Quilt show - eagle and street fair

Here is a wall hanging like I've never seen before. . .

All the tiny pieces are indivually cut and applied to the quilt - so much cutting . . .

After the quilt show - we wandered down through the street fair - looking at all the booths and enjoying the day without rain (it had been forecast but stopped raining all the time we were in Sedro Woolley)

There are wood carvings all up and down the street - one even had a bench for resting - which I needed after about 2 hours at the quilt show . . .

One booth had all sorts of sculptures and bird houses made from re-cycled items - such imagination . . .

This baseball guy was walking around the street fair . . .

More birdhouses - click to enlarge and see the clever used of discarded items . . .

Of course, being from Alaska - I loved this big mosquito . . .

One year Ago Today

June 12, 2009 - what a day. It was the day of Don's open heart surgery to repair the badly damaged mitral valve - 7 1/2 hours - the waiting - the worry - the ups - the desperate downs - always held steady by our son who suffered along with me, yet helped me through it all. Thank you Rusty - I love you! And the support from our daughters and their families - the visits to the hospital - the time spent there so I could have a break now and then over the next 9 days that Don spent in the hospital - I love you!

Now - one year later -

June12, 2010 - up early, but not as early as last year. Final preparations for the day - then off the a local park when Don was doing a 5K walk with co-workers. What a way to start the anniversary!!!

Don enjoying the view of the bay before the race started . . .

Don and some of his co-workers before the race . . .

And our grandson Jahn - who did the race with Grandpa . . .

Jahn-Zyel with a sign for grandpa before the race . . .

Don and co-worker Grant - who couldn't stay for the race - but came to cheer Don on . . .

Here come Don and Jahn - about to cross the finish line . . .

And Ben and gets into the race too . . .

And then it was time for a picnic in the park with all the co-workers and our daughters and their families . . .


A year ago we'd never have dreamed this would be where we are - what a day - what a year!!!!!

Quilt show - more and more

Now for some wintery and holiday quilts . . .

Tree skirt . . .

A vintage autograph quilt from the LaConner Quilt Museum . . .

You could barely see the embroidered signatures because of the age of the quilt . . .

And the cutest pack of penquins you'd ever hope to find . . .

Quilt show part 4

All of these quilts are the same pattern and technique - it is interesting to see how different they turn out with different fabrics.

My favorite of course, 30s fabrics . . .

I think every one of them is wonderful!!!

Quilt show - part 3

Let's go back to the quilt show - I'm having a lot of fun - how about you?