Enjoy the View!

My view the last ten days has taken in every one's projects. There are so many talented ladies in Panguitch and in the blogging world that I have just taken a week off to check everyone out.

Last week at sewing night we had several fun projects shown and then we worked on a special one.

Donna brought her baby quilt to show us. How sweet is this!!


LaVee finished her beautiful star quilt. It's all hand quilted to boot! She also did the Christmas trees. We love those trees.





Becky finished her UFO for guild. It is awesome and how great is that to have it finished! She also finished a block while she was here!


I quilted my baby quilt and it now has the binding on it ready to take in the car this weekend.


Shannon is doing this spectacular Nativity scene out of wool. She hand dyes her fabric and it is amazing what she does with this wool.


She also brought tonight a fall table runner out of wool. The colors are so rich.


Holly is teaching us a class that she will be teaching at the Quilt Walk. It is the most amazing memory book. Here is a picture of her getting us started and I will show you pictures as soon as we finish . It is incredible! Love it!



Tonight Marylou taught us the clothesline baskets. There should be a law against having this much fun(NOT)! We all enjoyed ourselves and finished our baskets! Here are Marylou"s:


And here is mine and my new iron!



See how much fun I had and I didn't even get to the blogs. More next time!
Claudia

A Productive Weekend!!!

This weekend I had numerous projects to finish.. You know that feeling...you have a schedule and no one around to bother you and you're off. I had three Turning Twenty quilts to sew together and get quilted, a baby quilt to quilt and a patriot star throw. My quilting machine is in a building in my back yard that has no heat and in the winter when I quilt, I plug in an electric heater. Now depending on how cold it is, it takes a while to heat up. So my theory this year was to get most of my Christmas quilting done now. It is warm outside and inside and peaceful. Give me a book on tape and I am set.
Saturday I quilted the king sized Turning Twenty. I love to quilt on my machine. This quilt is for a friend of mine who is getting married in two weeks. Western Boots and hats fit Justin perfectly and that's what the pattern was I used to quilt it.


Sunday I quilted the patriotic throw. I am just loving practicing free hand quilting. There are so many wonderful ideas to us. After I got done with the quilting I finished embroidering a sampler.



Today the last day of my three days off, I quilted the baby quilt. It's bright and colorful and for a wonderful friend's daughter who is having her first child. It's a little girl and I think this will be really fun for her. Now I just have bindings to put on all of them. Yes I didn't get the other two Turning Twenty quilts sewed together, but I am loving making something and quilting it in the same week. Amazing!


The best surprise this weekend came in the mail from Canada. Cathy Miller the Singing Quilter wrote a song about the Quilt Walk and put it on her new cd. She used my Quilt walker quilt as part of the inside cd cover. She sent me a copy and I love it! She is coming to the Quilt Walk next summer to teach and do a trunk show and of course sing the song! I'm really excited about that!



Now was that a busy weekend or what. Leon was in SLC, and so I just sewed along all weekend. I love it when I can see progress. I am excited with all the possibilities that I have to do. Oh and guess what I found while looking for a back for the baby quilt? 4 flannel quilt tops (throw size) that I totally forgot I had. I really like to have some on hand to give away when needed and so now I just need to quilt them up. It is pretty scary that I have that much stuff that I couldn't even remember doing them. How about you...have you come across hidden treasures you forgot?

It was such a beautiful weekend, I did get out and go for a walk each day and lunch with friends two days., so I wasn't a total hermit. But I really love my sewing weekends. Don't we all?

Claudia

Rainy Days and Family

It has been raining in Panguitch for 3 days. We have had over 3" of rain. Incredible! I tried to get a picture of the rain running off the house, but it doesn't show up. The air smells so good, pine trees, dirt, wood, all equals fall is here.My front porch is full of wood, there is a stack outside the fence thanks to Joe and Alex, and a load of coal. We owe them big time. Let winter come.


A couple of weeks ago we took my sister and mom to Thanksgiving point for the afternoon. Leon, myself, our daughter, grandaughter, mother, sister had a great afternoon. I have been wanting to get a special picture of the 4 generations and we were lucky enough to get it done. We added my sister to the mix so there is 4 generations and one extra special hand. Love this. A mile stone that we needed to document.


