Don't look now!

Spring holiday fun...

Thank you all so much for your enthusiastic response to Peak Hour! It means a lot to me to have such great support from you all!

There is only 2 weeks now until we fly out for Fall Market ... so much to do and so few hours to do it in! Unfortunately this is also the only time this year that Mr DLN has been able to get a break from work so we had to take our family holiday now too.... just a little bit more stress. It's hard to organise everything that goes into the preparation for market and to finish projects from .... the Whitsundays .... hard but not impossible!

 
Thanks to a very kind and generous person I was able to borrow a Bernina Aurora 440 to vacation with us and I have managed to finish my latest quilt .... well almost ... the binding went on last night and I will finish the hand sewing on the way home today .... 

Not a bad view to quilt by!!!! It has been good to use the 440 again. It is a terrific machine. I watched people use many machines now over the period that I have been teaching and in my opinion it is by far the best domestic sewing machine on the market - particularly for those of you wanting to try your hand at free motion quilting. Using the machine again has also confirmed in my mind that it's not that difficult to quilt large quilts under a domestic machine. 

 

We have been staying at Airely Beach which has certainly turned on some beautiful weather for us ... it has been a wonderfully relaxing holiday ... not a lot for the kids to do other than swim but really what more do kids want ......

 
Ben has been practicing his magic shrinking spells on his twin sister .... I think he would like to keep her this size .... far less annoying!

 
I hope you have also enjoyed the past two weeks ....

Kelliex

They're all another year older!

In the time that has past between recent infrequent posts all 4 of the little people have managed to click over yet another year. So the home of Don't Look Now has been a buzz with the usual birthday frivolities!

The rather georgous, all be it unimpressed, Miss Megan turned 11!

 
Megan sadly has grown out of my big birthday party productions ...

... but she still managed to drag her celebration out over an entire weekend spending her birthday with her friends at an indoor Go Cart centre ... 

Mini Sumo wrestling, bowling & ...

 
Laser Force!

 ...following it up with movies, a sleep over & roller scating!  

The twins turned 8 in July!!!! Where has the time gone???? It's literally a blur! 

    
After having a ball with Megan and her friends Ben was keen to share his birthday with his friends on the Go Cart Track together with a little Lazer Force of course!  

all of this was just a little too much for our Jessica! Why don't my girls smile for the camera anymore???

Jessica chose a Sewing theme for her party It turned out to be a rather terrific & intimate affair with her two absolute Best Friends in the Whole Wide World!!!!

They made themselves some pyjama pants ...

... a rather cute wall hanging and a felt broach.

They had a wonderful time. Jessica is lucky to have such lovely friends! 

Joshua turned 6  the Tuesday before last and had a rather disgustingly fun Science Party  ...

 ... but you are going to have to come back for the photos because I have some more sewing to do tonight before I go to bed.

But before I go ... you will find this little pencil roll Colour My World featured in this months Homespun Magazine ...

There are a ton of other terrific projects in this months edition so it's well worth taking a peek.

Thank you all for being so patient with me and my spasmodic posts! It is lovely to see so many of you all still stopping by. Thank you also to all of you who have emailed me checking to make sure we were all OK. Thank you guys it really means a lot to me! I am still avoiding Flickr for the time being though because there is only 19 days left until we head off to the Houston so things are a little manic to say the least!!!!

Enjoy your week!

Kellie x

And then there were none :(

Do you remember this ....

this was poor Joshua about 10 months ago when he realised that he wasn't going to be starting school that day .... it's a long story ...

Anyway ... today I got up very early and packed 4 lunch boxes, filled 4 water bottles, laid out four school uniforms and yelled four children off to school!

 
and then there was just me :( ..... it hasn't been just me at home for 10 1/2 years this is going to take some getting used to!

I am going to miss your incessant conversation!

I am going to miss you singing along to James Taylor in the back of the car!

I am going to miss you sitting in your little chair beside me watching me 'quilt'n'!

I am going to miss the minute by minute count downs from 11.30am until lunchtime ... how will I ever know when it is time to eat lunch now???

I am going to miss your hand in mine ...

I love you my sweet little boy!

I am going to miss you!

Love Mummy xxxxx

PS. See you in 4 1/2 hours!!!!! LOL

Teeth in ... teeth out ... and lots of other stuff too!

