In just a few more days we march right into March. So with that, I thought I would post some of my March designs.

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Life is full of wonderful adventures when you seek the opportunity to experience them. On our way home on the airplane, there was this gentleman that loaded his guitar in the overhead above his seat. I was several seats back and to the side but I told the gals in front of me to ask if he would play for us on the trip home. Well, you can't do things like that but he shared with us who he was and what he played. His name is Brian Wurzell and he shared his CD with us, "Grace Ocean". What a great guy and awesome music, here's a link http://youtu.be/uao89ZImGfw

I'm back from the Road2Ca show and what a great time we had!!!!! Seven of us went, each with two suitcases, one of which was empty for the trip home. Needless to say, there was no empty bags on the trip home. The quilts that we saw were absolutely outstanding and jaw-dropping. They were inspirations for sure making you want to start a new quilt right away. There were lots of laughs, sore feet and plenty of M&M's, thanks to Debbie. I brought back some fun things that I will be scheduling and sharing. I fell in love with these darling heart minaudiere's which I discovered at Ellen Medlock's booth. I love her fabrics as well and will be carrying some of them in my studio. Check her site out at www.ellenmedlock.com.

Another thing I picked up to share and teach is "little windows" resin kits. There are so many unique and fun things that can be done with the kits, so I'm look forward to getting that started. 

You can go to www.little-windows.com to see what these are all about.

Then I purchases buttons and more buttons and made these!

Well, that is just a small showing of what I got at the show and I will soon be posting more.

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A beautiful morning it is! Hope yours is the same. Sometimes cleaning out, re-arranging, organizing can be a bad thing or a good thing. In my situation it began not so good because the further I dug the more I found that I had started and not completed. But, with a bit of determination, another top is completed and the quilting will get done as soon as I get back from the Road 2CA show. Sooooo, looking forward to the trip. Here is the quilt and to let you know how long it has been on hold, I got the pattern from "Quiltworks" magazine issue Sept, 1999. It's a wonder that the material is still in tack. Covered buttons will be on each of the flowers when completed. Good feeling to have it done.

The weather in AZ has been frightful cold which makes for some wonderful quilting and craft days. Probably like most of you, goals have been set for the new year. I have decided that I want to get more organized so I can try to stay caught up with things. I also, have some things that I have really want to do well at, such as journaling, memorizing, corresponding better along with several other things. So, I came up with something I think will help me to accomplish some of those things. It is a monthly package to gather, record, enter and store things that are important to me. So far the system is working for me. Below is what it looks like.

So that is my scrapbooking passion and now for my quilting passion. I put together a Valentine quilt.

Here are a few more that I have done in the past.

A dear friend of ours recently has been in need of some love from her friends as she is experiencing  some heavy medical issues. So what are friends for, but to gather and put a comfort quilt together for her. 

I am also working on some very old projects that have been put up on the shelf and forgotten. Down they have come and work has resumed. 

  

Well, winter arrived here in AZ, finally!. It has been a warm and mild winter but the snow appeared and the temperatures dropped. As I am writing, it is 8 deg. out. Glad I am inside. I wanted to share a few things that I put together in the last month. Hope you enjoy them.

I completed two comfort quilts this week, now off to the quilter.

 Crazy Scrappy