I had the pleasure of taking THE log cabin class from, the one and only, Eleanor Burns; She has an incredible Koala studio in her home, Bear’s Paw Ranch in Julian,CA. It was a fun-filled day for me, starting with the drive to Julian. I was born and raised in the heart of L.A. and seeing all those acres of crops and land and animals … Continue reading Log Cabin in Julian with Eleanor burns 🙂 *Picture Loaded!*
I am a big Eleanor Burns fan, so when I heard that she was hosting a Historic Bed Turning and Tea event, at her Quilt in a Day shop in San Marcos, I knew I had to go! 🙂 I bought some cup of tea and teapot panels, some coordinating tea cup fabric, and made her a little wallhanging. I am still new to appliqué, … Continue reading Bed Turning and Tea with Eleanor Burns and a GIVE-AWAY!!
After moving out of my parents house, a little over two years ago, I left El Sereno and never looked back… I was so tired of that tiny community, growing up everyone knew me and my family, and I [felt] just suffocated by it all; When I had to opportunity to move away and explore something other than my hometown, I did. In hindsight, I … Continue reading Thank God for Hometowns ❤
I have been taking a Quilting 101 class and this is just a continuation of my progress! 🙂 The first part / intro to this Quilting 101 segment you can read here. Here is the shop’s mascot, Annie!! 🙂 She is the cutest!! And yes, she is sleeping on stacks and stacks of beautiful, packaged Babylock Crescendo and Symphony sewing machines!!!! I am determined to … Continue reading Quilting 101
First and foremost, a BIG thank you to every one who reads, follows, comments and likes my blog and my posts! I truly appreciate it! Now, a BIGGER thank you to every one who entered my Labor Day Giveaway! I am happy to announce that the winner for the scrapbook paper pad is Danielle ( from ontheupcycle.wordpress.com ) and the winner of the Hugabook story … Continue reading Labor Day GIVEAWAY, my winners ARE!?!?!?
I have had my hands tied since Friday, resulting in very few posts. Sorry about that! But as you will see, I didn’t even have time to sew this Labor Day weekend. I suppose it’s a blessing in disguise because I really have been lacking sleep due to sewing until 4am. So this weekend was definitely my weekend off, I even scored on some deals … Continue reading My NO-SEW Labor Day Weekend: Sewing machine “repair”, LA County Fair and a sale at Joann’s !!
Since getting my crafty room up and running, I’ve been so busy! 🙂 a good busy and I just ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT! I’m so grateful to have such a supportive family, as well as friends and new fellow bloggers and quilters! Thank you everyone for a nice welcome and positive feedback; I really appreciate it! I’ve been thinking up so many new projects and with … Continue reading What I’ve been doing in my new hideaway and future posts!
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