I have had the most wonderful week ... dear Anna who won the Lilly Pilly quilt has just delighted me time and time again with the most wonderful emails this past week ,,, I get the feeling that she is generally quite pleased with her win! I have enjoyed it so much that I would actually highly recommend that you go right now and make something ... anything and gift it to Anna you wont regret it I promise!

I also found my ... oops ... Anna's quilt over here this past week ... thank you guys! And here too!

Apart from all of this excitement we have also had some excitement in our house ... little people generated excitement that is so delicious that it is contagious!!!

Our Benjamin lost his first top tooth ....

...now he looks like a dero!!! Apparently, according to Megan, there is a rumour going around the playground at school that the Tooth Fairy isn't actually real ... apparently some of Megan's friends think that it is actually their Mums and Dads who take the teeth and leave the money .... my little people thought that they would test this theory and hide Ben's tooth ... the hypothesis being that if the tooth wasn't gone and no money was left then it would definitely be the the parents as the Tooth Fairy would obviously know where the tooth was, even when it was hidden! Luckily our Tooth Fairy is a Super Sleuth!!!! Ben's tooth was gone in the morning and his nett worth was increased by $5!

Little Miss sweetie-pie Jessica ... is yet to loose a tooth. Poor Jessie has sat by and watched as her twin brother has lost 5 teeth and has added to his money box time and time again. Not even a hint of a loose tooth I'm afraid ... no instead Jessie has decided to do things a little different to the normal population ...

...she has decided to keep her baby teeth .... puts a whole new slant on hoarding doesn't it????

So other than these things what have I been doing? I have finished my little project that I showed you a peek of last week ...

This is Willow!

Willow is the project that we will be working on over here next month! I have bigger plans for Willow ... but you will need to wait a little bit for more on that. By the way Lorraine ... Joshua would like to know who Hettie is?

I also finished a little pillow ... a variation on Just for me ... from Pretty 'n Pink.

Poor Kitty has been waiting on this one for way too long now! It will be in the post on Monday Kitty!

I met a terrific group of girls on Thursday for day one of my second Patchwork House workshop.

 I thoroughly enjoyed the day! I am really having fun with the workshops! 

Now that I am doing things that finish past school pick up time the kids have have had to go to After School Care a few times ... they have been mostly very excited about this and have even asked if they could go on days when I'm home!!! However I think that the novelty has worn off for my Miss Jessie as she packed up, collected her backpack, donned her hat and sat waiting for me 1/2 an hour before I collected them this week ... mmm nothing like a little Mummy guilt!

And just to reek havoc with my girl's psyche I have taken on new teaching dates at Patchwork House for term one next year ...which will be on the 11th & the 25th of Feburary. The waiting list is almost big enough to fill the class so if you are interested make sure you give Kylie a ring! Garden Party, Love Birds & My Sweetheart are visiting Patchwork Hose for the next couple of weeks if you would like to take a peek and do some shopping at the same time :)!

I am also going to be visiting the Sunshine Coast in March of next year for a two day workshop at Patchwork Angel. I can't tell you how excited I am about this! If you are interested in coming along then please give Penny a ring! Also if you find yourself at the Patchwork Angel over the next month you will find Meg's Garden & Oh Christmas Tree visiting the store ...

  

... make sure you say hello!

Peggy& Bev's Place in Emerald which is in central Queensland, 3 hours west of Rockhampton have now started selling my patterns in their shop. They have a terrific blog so make sure you take a peek ... looks like lots of fun way out there in the middle of no where! If you happen to be reading this after purchasing a pattern at Peggy's & Bev's place make sure you be the first one to let me know and I will send you a free pattern.

 

Last but by all means not least I can now tell you all that Anina over at Twiddletails is now stocking my patterns!!! Wooo Hoooo!!! So there you go ... all of you US peeps that have asked so many times if I have a retailer in the US ... well yes I do!!!! Go now and get yourself one  ... and then pop back here and be the first one to tell me that you have bought a Don't look Now!pattern from Twiddletails and I will send you one of the giveaway pillow patterns ... you will need proof of purchase! 

There has been lots of finished projects added to the Flickr group since it started a couple of weeks ago so make sure you take a peek! Thank you everyone who has joined in I am really loving seeing your creations!

So that's it ... I now only have 6 days to finish off the space suits and build a space shuttle ... may the force be with me ... or should that be live long and prosper or ... maybe make it so number one! Or should I be looking for some help from the Ancients this week? ...Oh God someone stop me!!!!

Have a great week guys!

