Summer Fun

It’s hard for me to believe it’s almost August! What have I been doing for the past couple of months? Here’s a brief recap.

Quilt market in Minneapolis in May. That’s Judie Rothermel and I in front of the Circle of Friends quilt. The canvas tote bag you see in the photo is used to package the shop kit for this quilt, which brings me to the “what have I been doing” question.

I wanted to cut and package the shop kits, so the fabric was sent directly to me from the Marcus warehouse. . . what was I thinking?!?!? (I felt sorry for the delivery guy who had a heck of a time operating the dolly and unloading the boxes!)

Even though it was a lot of work, I’ve received numerous comments from quilt shops who were extremely pleased with their shop kit and the way it was packaged, which makes it all worthwhile!

In June, my husband and I took all four of our granddaughters camping on the Oregon coast for a week. Fun was had by all! The girls are growing up so fast and I know these trips will create fond memories for them when they’re older. We already have another camping trip planned for August and they can hardly wait!

The month of July has flown by! My husband and I took a 5-day trip to the Oregon Coast by ourselves, where we enjoyed weather that was about 30 degrees cooler than where we live! When we returned, I got a jump on school shopping with the granddaughters and we spent two days shopping for school supplies and clothes. That's always a yearly event and the girls love Grammy to take them shopping. . . I guess I'm a pushover or something!

Now it’s time to get back to work! I’m anxious to start designing with some of the new fabric bundles I bought from Moda at Sample Spree in Minneapolis.

I love them all, but I think my very favorite is the “Pure” fat pack by Sweetwater – beautiful blues, browns, tans and creams. Maybe I’ll start with that one first. . .

Coming soon. . . a sneak peek at “Bloom Creek Quilts", my new book with Martingale that will be out mid-September!

Until next time. . . Vicki