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Yes it's true.....I have been on vacation and last week was away from my computer. No chance to blog. In Cabo....some good times and some not so good. A little food poisoning adventure for me and my husband. Several others in our group were also sick. Still able to experience Cabo. Saw a lot of whales, had a beautiful sunset sail, and lots of time to lounge at the pool and work on a little tan.

 

The weather was warm and wonderful.

 

 

Good times and some good memories.

 

 

Sunset Sail

 

 

Part of our group heading out to sail into the sunset!

 

 

Appropriately called "Seal Rock"

 

 

 

Out on the Bow...

 

 

 

a beautiful sunset!

The following week was spent out at the beach with my mom and sisters. I took my Bernina and we sewed a little, read a little, cooked a little, enjoyed each others company and the beach.....

 

a sunset at the Oregon coast.

I came back in to work a day and then..... off to quilt retreat with my guild. I was able to get two quilt tops done, and made a cute bag, also made a couple of blocks , and a little hand sewing of binding on a charity baby quilt.

Now it's back to the real world this week.

Cabo

Off to Cabo tomorrow!


Time for a little fun in the sun!

Finishing up for January

               Finished this quilt for a PTA raffle this week. One of my friends at work finished the top and gave it to me to be quilted. Hopefully it will raise a lot of money for a good cause.

 

 

I decided to do an allover panto on this.

 

 

Hard to get a close up.

The panto is called

Maidenhair / Kaye Emmerson

 

 

 

and these are my Bee Blocks for January for

Sew Bee Wonky.

I just love those little houses.

These are 12 1/2 inch blocks.

 

 

Sew cute!

Weekend with Friends

    This past weekend I spent with three of my best friends. You need a little time off like that every so often to regroup, rewind, refresh....and so on.

    We try to do this every so often, though not often enough. We spent the time at a beautiful log home along the little Deschutes river. Softly snowing at times. Sharing meals made by each other. Reading, relaxing, laughing, and just enjoying being away together.

   They even had a chance to learn a new skill. We bought yarn and needles and one friend ( NJ) taught another (ST)  to knit. SY began a new project with the crochet hook and chenille yarn. So soft , for her grandaughter.

                                                       and I brought a new project to sew...

 

"Scrappy Trips"

All in all a most enjoyable weekend.....

Red Cross Charity Quilt

A while back I made these quilt blocks.

They were to go into a charity quilt to help victims of

Hurricane Sandy.

I sent them off...  and today I saw a post

for the completed quilt.

 

 

 

 

Here is a picture of the completed quilt!

Isn't it awesome!

and here is the link to the post where you can buy a chance to win it,
                                              Who knows, you might just be the lucky winner!


http://www.okcmqg.com/2013/01/win-red-cross-charity-quilt.html