So happy!

Mom arrived today and I am so excited! Isn't her Midnight at the Oasis fabulous so far? We celebrated her arrival with a trip go Esther's on Bainbridge Island.....what a store!!! More pics over our 3 weeks to come....

Celebrating Chihuly

Next up for Roxy.....

Giggling with relief that Porsche does not know the pet quilt rule of lying right in the middle when on the floor....

Roxy was on fire with this doll quilt!

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So apropos for a career path working nights.....

Isn't perle cotton just so yummy to use as accent quilting?

Eye candy....Played at the Olympic Sculpture Park and oh how fun to tromp around in the rain....looking like classic Seattle once more....

But found blue sky along my stroll....

....and sew! Love from Seattle, Em

When in a pinch....

Running out of time for the baby shower.....crosses on the back burner and this hexi motif was a fresh colorful project for this eve. It will be a corner motif with lots of Roxy swirls to fill in the open space of yellow. I see a future quilt with this motif scattering an open field with it being a smaller scale. Happy quilting!

The joy of this quilt.....Noah helping me with placement I between soccer and football passes in the kitchen....

Next lineup.....so many babies!

Blessings galore for a new babe......hoping nontraditional fabric choices are welcomed...

Fresh Citrus with a twist of Em....

Ahhhh...back to my original days of collaging with florals and glue sticks....

Tough cutting up the final remnant of this yummy mod floral...

The original pattern of inspiration.... Doesn't it make you want to drink fresh squuezed OJ?

I lost my umph.....too many quilts that I want to make....so.....

A dry run.....will revisit this quilt pattern again using no sashing but for now....

I used a fav Alexander Henry for a border and am excited to hand quilt... And while I am playing with Roxy...Sean is having fun in the kitchen...

All in all....a gorgeous Monday and very productive....

May the fall blue sky continue!

Celebrating my scrap bins....

What a fun afternoon playing with scraps.....how big will this grow?

And the original design....I apologize that I cannot remember what blog I surfed for the pattern. Isn't it fab?

Proud of my Hawks, they rocked it today!

Porsche was front and center rooting on the boys.....

I thank God for the peace in our home and the creative process.

Preparing for a Seattle winter.....Color to surround me!

A tidied space feels so good! So overdue... And with organization be gains a new project celebrating my desert roots.....

Love love the new Quiltmania books! This is Laura's Story pattern.

Sharon and Jenny are a Sew Wonderful duo!

Have you celebrated Jenny's quilting talent at Sew Kind if Wonderful? Picture is Jenny's original photo. Another gorgeous finisih of my sister's original design, Twirling Fans. Celebrating a yummy finish!

step 1...

Step 1: Fall in love with a pattern...

Step 2: Make it your own....I love houses!

The peace of hand quilting for a newborn......

For every thing there is a season.....have you celebrated my sister's Bikini quilt?

Off to Hawaii soon and seems apropos to celebrate my sister's Bikini Quilt....throwing a wrench in this fall season's garb.....and this is a showstopper! Grab a pina colada and have fun surfing these photos!..

Sharon's original design. Send her a shout out at fabricsandflowers.blogspot.com.

And the gifted quilter....Sewkindofwonderful. And the beauty if quilting....one sis creates bikinis while I play with all 4 seasons....

While I wish that I had the eye and ability to create Sharon's bikini quilt, Time has taught me that we each have a style and enjoy our own process..cheers to Sharon, cheers to YOU, cheers to me....cheers to the connections of Blog land!