky soft…

and who knew that the quilting would be showcased so nicely?!!  Just lovely…

The next two quilts were gifts from friends!!  WOW, nice friends!!

What a sweet label to add even more warmth to this quilt!

And just look at the Minky!!  LOVE it!  JoAnne lives way up in north eastern British Columbia where it gets cold and snowy…Minky really hits the spot!  She said it’s easy to use and makes them extra cuddly (she uses batting too!)

Isn’t this quilt wonderful!  I love the shadow effect around each square and how they are all linked!

Another wonderful label and more Minky!!

Yup…got to find me some Minky!!

Thanks for sharing, JoAnne!  I have a whole new respect for Minky!

How about you?  Have you ever backed a quilt with Minky fabric?  Doesn’t get any softer or cuddlier than this stuff!

Have a Sunny Sunday and Happy Quilting!~P