Mr. Postman

Wow, what a day I had! The postman delivered me a box from DS#2 and DIL who live in Williamsburg, VA. I opened the box and there were two get well cards -- one even sang to me! Along with the cards were this beautiful collection of fabric -- by Windham -- The Williamsburg Christmas Collection -- 27 beautiful fat quarters!!!! Now talk about a great gift for a quilter!!! This sure did lift my spirits! I was sew excited! The fabrics came from Love 2 Quilt a great little shop in Williamsburg that I got to patronize while visiting Williamsburg in December.

I went out to my studio (separate from my house) to "piddle around". I heard a vehicle drive up (I live in the country so if you hear a car, they are coming to visit.) and looked out the window. There was the FedEx truck. Now, I was thinking "what has my hubby ordered now? Probably fishing stuff." Well, the guy gets out of the truck and it was a box FOR ME!!!! I hadn't ordered anything, so I was baffled. Lo and behold, it was another box from DS#2 and DIL!!! A Sew-EZ Table that I had been wanting. This was my birthday and Mother's Day gift! They had told me my gift would be a bit late, but when I got the fabrics I thought that was my gift!

This is a picture from the website. I'll have to post a pic of the "real thing with my machine" later as I have to get my hubby to put the table together. I can't because of my recent surgery, I can't lift anything over 5 lbs!

Yippee!

Yippee! I'm doing the happy dance! I went to the doctor today and he removed the staples from my abdomen (there was a bunch of them, too!) It's been two weeks today since my surgery. I'm feeling so much better. I am released to return to work on June 16 so I still have some time to heal and hang out at home. I hope I will get to do some sewing. I did some over the weekend, but stopped every little while as I would get really tired.

On the way to the doctor, dear hubby took me to Suzys Quilt Shop in Garland, TX. I had not been to this shop before, but had heard lots about it. It was a nice shop. I bought the pattern Anna's Garden -- applique! I also bought a number of reproduction background fabrics to use to make this pattern. While in Williamsburg, VA, during Christmas Holidays, I purchased the Williamsburg line of fabric and plan to use it for this pattern as well. It will take me a while complete this quilt but it will be fun.

Centennial Williamsburg

Here is a pic of the new 1800's line Centennial Williamsburg fabrics. Today, I went to "Love2Quilt" shop in Williamsburg. They had the entire line except for two fabrics -- they had already sold two complete bolts. The shop had not even cut any FQs yet. I ordered a FQ of each fabric they had. The shop called this afternoon and said they have my FQ bundle ready. I'm going in the morning to pick it up. I can't wait!!!! Not only has it been sanctioned by Williamsburg historians, I bought it in Williamsburg! Now I have to decide something special to make out of it as a reminder of my trip.

This collection is inspired by the collections of WILLIAMSBURG. Williamsburg, Virginia was a powerful center of thought and style during the 18th century. In this bustling town, patriots such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry established the ideals of liberty, independence, and personal freedom that influenced the founding of our nation and have inspired generations. Today it thrives as a restored town and living history museum.
The Centennial Collection spans 100 years of fabrics from the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation archives, which contain nearly 400 years of antiques. Each pattern is faithfully reproduced or adapted from period clothing and quilts. This collection provides a rich array of 18th and 19th century textiles imported from England, Europe, and India as well as American-made fabrics from the 19th century.

Where's the Apple Pie?

When I arrived in Williamsburg, I asked my son "what are we having for Christmas lunch?" His response was "whatever you want to cook!" But then he proceeded to say that he thought turkey, stuffing, green beans, potatoes and pie would be good! Now keep in mind, this is the first Christmas we have spent with him in 5 years. I guess he was hungry for Mom's Christmas cooking. I prepared everything he wanted, including an apple pie. When I woke up this morning, I pitter-pattered down the stairs to the kitchen to make coffee. No one else was awake yet. When I went into the kitchen, this is what I saw on the table!
What the heck happened to the apple pie??? It appears DS sit at the table the night before eating pie and then thought what the heck, I'll just finish this thing off -- ate right out of the pie plate! That's okay, I can always make another one!

The Day After Christmas

Sew, what are the plans for today in Williamsburg???? We are going to Virginia Beach. We have reservations at the Hilton right on the beach. We will get up in the morning and watch the sunrise -- I can't wait! On the way to VA Beach, we will be stopping at a few quilt stores -- YEA!
While staying at DS and DIL house, we have our own bedroom upstairs. There is a balcony off the bedroom overlooking a lake. The picture to the left is a picture I took when the weather was really drizzy and soupy! Christmas Day the weather was BEAUTIFUL, but did I take a picture -- NO! Shame on me.

Another neat thing about our bedroom is we are sleeping under a quilt -- a quilt made by my dear Mother. She made this quilt for Josh when he was in the USAF. It is handpieced and handquilted. When I walked in the room and saw the quilt, it made me smile. It's like having a big ole hug from my Mama.

The picture to the right is a picture of our "Grandpups". They are mini-pinchers. Major is on the left and he is the youngest of the two. Lisa is to the right. They are both SPOILED.

I have pictures taken at Colonial Williamsburg, but have not downloaded them from the camera yet. I'll try to get that done!

Christmas Day

I hope everyone has had a wonderful Christmas Day. I sure have! I am posting from Williamsburg, VA. To the left is a picture of my DS and DIL tree. It is decorated with handpainted ornaments from Germany.

There are no longer gifts under the tree! We have already opened them. Josh and Patience gave me some Polish pottery -- straight from Poland!!! It is handpainted and signed by the painter. It is just beautiful. I have been wanting some since we visited them in Frankfurt, Germany, two years ago. They also gave me a beautiful silver bangle bracelet with scripture engraved on it. AND, they gave me a $100 gift certificate to a scrapbooking store.

Yesterday, we drove all the way to Newport News, VA, (about 30 min away) to go to a quilt store that was 'supposedly' having a sale. Well guess what? We found it (thank you Lord for the GPS) but it WAS CLOSED!!!! I was disappointed but that is okay; at least we tried.

After that we went and toured Colonial Williamsburg (I'll post more about that later). That was really fun.

That's all for now! I'll be posting more later.