Kellie

PS. Before you all go ... I was asked on Thursday to sign a copy of one of my patterns and a copy of the Homespun Magazine that featured Love Birds... and I had no clever little quip to add to my scribble. Apparently there are other designers that have very clever little ditties that they add when they sign their patterns. Help me out guys because I have now totally over thought this and I have NOTHING! Whoever comes up with an original, catchy, relevant, short comment for my to use in these situations will not only get my eternal gratitude and a big cyber hug ... but I will also send them the very first copy of Lilly Pilly once it is released next month!!! You've got until I next post ... so no pressure! :)

Winners, Book Week & new beginings ....

The response to the giveaway was fantastic! Thank you all for getting involved and particularly to those of you that took the time to post about & link to the giveaway. My emails have run hot this past week!!! Once I had deleted the few double up comments & included all of the extra entries, there were a total of 783 entries.

I am so pleased that you all like the quilt ... as I have said, I just love it! With every comment I received telling me how crazy I was to be giving it away the more I thought ... what the hell am I doing?? And you know it looks pretty good hanging in my family room ... but I made this quilt with the intention of giving it away ... and I am happy to be doing so as you all have given me so much encouragement over the last year and a half that I am happy to be giving something back!! Some of you who know me will understand when I say that this little place here in cyber space has been a healthy distraction during what has been a very difficult time for me and my family. 

So who won my Lilly Pilly ...

I am very pleased to say that my quilt is going to live with Anna from Thimbleanna ...

... who actually won a pattern last post as well ... no better a home could Miss Jessie have picked out! Anna has commented on most everyone of my posts since she found me over a year ago. She always has an enthusiastic, encouraging ... and often hilarious comment to share with me. Thank you Anna you are a sweetheart! 

The 10 winners that will receive a copy of the How Does Your Garden Grow pattern are ....

Anna from Quilt Mom's Journey

Blogless Michele

Lynn from Soukies

Patricia from Con Aguja de Plata

Blogless Marie Leduc

and ....

Blogless Barb

Blogless Adrianne

Blogless Jennifer

Blogless Kylie

Blogless Jemima ... I am pretty sure you have a copy of this pattern Jemima so I would be more than happy to send you Love Grows Free if you would like it ... just let me know :)

 

The winners of the Love Grows Free pattern are;

Vicki from Tozzs Corner ... Vicki won with one of her extra entries because she blogged about & linked to the giveaway

My dear sweet friend Andi from Patch Andi 

Blogless Chiss Jasper

Vreni from Oops La

Blogless Wendylou

The blogless certainly did well this time round!!

Congratulations everyone! Thank you all again for taking part! For those of you who asked ... yes Lilly Pilly will be released as a pattern ... probably in October ... I hope!

This past week has been a busy one ... not only with sorting giveaway entries! Last Thursday the little people celebrated book week at school with the annual parade which meant crazed late night costume creating ...

 

Benjamin went as Tashi from the spectacular Tashi series.

Miss Jessie went as Angela Throgmorton who is eternal mother figure to the very naughty Old Tom from the hilarious Old Tom series

and of course Miss Megan went as Meg from the classic Meg & Mog picture books

I made a start on a new small project ...

... that may well become a big project ... but more on that later.

Patchwork Collections a lovely shop in Healesville, here in Victoria, have started stocking my patterns. We are also planning classes for next year ... more on that once the dates are confirmed. 

Several other packages of my patterns are also winging their way to some new retailers ... I am very excited about this because my first US retailer is among them!!!! Woo Hooo!!! I will let you know the details once they arrive!

This coming week I'm off to Hawthorn on Thursday for my second Patchwork House workshop but other than this there is going to be some serious birthday party preparations going on!!! 

That's it for me tonight ... I'm off to make a start on 6 astronaut costumes ... and a space shuttle ...

Oh and I almost forgot ... thank you to everyone who has joined the Don't Look Now! Flickr group! Make sure you take a peak there are some really great projects to look at!!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!!

Kellie 

PS. Last post I neglected to add that this elusive woman in the red gloves is Lisa ... Lisa has been practicing heaps since the class at Ballarat Patchwork and she tells me that her raw edge is looking pretty good! Send us some pictures Lisa!!!! Sorry for missing you out last post!!!

 

Double figures!

On Saturday someone in our family clicked over to double figures .... how I can possibly have a child that's 10 years old?

Happy Birthday my little big girl!

Luckily, Melbourne turned on a spectacular sunshiny day ... because we spent the day here ....

