THANK YOU!!!

I am being a total slacker today.  I should be at my quilt guild meeting, but have been out every day for the past week, & am just plain tired. We had the hospital "Holiday" party last Friday evening after I had worked all day. I really hate going to those parties, but Warren always wants to go in case he should win something (mostly he's hoping for the PTO-paid time off), that's usually given out. Of course we didn't win anything, & now that he's going to retire, I swear I will never go again, no matter how much longer I have to work there! 

The photo above, was a picture of Joyce's purse. She works with Warren. It's made from felted wool beads. I thought it was too cute!

Last night we went to the PAC to see "Beauty & the Beast". Of course you can't take photos of the performance. Disney is finicky that way. Although there were people everywhere snapping shots of the stage with their iPhones. I had my iPad in my purse, & only shot the carpet (below),

the ice sculptures outside,

& these 2 little beauties in the lobby. They were so cute.

Below are my souvenir streamers that we were shot with at the end of the "Be Our Guest" number. The performance was fun, I love Emily B. who played Belle. She is a very spunky girl, & had a beautiful voice.

Gaston & his sidekick were great too. I have to say though, if I had the opportunity to go to another Disney stage performance, I'd go see "The Lion King" again, over "Beauty & the Beast". LK is still my favorite.

THANK YOU TO ALL YOU WHO SET ME STRAIGHT ON THE QUILT PARTS. YES I AGREE, AFTER SEEING IT YOUR WAY, THE TREE IS A STOP SIGN. (I was thinking, autumn, school starts, & the apples above are shaped just like the stop sign too..). The perspective on the 4-square & the hopscotch are from the air, where everything else on the quilt is from the side, so I was trying to figure out what the were from the wrong perspective. THANKS AGAIN FOR HELPING ME OUT. I'm going to add binding & the sleeve, then will photograph the finished quilt & post it soon. 

I"M STILL ASKING FOR PHOTOS OF ANY QUILTS OR ARTWORK OR CRAFTS YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO SHARE FOR A SLIDE SHOW HERE IN ANCHORAGE AT THE GUILD.

JUST TELL ME WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO MAKE IT. IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE TO HA A PHOTO OF THE INSPIRATION, JUST THE STORY. PLEASE?????

Thanks to Judy who has already generously shared several photos!!!

What is this?

I am quilting this school themed quilt that will be given to the a local school next month when we hold my classes there. It was part of the deal for using they facility. The person who made the top, left Alaska years ago, & donated this top to our Comfort Quilts at the ALCQ.  I was quilting on it today, & realized I have no idea what this section of the quilt is supposed to represent, other than a red tree. The blue & purple checked block below, & the purple, yellow & green squares below that are part of the "playground" area on the quilt, but what are they?

I should be able to finish the quilting on this Saturday. Yay!

We are getting hit with another winter storm. Tons of snow falling in the Anchorage bowl, & still coming down. We had about 10 to 12 fresh inches this morning before I left for my Calendar Girls. I just barely made it back up the hill, & we have about 16 inches more & still falling now. If they don't plow our road tonight, I won't be getting to work tomorrow. I suppose I could finish the quilt then though! There is a bright side to every problem, right?!

Jan was working on this cute quilt that will be donated.

Jackie had fun checking out my new iPad, with our host Jean looking over her shoulder.

We played with the "photo booth" APP, & did so kaleidoscope images. They look quite quilty!

The one below is the same image as the last photo. I took it at Moose's Tooth  last weekend.

Museum Day & New Year Resolutions

In this new year of 2012, I resolve to be a better blogger! I will post at least one tidbit of  fun information or link to something interesting no less than monthly! I also resolve to get my new web page built before my next birthday in May! I try to make resolutions that are achievable, so I don't feel like a failure!

For my first "tidbit" here is a fun link that you can go to, download one of your own photos like I did on the one below, click on the enter button, & it will generate a color palette for you from your photo.

We have been having a real winter this year. Lots of snow. I took this picture a week ago, we've had another foot of snow since then.

The Anchorage Museum had a free day today. It was "Hobby" day, & I was invited along with all the other quilters from the ALCQ guild to come & share our hobby with the public. Because of the snow, the turnout wasn't as big as it might have been. I loaded up several smaller quilts, & a couple of lap-sized ones, & a quilt "sandwich" with a big needle & thread to be used by the public if they wanted to try a few hand stitches. A sweet little girl named Sophia decided she wanted to try her hand at it. It had been in a hoop, but the hoop ended up being more challenge than it was worth.

Ruthe & I, along with my DH were the only ALCQ people that showed up. A knitter named Ann sat with me for most of the time, & we chatted with the public. It was a fun afternoon.

Afterwards Warren & I had dinner at the Firetap, & used a gift certificate I got for Christmas from Wendy & Tracy. Thanks Tracy & Wendy! 

& Thanks Ruthe for showing UP!