I have a major sewing weekend planned. I am not going to show you pictures today, but hopefully by next Monday night I will have a bunch of fun things to pull out of my hat for you! I love 3 day weekends that I have no plans except sewing. I will be quilting them on my longarm and hopefully get done what I plan.

What are your plans for the long weekend??? Take time for yourself and enjoy the weekend!

Claudia

DEDICATION!!!!!!

Who knew that 7 men fighting to save their families and way of life over a 150 years ago could make such an impact on us today? These 7 men saved this town and made it possible for all of us to live... no I think to really enjoy life in Panguitch, Utah.




Our Quilt Walk Park will be dedicated tommorrow at 1:00 p.m. and we are so excited!! We would invite all of you to come and share our excitement!




This project has been 13 years in the making. Each and everyone of you, who has attended the Quilt Walk, took classes, donated chocolate to the Chocolate Fest, donated to the jars in the stores, bought bricks, attended fund raisers, volunteered your time and talents, encouraged, supported and rallied us... we will never be able to thank you enough! We are so blessed and humbled by everyone around us.




The Quilt Walk Festival is held the second week of June each year. It is an all volunteer organization and it is really a fun event. I truly appreciate all the people that help to make it a fun time for all that come! Thank you to everyone!

Claudia

WHERE DID THIS ALL COME FROM???

Nan called and told me to run up and see her sewing room. "It's almost back together again, but I have alot of stuff!" Now just what quilter doesn't! We love stuff. I love all the newest gadgets, a new ruler or pattern will give me a sleepless night, yardage...well we won't go down that road. These are the things I pondered as I drove up the road to Nan's house. Now Nan and I are alot alike. You can never have too much stuff. Our only problem is the time we need to do something with that wonderful "stuff". Nan just took everything out of her sewing room, repainted, carpeted, put up in new shelving, new totes for various fun things and sorted for days. I was excited to see the results!

Nan got an incredible sewing table and chair. We all need room to spread out! It's perfect! Check out the shelves with totes all labeled with what's inside (how great is that?). There are boxes and bins with all of the same things, Jenny Beyer kits, levis that are sewn for a rag quilt, levis that are cut for one, squares, strips, patterns, fat quarters have all found a new home in this wonderful room.



Now Nan's favorite color is red, and if you are ever looking for extra red, you might want to check with her... she probably has it! I love it! It is so good to see someone else with the addiction that I have! As I have said before "You can't have too much fabric".







Now I am inspired to do something with my spaces.(notice I said spaces) I don't know as I will go to the extreme of painting etc, but I do have a bunch of totes waiting to be filled. I just love Nan and she always inspires me to be a better person and a better quilter, and if I haven't seen some new fabric, blog, book or pattern she keeps me updated on that too! Now who could ask for more! Thanks Nan for sharing your sewing room!

Isn't it fun to see where we sew? I don't think it matters where we sew as much as it matters that we sew. With the events in my life in the past few weeks I realize how lucky I am that I have something that literally takes my breath away and I have friends like Nan to share it with. Life is so very good! Make sure you breathe deep and enjoy every day!
Claudia

Life's Journey

We have been in Huntington since Wednesday night, but came home last night on a special errand. Joe (Sherrie's husband) ordered a handmade cherrywood casket from Figs in Orderville and we told him we would go get it. What nice people! The casket is breathtaking! There is a plaque the size of a turkey platter on the inside top that you can have any picture woodburned into. Sherrie loved the property up on the Fishlake and so they had a picture of the valley woodburned onto the plaque. So personal and meaningful. We felt very honored to go pick it up.

Today I made a throw for the casket. I quilted it in heart shaped leaves. I had ask JuNette what she thought about having everyone in the family sign it as a form of saying "Goodbye". She thought that was a great idea. It is a very simple quilt, but it will be full of love.




Our thoughts and prayers are with the whole family.

Claudia

OUR HEARTS ARE BROKEN

Sherri was Leon's ex-wife. She was the mother of their children.. Destry and JuNette. She was my friend. She took her life on Wednesday....

We knew she was suffering from some problems, but we all thought her medication was working and she was improving. We just went to Lagoon with her 2 weeks ago and Leon had seen her at our grandson's Aaronic priesthood special day last Sunday. She was happy and engaging.

We will never know of the demons she fought second by second. We just know that the blackness was too much. I know that Heavenly Father has a special place in his heart for those whose lives are so broken. I know she is in a better place and that in this life she was loved.

Claudia