 

Some of us spent the day screaming and giggling on the thrill rides ...

On these rides you have to be of a certain height ... and when you are 10 years old, being taller than 120cm is a breeze!!!

The chickens hung out on the rides where you can't be any taller than 120cm ....

Other more sensible people sat out the more terrifying rides on the side lines ...  

Ice skating at Luna Park makes having a birthday in the middle of Winter bearable ...

As for me ... well I just carried around the bags and the credit card ;) and soaked up their fun!

Happy 10th Birthday Miss Megan ... you have no idea how much we all love you!

Our school holidays started on Friday ... not a day too soon either I might add! It has been a big term and the kids have achieved a lot ... They have all moved on from their white belts! Too cool!!!

Jessica is relishing in her art classes ...

 

Everyone has improved their Tennis! Now when Jessie hits the ball her racquet doesn't become a projectile weapon and when Ben hits the ball it generally doesn't bounce off Jessica's head!!!

Megan is even moving on to playing competition next term!

As for me ... well, I'm still plugging away at my latest quilt ... but I did manage to squeeze in some time to quickly try out something I have been thinking about lately ...

... I love trees ... I have a million of them so prepare yourself!

So, did you think that I had forgotten the pattern giveaway from the last post??? Of course not! The random number generator came up with the 20th comment that was left by blogless Judy in Michigan and the 42nd comment being Rachel from Not so plain Jane from Canada ...

Congrats guys! So next post there will be 3 patterns up for grabs .. just leave a comment between now and midnight Australian EST, Sunday the 5th of July to be included.

One last thing before I go ...

    

.... Dungarees and Daisies are now stocking my patterns. So if you happen to hang out or find yourself hanging out around Hampshire in the UK why not drop in and take a peek and if you just so happen to be the first person to email me after buying one of my patterns there, I'll send you one of the How does your garden grow patterns.

Enjoy your week!

Kellie 

A Mother's Day ...

I never really set out with the plan to become a mother. I didn't particularly like kids. I always thought that if I did end up having one ... that I would stop at that ... just one!

Miss Megan was a surprise. That pregnancy was a roller coaster of emotion. Meg was a scrawny little dot all 5lb 5oz of her. Mostly at first I was scared of her ... worried that somehow she would break. As each day went by I felt my heart being soaked up with total love and devotion for her. Who would have known how much love one person was possible of.

After 6 months when she finally started to sleep through the night I started to wonder how I could possibly manage with only one of these little people. It took some persistent convincing, a big dose of modern medicine and laying on my back for 15 weeks and those two little trouble makers joined our family. (I have Ben in the photo below and Mr DLN has Jessica)

I can barely remember their first 3 months other than feeling like I would die from tiredness. I do remember though the moment that they first noticed each other. I was breast feeding them and they both caught sight of each other at the same time. They both stopped feeding and grinned away at each other for what felt like an eternity. They met each other like that every meal time from that moment onward so happy to see eachother.

After the twins we lost a natural pregnancy ... the space that was left tore my heart apart ... and then Joshua came along ... only one attempt at IVF produced this little man ... he was determined to join the family and what a cushy spot in this family he has! He is doted upon by us all.

What a lovely Mother's Day I had last Sunday ... thank you guys! I am so grateful that I have you all and to be your Mother. Thank you Mr DLN for sharing all of this madness with me. I love you all so very much!

OK so that's enough Mothers Day reflection for one post!

Not a lot to share this week as I have been busy hand sewing my circles but I can't show you this :(

I did finish the pillow top from last week but the pattern is still waiting to be written ...

I have called this one... How does your garden grow?

Blogless Vicky from rural Victoria will be the first person to take home this pattern as she was the first person to contact me after buying a kit, no less, for Garden Party from Penny at Patchwork Angel. 

I have been drafting a pattern for a project that you wont get to see until next year. I will be using these very pretty fabrics ...

... not my usual depth of colour, however, as they weren't chosen by me I am very pleased that I still find them appealing.

I also forgot to mention my Pay it Forward buddies that I 'collected' in this post they are ...

Cathy from Miss Marzie & Audrey & Maude

Pikku Kettu from Pikku Kettu Knits

and Jenny from Deekie Belle Designs

I have a little something planned ... hopefully it wont take me the whole 365 days to make it!

