This UFO was from a Jan Krentz class at the Gathering a few years ago. The points get lost here.

This view is much better. I wonder what I did with all that background fabric?

Found another UFO in the pile under the cutting table. This was very dull without the cube blocks.

Now the quilt show is done til next fall, and this retreat is over, with lots of projects left to finish. It's time to drag out some ufo's to work on. This is one of my favorites. It was from a Strips That Sizzle workshop with Mimi Winder.

The mountains in Montana are breathtaking at every turn in the road!

The first stop this week was the Buggy Barn for Brenda and I. It is a tiny little carriage house, but when we walked in, we had to just stand there to look at all the quilts on every inch of wall and ceiling. Great fun!

This is the completed Dragon Star pattern. It won a first place and a Viewer's Choice at the Cocheco show this past weekend.
This is the last quilt I was working on. It won a red ribbon and a Judges Choice. I also showed the small quilt "Green River" and it got a blue ribbon.

Alrighty, now we're cookin! Got this ready to put together yesterday. Blocks are done, and paper is off! I wasn't sure about the green in the small border, but lime was too bright and olivey green faded away. I like this the best.

I was working on this quilt this spring for my cousin's wife, who was diagnosed with cancer. I finished it a few weeks ago, unfortunately on the day she died. Why do we think we always have time? I'm sending it to my cousin tomorrow after it gets a label.

Been working on this Judy Niemeyer paper pieced quilt this weekend. It's hot out, and I can't go anywhere for awhile. Have to take care of the dog, she's confined for 3 months after knee surgery. And the kitten is crazy. And the other dog hurt her hip. So I have been happily stealing some hours in my air conditioned studio. I have to go take care of everybody right now, I really don't want to stop. I think I will keep going on this tomorrow, can't wait to get this on the machine.

Meet Ozzie Bevins. Some days it's Awesome Ozzie, today he's Crazy Ozzie.

Generation gap: I thought Osbourne, Roger thought Harriet.

Oh Boy, I came home from guild tonight and look who I met! Kenn , my stepson, and his brother-in-law, James, brought him over for us to adopt. Kenn's wife and son had brought us Little "Perley" Big Britches 6 years ago, and they just found out he died. So they brought this little guy over to try and cheer me up. He's cute and the others, (Domino, Molly and Zoe) seem to like him okay. We haven't named him yet, we'll have to see what fits. Roger has been calling him Stinky, but I don't want that to stick!

Here's another one I started at Asilomar in the "Series" workshop. I did some quilting on it (not shown yet) and have been trying to quilt the circles with some metallic thread that keeps bunching up on the back. I will have to figure this out since I really like the thread. I don't love this quilt as much as the previous one, but maybe if I keep at it, I'll be able to bond with it.