One more thing I ordered because of the "From London with Love" workshop (Quiltfolk) are these pattern weights that look like spools of thread wrapped in Liberty of London fabric. They are so pretty, and they're nice and heavy - great for keeping pattern books open, or weighting templates as you cut around them 😊
I cleaned out a lot of fabric recently and donated it, and I'm trying to be really careful about buying more, but I watched the Quiltfolk Adventure "From London with Love" recently and they gave a tour of Liberty of London fabrics, visited the archives and talked of the history. It was SO fascinating, I really enjoyed it. During that episode they talked about this more recent line of quilting cottons called Summer Fair and I found it at the Fat Quarter Shop online! It's SO pretty, the colors are so vibrant. These photos don't do it justice at all. So I am definitely feeling the joy of buying some beautiful fabric. The question now is, what should I make with it?? 🥰
Here are some pictures from our recent trip. Aspen Grove Family Camp is truly a magical place! Here are some things offered:
We did an Escape Room in a cabin in the woods. We had 45 minutes to get out and got out in 38 minutes 😊
High and Low ropes courses
Arts and crafts, including pen making, pottery wheels and all kinds of painting
Hiking and board games
Age group activities for the children
Mini golf, pickleball, tennis, shuffleboard, horse shoes, corn hole, archery, air rifle and many more activities for kids and adults
Aspen Follies night (fun family games) and Frontier Night with a live band, Aspen Frolics (pool) night, Talent Show night, Fireside speaker and closing program with songs and slide show.
This is us on Father's Day - Mike and I with all of our children 🥰
Many of the activities include tournaments. We competed in all of the pickleball tournaments and many others.
Jonathan made a pen for Audrey
Aspen Follies games
Some fun family times last week! Some resting up this week! For some more fun family times next week!! 😊❤️🥰🥳
I've taught a few embroidery classes over the years, but this past week I got to teach my granddaughter a few stitches and she took to so quickly, not only learning the stitches but creating her own designs!! Above is just the start of a very cool design. I'll try to get a picture of it when it's all done. Below is her first design, after embroidering her name on a pillow and the third picture is a pin cushion she made me to story all of my needles! Then she kindly separated out all of the pins from the needles!
Now she's back home learning to cook bagels and croissants with her Mom 🥰
Are you inspired yet to put something fun on the backs of your quilts? These are the last of my Jan McFarland quilt pictures. I think it would be fun to do this!
The last two quilts pictured, I just got photos of the fronts of the quilts.
I finally made it to the sewing room today! I'm feeling productive 😊