I have added a couple of new photos to the photo albumof some gorgeous finished projects ... take a look! If you have finished anything or have some progress photos then I would love to take a look and include them in the album too. Send them to me here.I have also recently changed email address & updated my laptop so I have misplaced links and emails ... I have been slowly trying to catch up and sort this out HOWEVER if you have emailed me with a photo, a link or a question and I haven't responded ... please resend it to me here. Thanks! 

Before I go Lisa is having her first birthday give away all the way over here ... make sure you stop by and say hello! She makes some delightful creations that are well worth a peek!

Sharon is also celebrating her 1st blog birthday and she is giving away some crafty goodness. Sharon's site is a wealth of information on stacks of different topics and a great spot to find information if you have a crafty business or are planning to start one!

I also wanted to wish Sarah good luck with her new venture ... although I doubt that she will need it! I wont be playing along with her launch giveaway this time as I am saving up all of my giveaway energy for a few weeks time ... you see this is my 95th post and I am sure you all know what that means!

Have a spectacular weekend!!

Kellie

PS. Just one more mummy moment to share ... Joshua is the only boy in his dance class that is filled with sweet little girls. He loves going each week ... although I suspect it is predominantly because of the sticker that he collects at the end of the class. Last Saturday we arrived a little before the end of the class and snunk in to take a peek at what was going on. The teacher was discussing Jack & the Bean Stalk with them and they were all climbing an imaginary bean stalk. Once they reached the top the teacher asked them to use their imagination and tell the class what they could see. One sweet little girl saw a "beautiful unicorn".... another saw a "fairy castle".... "What do you see Joshua?" the teacher asked."McDonalds!" Joshua answered in his gruff, ruff & tumble voice. You see he was busy imagining a giant sized Happy Meal! You crack me up my very imaginative boy! 
 

I've been hiding...

I have been writing this post in dribs and drabs now for nearly two weeks. Adding things here and there so if it is a little disjointed forgive me. I had actually intended to post on Monday but was unable to bring myself to do so after the horrific events over the weekend. We are close to the ravaged areas but still far enough away to be very safe. Thank you to everyone who has checked to make sure we were OK ... amazing kindness in this blogging world! This very sweet girl who I am so pleased to have gotten to know ... even gave me a call to check on us!

 

Marysville photo ABC online

My heart goes out to those of you who have been affected. I can't imagine what you must be going through right now. I am brought to tears at the sight of tent cities, broken families, little children without homes and worse....I'm sure you have all seen the great things that have been happening in the blog world to help out those affected.

 

Jenny at Amitie is a collection point for Handmade Help.Gillianoriginally contacted me about this fabulous effort.

 

 

 

 

I also just stumbled across Tiawho has organised an amazing project and again with the generosity and help of Kim this effort is off to a flying start!

 

 

I am sure that there are many more amazing projects out there that you could get involved with, otherwise you can be like our family who have given cash by donating to the Red Cross. Coles Supermarkets are also donating the profits from Fridays takings so that's where I'll be this afternoon, stocking up my pantry.

So what have we been up to and why have I been hiding for so long???? Mainly because of this project which has a deadline that is rapidly approaching ....

Unfortunately, I can't show you it  properly just yet but you will see it later in the year hopefully. Some of you have asked about the Living Creatively challenge quilt I showed a snippet of a few posts ago ... 

The competition hasn't been decided as yet so I can't show you it either except for a snip-it of the quilting. It's a design that's new to me and although it was time consuming I loved doing it and I was really pleased with the overall effect.

This is the backing fabric which is a gorgeous Prints Charmingprint in all of my favorite colours. I picked it up from Ballarat Patchwork.

Predominantly, though my time has been taken up setting the kids up for the year ahead. The three big kids returned to school last week. Megan in grade 4 and Ben & Jess in grade 1. It seems that life is marching forward at an unbelievable pace ... wasn't it just five minutes ago that I was dreaming about who they would become and what they would look like as they grew in my tummy?

Joshua is settling into 4 year old kinder ... all be it under sufferance. Joshua's very best friend was not in his settling in group last week and when he discovered this, well in his mind it was quite pointless to even attend kinder.Thank goodness they are back together this week and their hours are steadily rising to a point closer to what it will actually be. He was particularly knocked out after Tuesday's 5 hour session. Those of you who know our Joshua know he is no shrinking violet. He is a boy of MANYwords. In fact if often feels like machine gun fire some days when he gets on a roll. However, after kinder on Tuesday he had NO words at all ... nothing ... all he could manage was to lay on the floor and a little Nintendo ... he wasn't even hungry!

