A Little of This, a little of that

Hi Everyone, Well, here is the latest block for my Saturday sampler quilt. This is block 5 and I was lucky enough to get it made before this coming Saturday where I get block 6 for free. I really love working with these templates and Joy, Yvette, and myself (the three amigos) get a kick out of comparing what we have done !!!




















The three amigos, plus Joy's daughter Karen, (guess we are now the four muskeeters) had the pleasure of attending the International Quilt Show at the Long Beach Convention Center last Saturday. It was so overwhelming !!! SENSORY OVERLOAD is more like it. There was SEW much to see !!! We all want to make this an annual event.
















We were fortunate to meet and get a picture with Ms. Eleanor Burns of Quilt-in-a-Day fame and Joy even got her autograph!!! Ms. Burns also gave each of us purple boas....ha, ha, ha !!!

Another favorite of mine is Ms. Marty Michelle. She designed the wonderful templates we are using to make our Saturday Sampler blocks with. These are great and it was so much fun to finally put a face with a name.














While at the quilt show, we also ran into Jenny & Ellen, as well as Ann from our Sunday quilt class. We all enjoyed lunch together and met a few other quilt-a-holics....All in all it was a wonderful time spending the day with wonderful friends.

Love to all
Karene

Strike 'em Out for a Cure

Hi Everyone, well I finally finished the quilt to be raffled off for Craig's Charity Event, which will be held on Sept. 27th. Erin came up with a slogan and logo, taking into account Craig's love of baseball and Tug McGraw being a major league relief pitcher...(see below)

We will be sending out invitations shortly for the event with all the details. The quilt will be raffled at that time. The proceeds will go to the Tug McGraw Foundation, http://www.tugmcgraw.org/home.asp , and a link to our event should be on the event page within the next few days. This is really exciting !!! Right now, raffle tickets are available through me but you can get them at the event as well. You do not have to be present to win. We have approval from the Tug McGraw Foundation to use their name and tax ID number so now checks can be made out directly to the Tug McGraw Foundation instead of to Erin. Anyway, there will be more information to follow on this. I'll keep everyone posted as we get closer to it. If you have any questions, just call me or e-mail me.

Love to all my family and friends,
Karene