Anniversary Friday!

Happy Anniversary Chris and Donna. What a great 17 years you have had!

Grandma's Dress

The dress that Donna is wearing in this photo was made by Grandma McLean in 1972. The dress was a little big when she received it, but fit fine a few years later. Okay, maybe it was a little short by then, but you can't see it. With stockings, it looked great. We lived in Manhattan, Kansas when this picture was taken. Graduate school encouraged us to stretched out the wardrobes as far as they would go. This dress was received the same time as Donna's blue jumper with the red shirt, which I have shared before. I loved those two dresses so much. As I remember Donna wore one of them every Sunday to church. You have to remember, the memory only remembers what it wants to. I'm sure, thinking back, there must have been more dresses in her wardrobe. I know there were summer dresses that I made and other dresses from Grandma. Little girl dresses are so cute. Donna looks so happy in her dress.

Eye Candy

Last month, Dan and I visited the Dunn's in Albuquerque and the Allen's in Denver. It was a wonderful visit with daughters and their husbands, grandkids, cats and dogs, too. We always love to stop at quilt stores while visiting, plus along the road and highways coming and going. I'm always on the look-out for new quilt stores. Quilt stores are my candy stores. When you walk in a store, the colors jump out at you and the fabric feels like silk. Of course, quilts are displayed beautifully and you are sure you can make a quilt just like it, in every detail. We wish.

This trip was no exception. While in Albuquerque, Dan and I visited two of our favorite stores. One of these stores is advertised in many of my quilt magazines. That knowledge makes it fun to know "I've been there." The owners know their customers, because they have an area for hubbies to sit and read or work on their computers, while waiting for the cash register's total. It's fun for everyone. What a great husband I have, he knows what I need to be happy.

New Mexico inspired design and colors for friends of ours who just had a new baby.

On the way home we stopped in Williams, Arizona for gas. It is a very cute little town off the main road. Guess what was right next to the gas station? A quilt store! What luck. We had been driving for awhile, so while stretching my legs, I discovered it. Of course I, we, found treasures we couldn't do without. What fun. We won't forget it's location.

So, three shops and lots of eye candy to keep me happy. For how long? Oh--- a while, till I need some more fabric to match this piece or that piece. It might be that extra dark fabric that will make the quilt. There is always a quilt just on the horizon that NEEDS to be made. I have even enlisted daughters in the search for the perfect group of fabrics I need. They were more than happy to help their mom find what she needed.

The Spanish Fork to Denver to Las Vegas Fabric Express

Seeing RED and liking it!

I love the color of red. I know, most of the family knows this. But the first serving of RED strawberries is the BEST. They may be a little tart, but sugar fixes that. Either you like strawberries (I do) or you don't (Dan doesn't). That only means "More for me", I don't make him eat them. That is a win-win situation. The only thing better is red strawberries in a red bowl! I had my first bowl of strawberries the beginning of February. Wonderful! 

My father loved strawberries also. When the season started in California, we had strawberries almost every night for dessert, as long as the season lasted. I don't remember loving them as much as I do now. Just too long ago. 

I have had at lest two red winter coats, and loved them. But, I also love my red Honda CRV, red fiesta dish wear, red sweaters, red blouses, watermelon, red quilting fabric (it is a basic color for me), red drinking glasses, red purses, red candy boxes (full of course), and red roosters and hens. I truly see red every day and I love it. How about you?