Megan has begun swimming training twice a week ... so early in the morning that I'm frightened to say the time out loud as I may be struck down by lightening. She has also dropped out of art classes & dance in a bid to throw herself wholly into tennis which she told me late last year has been a life long goal of hers ... from which apparently I have been holding her back :). Her poor little face was so red after playing in 34 degree heat last Friday afternoon that she almost glowed!

Jessica started art classes yesterday ... taking up Meg's vacated position. Jessie, Ben and Joshua will continue with dancing ... much to Daddy's dismay. Why is it a problem for boys to take dancing lessons when girls can participate in predominantly male activities and no one would bat a eyelid?  

Ben began Karate last week with the whole family looking on ... and within 10 minutes the two girls also joined in eager to get a 'cool' costume & shout loudly 'from the strength that lies within their stomachs'! Joshua wasn't keen ... he would rather play Mario Party!

So that's it ... although Ben will start piano at some point all of this will be what will occupy my comings and goings for the rest of the year.

Before I go I am going to point you off in the direction of a few lovely & clever people who have made some of my things... (I know I've seen more but sadly I forgot to bookmark all of them ...if you want to play along please email me with your details so I can link to you)...

Marlene

Maree

In the next week or so you will find a new album in my sidebar that I am creating to show off some of the beautiful things that you guys have made using my patterns. If you have finished something from my tutorials or patterns then please send me a photo and your link so that I can include you too! (I wont include any photos that haven't been sent to me or that I haven't specifically been given permission to use)

Enjoy your weekend ... lets hope it's better than the last!

Kellie 

PS. Oh and I almost forgot to mention that Julie left my 2000th comment on Tuesday last week. I will be sending her off a little Don't look Nowlove soon. Thanks Julie and everyone else who takes the time to leave a comment I truly appreciate it ... I know how time consuming it can be! 

 

Three little quilts & a magazine ...

This has been a week for little quilts here in the home of Don't Look Now. First up is my Doll Quilt which is all but finished and will begin it's journey around the world tomorrow once the binding is sewn down and a label is attached. I have called it I (heart) pink!

 

I used Lite Steam-A-Seam2 for the first time with this project, and I must say it is very nice to work with. It is not quite as tacky once it is attached to the applique shape as the Floraini product that I have been using lately but produces cleaner edges which is very nice. The applique was then secured with free motion stitching. The stitching detail is also free motion.

   

As always I quilted it to within an inch of it's life :). I hope that my swap partner likes it.

I received my little DQS5 quilt earlier in the week. It is a very cool creation from Helen of Patchwork of Mini Grey. Thank you so much Helen, it's really nice.

On Wednesday my new edition of Homespun arrived in the mail ... look what I found on page 18 ....

 

How cool is that little girl of mine??? I made her you know!!! We will all have to wait until next month now to discover what happens next!!!

There is also a very fabulous quilt by Claire from Matching Pegs in this edition together with several other excellent projects.

I also love the quilt on the front cover by Sandy Klop!

The magazine is really looking great and going from strength to strength ... well done Catherine!

Have a great weekend everyone ... hopefully by next week I will have caught up with you all.

Kellie

PS. Happy birthday my love! We all adore you so very much!

 

An amazing day of firsts ...

No craft today. Instead my people and I got to experience one of the most amazing natural wonders in the world ....

 

The Grand Canyon!

 

It is bigger, more beautiful and more awe-inspiring than you could ever imagine!

 

I have no words that could possibly describe this place adequately.

 

The trees right down the bottom there are 10 stories high!!! If you would like some better images or some amazing facts take a look here.

 

It was one of the coldest days that this ex-Brisbanite has ever experienced ...

 

And this is why!

 

 This afternoon the kids and I got to experience snow for the VERY first time!!!!!! 

 

Very cool ... literally!!!!!

Tomorrow we are heading back to Vegas then on to Yosemite National Park where apparently we are likely to be seeing a bit more of this white stuff ... we had better get some warmer clothing!!!!!!!

Before I go I will leave you with an amazing beauty. This is my favorite minature quiltfrom Houston. This quilt is by Kumiko Frydl and is called Mission Impossible.

The quilt is a 1/20th replica of a pretty amazing quilt that was featured on the cover of July / August 2007 edition of Quilters Newsletter by Kathy Nakajima. I had dreams about the original ... now I have two spectacular dreams to choose from!

Enjoy your week!

Kellie