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Halloween Fun

What a fun Halloween! We went out this afternoon to trick-or-treat at the downtown shops. It's a little less scary than going out at night and it was really fun for the kids.

Johnnie was a green dragon, he thought his costume was really scary--it was so cute.

I had big plans to make Johnnie his costume this year and he wanted to be a dragon. And then a month or so ago I got an email from Old Navy showing off their Halloween costumes with this green dragon for $22.50. How can you pass that up? Its made of fleece and is really warm which worked out great because it was pretty rainy this afternoon.

Wishing you a spooky Halloween!

PIQF delayed post

This photo was sent from my iphone during the show, but my iphone never sent it until today...oh well, here is another great quilt from the show.

toadstool quilt

Another quilt from PIQF, I love this quilt and you can see why but you really had to see this quilt in person to appreciate the detail. The moss on the tree was exquisite. The artist was from Australia I think, I wish I had wrote down her name to see if she had a website or a blog. Don't you love it?

back from PIQF

I had so much fun at PIQF. We were there for two days and it was a really relaxing way to see the show. I bought lots of fabrics and a couple of fun patterns. I had to take my little point and shoot camera that I don't use very often and completely forgot how to use it. I was on the wrong setting for the whole show and almost all my photos were blurry.  I had to show this one though because this was my absolute favorite quilt.

off to PIQF

I'm off to the Pacific International Quilt Festival in Santa Clara tomorrow. I am going with two friends to the show for two days and staying overnight at the hotel where the show is being held. I feel like I am going on a big vacation, I guess its been awhile since I got away with girlfriends.

This photo is my fabric scrap stash, not very organized but is fun to look through and it looks nice when its closed up and put away!

Quilt Guild Opportunity Quilt

My quilt guild's opportunity quilt is complete and I think it turned out really wonderful. It is called Garden Path. Nine patch blocks were completed by many of the members and then applique was done over the blocks. The quilting on this quilt is really beautiful. Click on the image below to see it larger.

The raffle will be drawn September 2009 but we have begun selling raffle tickets. I thought I would offer the tickets here to blog readers. If you win I will ship the quilt to you for free anywhere, including overseas. So, if you would like a ticket, they are $1 each or 6 for $5. Leave a comment here if you would like to purchase a ticket and I will email you with my address, you can mail a check and I'll mail you back your ticket stubs. I'm going to post this offer periodically through the year.