Some Luck...

I got Some Luck at my Quilt Guild Meeting this month.  I wasn't going to get to go with our Road trip plan. I woke up early and drove to Richland as soon as I could get there. My DD and her four children and I drove all over the east side of Washington on Tuesday.

We made a stop in Ritzville, so I could meet up with an old Moses Lake neighbor from my childhood.  There is a Quilt store in the same building as their Liquor Store.  I had my DD #1 take our picture in front of the fabric this time.  The last time I saw her was when Lynn and I made the Long Ride around to all the Quilt Shops a few years ago.
NaDell blogged about the whole Trip HERE.

We got back to Richland with just enough time for me to travel back to Walla Walla for my Guild Meeting.   I was in a real tizzy, trying to decide how I could do all that I needed and wanted to do.  I missed it last month when I was in Idaho and really didn't want to save my 3 UFO's another month.  Next month is our annual Treasure Sale' and Potluck so the "Show and Share" won't be the focus.

Here we are holding up my Round Robin, Lynn took the picture but didn't warn me to look at the camera.
Now, about the Luck I had at Guild---
 

Here are the gifts from the last two months from my Secret Pal.  She is way good to me. If I hadn't gone I could have asked Lynn to bring my stuff to me.  I forgot to ask her to do that last month.  

I needed to take something for my Secret Pal too.

Because I took 3 UFO's I put 3 Fat Quarters in the basket for the UFO Challenge.  We put our names on the FQ's and this was the end of the 2nd Quarter so Marilee said it was time to draw one out for the UFO CHALLENGE WINNER.  YEA!! One of my Fat Quarters was pulled out and I won these 20 Fun Fat Q's.

The Baskets of Goodies is something new at our Guild.  We are raising money to support Education in the guild.  There are at least two baskets at Guild and they get raffled off- tickets are $1 each.   I put $3 in two jars and won this Basket of fun stuff.  10 Fq's, cookies, truffles, an apple ornament, beads and trim.  Now I get to fill a basket to take back next month.  I'm thinking Red, White and Blue for July!

Wednesday Morning I drove back up to take care of the grandchildren.  I know that is a lot of driving but I think it was worth it all to win and bring home all the fun stuff from Guild and sleep in my own bed.  NaDell's good friend watched them and made them b-fast so I didn't have to get up quite as early.  That was nice.  I am still recovering from all the travel.  Company is coming Friday Night and I had high hopes of getting my cleaning done this week, but it isn't getting done quite like I'd thought I would.  I may have to stay up all night to get some more things done --like organizing downstairs a little.  The beds are ready and I picked two 5 qt Ice Cream buckets of strawberries and watered the lawn. The berries took a while to pick and clean.  Strawberry waffles are on the menu for Father's Day. And some sliced for my Vanilla Ice Cream tonight.

Design Wall Monday 1-3-2011

Judy, by way of her DH have chosen the lucky #6 for the UFO to be worked on for the month of January. I have my WASIQ Round Robin as my #6 UFO. This quilt was started in 2008. I think it has been aged long enough for lack of a final border and quilting. I started with the center being a view of the "Foothills" that I can see when I'm driving east on Hwy 12. The pink tree is to represent the Dogwoods that bloom every Spring here in Walla Walla. I'm not a big landscape quilter so this was an attempt at using fabrics that were like a landscape.

The ladies who worked on my rows were: Holly K, Kathy H, Sue L, Cindy J, and Sarah N. I had a lot of fun working on their rows. This is the first Round Robin I ever did! We called it a "Migrating Round Robin". It came back to me in September of 2008.

My 2nd UFO for January is the Buggy Barn Stars. I started thinking about making it back in October after the Buggy Barn ladies came to our local Quilt Festival in September. I have only a few (11) blocks made, so this one will take a little more time to complete. My vision of how it will turn out is still a Work In Progress. This picture was taken at the November Retreat at Royal Ridges. We will have to see how the blocks speak to me when I put them on the wall...

I think I might have a lot of fun doing the UFO Challenge this year. And the Monochromatic Challenge...That is going to be a small quilt, just in case my month gets Busier...Possibly from an idea in this BOOK by Kathleen Tracy. With these fabrics...or maybe some 30's or Civil War fabrics that I have coming in my Birthday FQ Swap. I have at least until the 15th of the month to decide. Click on the links at Judy L's Blog to see what other quilters are doing in the first week of 2011.