Snow in April!

Here's the We Be Jammin' quilt (a Quilt Soup pattern) all done and quilted.

 

And here is our snow from our last snow storm on Friday. It's a beautiful wonderland outside. So bright and sunny and white! I love it! I also love that I didn't see any deer tracks....they have found our home and like to come have dinner at our place. Grrrrrr. I wouldn't mind if we hadn't paid someone to design our yards.

 

 

Did I tell you who I met?

Barbara Jones of Quilt Soup! Oh Yes! I was excited! Barbara came to our LQS to do a class and trunk show. I was able to make it to the trunk show and was so glad I did! Aren't these quilts fabulous?! Barbara makes quilts with big applique blocks so they are quick and easy. My quilt, "We Be Jammin" is a Quilt Soup pattern. It's hard to tell from a pattern picture how beautiful or cute a quilt can be so I loved seeing the trunk show. Sad to say that Barbara's newer quilts were traveling without her to other shops but what we saw were "WOW!". I enjoyed hearing the stories behind each quilt she held up. It really made the quilt come alive when you heard her talk about how each quilt came to be. She also has a blog, you may enjoy reading. You can find it here. Enjoy! (I just wished I hadn't been sitting on the 3rd row with heads in the way!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nothing to do with quilting......

......but I have to share. Lots of us are either grammas or know someone who has a baby in diapers (maybe even you!). Here is a good deal if you need diapers. Go to this diaper site and look around. My dil usually gets her diapers at Costco but found these online prices to be very good. There is even FREE shipping if you order over a certain amount! When you are ready to checkout type TYSONSMOM in the promo code box and you will get ANOTHER $10 off your order!!! How great of a deal is that?! Pass it along to your friends who have babies!

Gobble time!

With all that gobbling going on outside the cabin Saturday morning, you would have thought we were at a turkey farm! Talk about being surprised when we saw these 3 outside walking around talking up a storm at the cabin! I was hoping we would see them again this morning but no such luck. It probably didn't help that we were in the middle of a blizzard...

 

Another purse class

A few weeks ago I took another purse class at the LQS. I finished the bag that night but never got around to sewing the strap together. But here it finally is!

This pattern is from Indygo Junction called Grids & Grommets. There are 2 sizes of bags you can make. Mine is the smaller one. Perfect for fun Spring/Summer days. The bigger bag would be wonderful to use as a beach bag (if you have a beach) or a diaper bag OR for those ladies that just love BIG bags! I thought I needed the bigger bag until I saw how large this small one opens up.

In taking classes like these, yes, you could always follow the directions but I love being able to go to a class and have the teacher tell us how to make the pattern instead of actually having to read it myself! It was a fun night being with a good friend and chatting with all the other ladies!

 

 

Wyoming!

We moved almost 2 years ago from a small community in western Wyoming. On Saturday the opportunity to return to BP arose and we jumped at the chance. We miss our friends that still live there and it was fun to play catch up with them but what was really interesting was the buildings that have changed in the town since we have been gone.

This is something that doesn't ever change though.....

 

Coming into BP......still a bit dry from winter.

 

The new medical clinic! I was really surprised to see such a beautiful building! Felt like I was in Jackson.....

 

And who would have thought another lil' grocery store could make it there? This is the site of where the old Exxon station use to be.

 

Inside the store. I would gladly shop there if I still lived here! I didn't think the prices were bad at all for a small town.

 

Moondance Diner

On our way to BP yesterday is a smaller town called LaBarge. Population around 600 but I think that is pushing it. Moondance made news a couple of years ago when a couple bought the small New York historical diner and moved it out to the wilds of Wyoming. Middle child and I stopped and ate there yesterday. It's a cute lil' place and if you are on the road to Jackson or Yellowstone, I would recommend dropping in and having a bite to eat. It's good diner food and the atmosphere is pure fun!