Rosemary, they didn't have minis.

Congratulations to the winners.
Do they have a miniatures class I could enter next year?

Good news I have found the lawn I dyed at the same time as the cotton for Caught Red Handed, so I can get going with my tidgy version.

Hi everyone. Well, we are back from PIQF. What a fabulous quilt show! Fantastic variety of quilts and exhibits and, of course, the venders. HOwever, the lunch was even more expensive and tasted terrible. So pleased that Sherry won BOS. The quilt just glows and pictures don't do it justice.

ok, I entered 2 quilts and received. judges choice for Flourish but no ribbon for the other. THe judges ribbon is such an honor. Before we left on Saturday we went back to show to check out some venders. I was in the quilt area and Mary Mastuda (her twin is Roberta Horton) came right up to me and wanted to see my quilt. OMG! I met a quilt star!!

Jerry and I enjoyed finding and shooting Geneva and Dawn's quilts. They were wonderful. We also enjoyed very much the international exhibit.

Unfortunately, the smoke haze from the fires north was very bad. It changed our touring plans. On the plane home we met a family evacuated from Santa Rosa and were going to Florida to family. They didn't know the status of their home. Also, the plane was very late arriving in San Jose and we didn't get to our door until 2:30 am; dang we are getting too old for that, hehe.

All in all, it was a wonderful trip and good to get away and really good to be home. When I get my act together I'll post photos.

Sharon, in not as warm as California, Colorado

Congratulations on the well-deserved ribbon, Geneva! Looks like you had a lot of fun with the grandkids. Lovely projects!

Hello everyone! Hope this finds you well and happy. I am back from the east coast. We were taking care of our 8 and 6 year old granddaughters while their parents went on a tenth anniversary trip. It was such fun. I brought them an embroidery project and we had fun working on them. Aren't they sweet?!




Thanks to Sharon and her husband Jerry I have a picture of my quilts at Pacific International Quilt Fest! Color and Passion 1 won "Best Use Of Color." yay! It's so nice to have a picture of the quilt with the ribbon. Thank you Sharon!! And Sharon won a ribbon also! I'll let her share it with you.




My prayers go out to those in Northern California. What a horrible thing to happen. Being from that area I can't believe all the devastation. This has certainly been a difficult year for many, many Americans. So much sorrow and loss. My heart hurts for them all.

Take care everyone....
geneva

Rosemary, ditto what everyone else said. Amazing!!!

Rosemary- congratulations again on your winning mini's and Izzy's fabulous ruffled outfit!!

Barb

Heather enjoy your workshop, sounds fun.

Izzy has had dire threats made if she doesn't look after the outfit and makes sure that it is hung up on hangers rather than the floor because I am not going to iron it if it does get screwed up on the floor!

Dawn, now I recall, it is the Laura Nownes sampler quilt I am planning on making in 1/12th scale - one I can track down the lawn fabric I dyed at the same time as the Egyptian cotton I dyed for Caught Red Handed. Still I might have time to look for it properly now

Rosemary, that outfit for Izzy is stunning!!! Wow! No wonder she loves it!! And thanks for sharing your chocolate fruit concoction with us; delicious!

I've finally hit a routine (ish) for my weeks, and am diving into sewing again. Fronts/tops of 2 pillow shams done for a friend/customer, need to quilt & assemble and on to the next pair. Going up this morning to finish (Hopefully) quilting my nephew's quilt and get that off my list. Joined an online (Facebook) workshop with Gyleen Fitzgerald for her Starfecta pattern; starts today, new posts once/week for a month, and the group stays open for 3 months....surely in that amount of time I can get the top pieced amongst all my other things. I hope! Maybe it will be the "carrot" that motivates me to get moving on all the "must do" stuff.....

Happy October, everyone!

Rosemary amazing all round you are so skilled. Good for hubby

Lucky, lucky Izzy! Fabulous outfit - no wonder she‘s loving it! Congratulations for your wins - your DH is very right to be so proud of you. Fabulous cake - chocolate, strawberries & and currants - the perfect combo!

Rosemary, glad the ruffler worked out for you. The outfit is gorgeous and I'm sure Izzy will have tons of fun in it. Hopefully you can get it off her now and again to clean it!

Rosemary,

And to continue, the part that did not get posted, congrats again on your winnings and your parties! Your fruit and chocolate cake are to die for! I just took a virtual bite! And, Izzy’s outfit is wonderful. It’s quite obvious that she wears it proudly!

Dawn