FriYay- At Home Retreat

It was Tiara Yime!

Here I am testing the new Design Wall 

aka Room divider Diane and Carol 

found on Amazon. 

This Ocean Waves Quilt has been in timeout

 long enough.

I had it all pinned in rows, just waiting in the tote.

I love it!!

Binding is finished!

Label is done ✔️ 

I'm ready to go and meet Naomi!

Darlene had a Birthday! 

We ate cake.

Carol's Flimsy 

Becky's Swoon Flimsy.

We get to have pajama day tomorrow.  

Wow-Wednesday

It's the 1st day of Fall!

This Quilt waited on the Q20 while we played at the Rockaway Beach. 

It's time to get it Quilted.

But first I had some desk work to do...

Walla Walla Valley Quilt Guild 2026 Calendar.

Agenda

2026 Retreat ideas

  There's a Stay at home Retreat this weekend.

I will Quilt with my Tiara buddy again!

I'm sew excited 😊 

My Quilt Buddy Lynn is coming also!

I missed sewing all week since we were 

at the Beach.

Whatcha Working on?
 

Home Again, Jiggetty Jig

Grandson, Caleb ran a 5K in Tillamook Oregon.

His team got 2nd and the Girls got 4th in the races

Caleb got a better PR (Personal run) than in the higher altitudes.

Playing in the waves. watching out for Rip Currents.

Rockaway Beach Rocks!

The Sunsets are the Best!

Mermaids on the Beach

Resting on the mile walk to see this old Western Cedar tree.

One of the Oldest in North America.

The Cedar tree has Hemlock roots growing inside it.

Anna and Grandma

So glad we got to go along for the ride with our Daughter By Love, Tina!

It was fun and we had a great time.

Happy Monday, we're HOME!

FriYay, Ta Da!!!

I love looking at the back.

Every block has different designs quilted on it

I am sew glad it's finished.

Next uo in the queue!

Naomi's grandma Quilt 

Nade from Natalie's Tutorial on YouTube.

"Springtime Starburst"

My Tursday was spent  at Powered by Fabric. 

By lunchtime we had 2 halves sewn.

A little adjusting and it was done!

This is for our fellow Quilter who lost her 

house and shed in a Fire.

We collected red and background strips at 

Our Quilt Guild meeting.

Wouldn't it be fun in scrappy?

Happy FriYay!

 

Quilt Festival Winners

Vendors Choice Winners 

"Queen of Diamonds"

Jessica Rennaker

Vendor- STASH 

"Windy Days"

Bonnie Bennett

Vendor- West of the Blues

"Dance of the Flowers"

Sylvia Lewis

Vendor- Walla Walla Sew Vac n Spas 

"Barn Star Sampler"

Freida Wade

Challenge Quilt Winners 

Best of Show 

"Improve Art"

eddie Walker

1st 

"Orphan Improv"

Elaine Shaw

2nd 

"Paint Chip Face"

Gretchen Michaels

3rd place I didn't get the photo. 

Small Quilt Winners 

Best of Show 

"Calling me Home"

Elly Sherry

1st People's Choice 

"Diamond Hexies"

Carol Anselmo

2nd Place was Dance of the Flowers seen above.

3rd 

"Skulliver"

Jessica Rennaker 

Large Quilt Winners 

Best of Show

"Birds of Paradise"

Mark Palmer

1st People's Choice 

"Nana's Garden"

Mona Himmelberger

2nd People's Choice 

"Cathedral Windows"

Marlene Wilson 

3rd People's Choice 

"Bali Star Wedding Ring"

Nanci Cooksley

Its a Quilt Festival Friday

This is why I'm not in Utah.

I am Vice President of our local Guild.

Next year I'm the President. 

Gotta learn all the things.

Our Guild booth at the Festival. 

Come see me! 

I will be here when I'm not looking at the Quilts.

I found my Old Town Mystery Quilt. 

In the back by the Demo area.

Not a Prime location, but it's ok. 

I only finished this one.

Still burying threads on My Purple Passion.

I had tomatoes calling to me.

Plus a quilty friend shared some at Eddie's. 

Chili Sauce time.

Janessa's guy friend, Dan said can you teach me how to make it?

Of course., passing a family favorite to the next Generation,  priceless. 

Plus, many hands made Quick work. 

I had the jars filled by 12:30 am.

14 Pints and 2 fridge containers to taste it!

It was so fun to share the making of it with them!
 I usually make it around this time of year.

It's what I was doing the day and night before I became a Mom!

Tomorrow is our oldest Sons birthday.

Next week is our Youngest Daughters Birthday.

I'm off to the Quilt Festival all day!

It's different,  but I can't be everywhere this year.

Still, I wish I was in UTAH!

Garden of Quilts started this week.

Wow-Wednesday

I am still stitching binding down. 

I had a Hand stitching day at Powered by Fabric. 

I took it to Quilt Guild last night.

I am almost to the last side. Then I start the

 thread burying.

