Quilters and artist friends of every craft: send me positive vibrations for the next few days... Moving truck is coming tomorrow. I am surrounded by so many boxes! Can you believe I haven't had the heart to pack my quilt room? I guess I'd better tackle it this afternoon... On the bright side, I have just been commissioned to make a queen size quilt. That is all the motivation I need to get the studio up and running at the new house as soon as possible, as my mom will take it back with her to … [Read more...] about Packing up the house
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Rose of Sharon block
Last week I purchased The Rose of Sharon Block Book by Sharon Pederson (you can find it here). What wonderful block designs! Although I had already downloaded the designs onto EQ6 a while ago, I am glad I bought the book, which features the 12 winning block designs from their EQ6 challenge, plus other 83 beautiful designs. One of the reasons I got the book was because they used batiks for the blocks. The amazing, vibrant colors from all the batiks wowed me. As I read the book (I do so, cover to … [Read more...] about Rose of Sharon block
The Gathering Place, Rupert, Idaho
The Gathering Place was the second store I visited during my trip to Idaho last weekend. This store is located in Rupert, about 45 miles east of Twin Falls. It occupies an impressive 10,500 sq ft of space in a historic building located in the center of the town. With over 10,000 bolts of fabrics, lots of books, patterns, and samples, one can easily spend an entire afternoon browsing! All that real estate allows them to be very creative with the decor. It is no wonder that The Gathering … [Read more...] about The Gathering Place, Rupert, Idaho
The Quilt Barn, Kimberly, Idaho
The Quilt Barn was the first shop on my shop hop around the Twin Falls, ID area. What a wonderful way to start my day! The shop is located in Kimberly, Idaho, in a 100-year-old building. With 6,000 sq ft and a beautiful collection of over 4,000 bolts, I spent 2.5 hours dancing around the shelves, pattern displays, and drooling at the samples hung around the store. Heather Cartwright, her husband, and the staff were so friendly! Since I arrived at the store early enough in the day, I had … [Read more...] about The Quilt Barn, Kimberly, Idaho
Shoshone Falls, Kimberly, Idaho
Although the day grew cloudier today and, eventually, the rain came down, I checked out Shoshone Falls in Kimberly, Idaho, located just a few minutes from Twin Falls, where I am staying. Nicknamed "The Niagara of the West", at Shoshone the water drops 212 feet to the canyon floor, "more than 50 feet further than the famous falls on the New York-Ontario border". The water level was low due to the drought the West has been enduring this year. However, it was a magnificent sight! The basalt … [Read more...] about Shoshone Falls, Kimberly, Idaho
Flowers when you need them most…
My husband took a couple of days off from work and so did I! Since packing the house is just about done and my brain is fried, I hopped in the car and headed north to Idaho. I arrived in Twin Falls Friday evening. Why Twin Falls? Because I wanted to visit two quilt stores in this area (more about them on another post), and this was the closest place to those stores where hotels weren't sold out (Really? I thought Chris Isaak's show was far away from here.) Although this break is supposed to … [Read more...] about Flowers when you need them most…