Arizona pretty

Just a little reminder for you and me that somewhere out there - there is a space of place that is always quiet, always beautiful and always untamed.
I love those reminders.

I should have been packing

There are so many things one should do before catching a flight in the morning... Sewing quilts isn't probably one of them, but I'm me and that's how it is. After making 16 squares for my spiderweb quilt, I
noticed that nowhere was there any leopard print. ("funny... My purse, current journal, iPhone cover, new clogs, and current fave Libby Dibby skirt are have leopard print, it's kind of funny to not have ANY in the quilt.") so last night, I remedied that... And also made a "mini-quilt" to exchange as part of next Monday's Los Angeles Modern Quilt Guild meeting. I didn't exactly make a "quilt" - technically speaking- it's not got any batting or backing... But I tried to make something someone would enjoy getting in a trade. (at least I would like to get this! We shall see)
Now I'm off for the weekend by myself to a special retreat where I simply get to rest, see old friends and meditate. Headed to Chicago...
After Mimi's kindergarten graduation this morning, I drive myself to the airport and go on my first trip alone in many years.

Hollywood goes to Cabo

We had to take advantage of the scenery in Cabo to get some good pics
of the Hollywood skirt in paradise.
I love having a photographer for a husband.
(oh yeah, these were taken right outside our room.)

sunhat sewing, anyone?

I think I need one of these before our next few vacations begin... We've got a lot of travel planned this summer and I am a girl who is always wearing a big hat. Want to sew one with me?
Here's how.... if you make one, send me a pic! I'm thinking Libby Dibby scraps would work GREAT for these!
How to Make a One-Pattern-Piece Reversible Sunhat - CraftStylish

Bubble Tea

I finally have decided on a replacement for Sweet Tea...
Introducing.... "Bubble Tea!"
Available on my etsy site starting next week.

Vacationland - I wish.

I know. I haven't written in a while.

After vacation, I got a killer sinus infection and can hardly keep my left eye open from the pain, so there's not much sewing or doing anything creative as I'm hobbling along towards the end of the school year!
Mimi's kindergarten graduation is the highlight of this week...

can you stand how cute this pic is?
here are a few other happy pics from Cabo.

We took along my Hollywood skirt to get a few fun pics of it in Vacationland, so those will be coming soon...

now off to do post-vacation laundry as a Cyclops.

Hola from Cabo

More pics to come, but here's what I've got at this moment on my
phone. Now... Off to enjoy our last night in Mexico...

Pretty. Fascinating. Flowers

I've never seen anything like these.

Tip Junkie

yay! I am the featured mom-preneur today on Tip Junkie.
Check it out and enter to win a free Libby Dibby skirt!

More quilting... for bee happy

My quilting bee is really a fun source of inspiration for me. It challenges me to try something new and to work on my skills ... it makes me work with new types of fabrics in color schemes that are foreign to me - which is a great challenge that I enjoy.

This month's block is for Alison and we're making "liberated wedding rings". It was another strip (scrap) quilt pattern and I made mine last night. It was fun to try to work within her requests for each block using ALL of the fabrics she sent - and also to do my best to make two squares that did not look alike. She requested that we send the usable scraps back to her for more quilting, but there were some "unusable" scraps that I thought would be fun to make something of. So it was midnight and I got out my Mod Podge... (oy!) and one of Ace's old cleaned out formula cans so that I could make her a little pen/scissor bucket.

Have I ever shown you my scissor bucket? Sonja took a great pic of it when she was here. I loved that she saw the beauty in the mundane around here... my bucket does indeed make me smile, hopefully Alison will like hers.