I love the trick I learned to do that.

It works like magic.

You thread a folded piece of thread through the needle, making a loop. Put that loop over where 

the thread is and put the needle close to the thread.

I hold onto the Thread I'm burying and pull the needle to a close seam between the layers.

Does that make sense?

Today is my only Free Day to stitch at home. 

Tomorrow we set up the Quilt Festival and Quilt Guild booth.

I should be Quilting a certain baby Quilt.

We bought our tickets last night to go meet the Newest Crowther!

This Quilt needs a green Border,

Then it can be Quilted.

My 4-patch purple trip needs the Quilting too. 

Funny how making these purple Quilts has not diminished my Stash, lol.

I have a Charity Quilt to bind for next Monday's

Quilt Guild in Tri-Cities. 

I can work on that while I'm at the Guild booth. 

It's smaller than the Purple Passion.

I will work on that in the evenings. 

It needs a lot of threads buried.

Have great Wednesday 

Whatcha Working On?

It's Monday Somewhere

Purple Passion aka Ruby Jubilee QM 40th Anniversary Project from 2022.

I made mine with all purples.

I have learned some tricks to quilt a different pattern design in each block.

This one is my Favorite!

We had lots of Company on Saurday

Janessa and Dan came to visit with Elizabeth and Mochael who came to visit us. 

Michael helped Paul prune the Snowball Tree. 

Yes, Paul is up on the Ladder

I had to take a picture of the Grandkids with Grandpa

We asked if they wanted to go to Maple Counter.

This is my choice, Blueberry Cobbler French toast.

It was Delicious!

Elizabeth brought her T-shirt Project to work on.

This Quilt hs been on the Q20 Way too long

It is Finished, Except for Tacking the binding and burying threads. 

There's a Lot of them.

I took it off the frame and got the binding and label attached before I went to bed.

I must Confess, it was O'Dark thirty.

I had hopes of entering it in the Quilt Festival. 

That won't happen.

Today was the last day of Turning in Quilts.

I had Grandious dreams of entering 4 Quilts and a Challenge Block.

This was the Challenge fabric.

I swear, it is the UGLIEST fabric ever!

It never inspired me to make a block for the Challenge.

I never got inspired by the Improv theme of the Quilt Challenge so that Quilt wasn't made.

I had an idea, but, life got in the way.

I was in Charge of Linger Longer, so I was cooking all Morning. Spaghetti pie and Chocolate and Lemon Lush.

I haven't made it in probably 40 years.

I was tired all day.

As for the other 2 Quilts not delivered today...

They will wait to be shown in March in Tri-Cities. 

At least one of them.

 

As for the Friday post, 

Life Happened and I got waylaid by another project Paul needed my help doing.

To keep the mud and dirt from leaving the flowerbeds and pooling at the end of the sidewalk.

We added some garden edging to the

 inside of the sidewalk. 

He went and tried to find something to use.

It was not as good as I wanted so I had to go help him find something better.

Yet another reason why I didn't get all my Quilts ready for the show.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Wow-Wednesday

It's Wednesday!

First Wednesday in September. 

What am I working on??

Well, I registered 3 Quilts in our Quilt Festival. 

One needs Binding, one is on the Q20.

My Purple Passion.. 

Yesterday I spent more time un Quilting 

than I wanted to.

I found a couple designs to put in the White spaces.

I will try again today. 

This Quilt needs to be finished this year.

I started it in 2022.

It was the last Quilt I tried to finish on the old 

Betsy - Viking Mega Quilter 18.

When it went Wacko, I took it off that frame. 

I finally put it on Q 20.

The tension was bad on the back when I 

quilted a solid block. 

It broke a thread, I kept trying. 

 Then I looked under neath. UGH!!

Wish me luck!

I have a binding to do for my Old Town. 

I also have the Challenge block and Improv Quilt 

to work on.

Turn in day is this Saturday and Sunday.

Elizabeth wants to come on Saturday to quilt. 

Gotta get this one off by then.

Monday - Labor Day

What should I bind this one with?

The leftover backing or something purple?

That pink is the easy choice.

I can use it for the hanging sleeve.

I have lots of Purples.

Wait and see what I find.

I found a bunch of ripe tomatoes.

San Marsanos

Hubby was bust pruning my Hydrangea bushes. 

He left the green shoots.

It's a Labor Day...

Septem-burrr is here.

This is one that needs to be finished. 

I have one more after this one.

If I can just get the courage to turn on the Machine!

Those blank spaces are calling for feathered wreaths.

Tonight is the deadline for registration of Quilts for the Walla Walla Valley Quilt Festival. 

I need to enter my Improv and Block Challenge. 

Granddaughters Quilt is waiting for Next March

Quilt Show in Tri-Cities. 

I am relieved!

I went and picked up my ribbons and Quilt from the Fair.  No comments on the Quilt.

They threw away the flowers.

I have more.

Happy Labor Day