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Gobble Gobble Gobble

The bird is in the freezer at my house . . . and now it's time to get the cute turkey plates washed and ready for the big day ~  Happy Thanksgiving! 

. . . and then it won't be long until  the many boxes  filled with all the Christmas Decorations will be scattered all over the living room!  Are you as excited as I am to start your holiday decorating?  I can hardly wait to see all those Christmas treasures that were wrapped so carefully and tucked away since last December.  Please come back to visit with me for my "Twelve Days of Christmas" decorating fun. 

xoxx, Renée 

a very lucky girl!

How much fun can one girl have?  I am so privileged to have  been included in the new issue of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine . . . this is the cover and the first page of the article.  My little wall quilt, "All Snowed In" is on page 66 . . . is it time to decorate for Christmas yet?

xoxx, Renée

yoo hoo

oh my . . . look at those beautiful red trees!  They were so wonderful I had to stop and take this photo on my way to the Kansas City Airport last week.  Wow!

Wish I had taken some photos at Quilter's Station in Lee's Summit but it was so hectic I never got my camera out.  Darling Rita (Quilter's Station's shopkeeper) was so generous to let me have the location photos for a new book at her wonderful shop!  She has so many great props and made us feel sooooooo welcome.  What a treat!  If you ever have the opportunity to visit her you will be VERY glad you did . . . so many fabrics, every notion you could want, great wool and books & patterns.  SOOOOO MUCH FUN!  I'm only sorry that I didn't take some photos to share with you.

Yippee . . . we have a title . . . A Bird in Hand . . . and a sub-title . . . . folk art projects inspired by our feathered friends . . . . soooooo exciting!  There is so much more to make it happen than I ever imagined - it's scheduled to be out in February!

Back soon . . . . xoxx, Renée

some more SPOOKY!

BOO

 

Off to Market

Leaving on a jet plane early in the morning but I wanted to share a few Halloween decorations.

 

Do you remember the top part of this cabinet?  I just found the bottom part at Marshall's last week . . . I could hardly believe it - it's PERFECT!

Three little pumpkins sitting on a fence - isn't that a rhyme?

a few more Halloween photos to auto post tomorrow!

xoxx, Renée

where o' where

today was photo day - two new patterns for Fall Quilt Market {Oct 10-12 eeeeekkkkk} still stitching 16/7 {hmmm 24/7 if only I didn't need to eat & sleep & cook & clean} Kansas City Star Book projects - that photo shoot is scheduled for Oct 20 & 21.

"Sew I Gathered" . . . a sewing kit 8" x 10"

and "Pocketful of Posie" a 14" x 18" handbag

SEW many projects, SEW little time . . . hoping to be back for a visit with you sooner rather than later!

xoxx, Renée

Waste Canvas

Have you ever used this fun stuff?  OMG I LOVE working with it - just think of the possibilities of things to put letters, numbers and words on!  I'm stitching all day and into the night - can you think of anything better than playing with fabrics, threads, needles, pins all day every day?  There is a little bit of that regular household stuff that has to be done . . . . we do like clean clothes & food in the kitchen.  Axel & Hailey like to eat too!
Thank you for your kind words of encouragement - I really really appreciate your sweet comments.  You are the BEST!
xoxx, Renée

Some New Projects

 

These are a few new projects I'm working on right now . . . they will be part of a new book that I am really excited about.  It's going to be published by the Kansas City Star - Quilt Book Division - how lucky can one girl be?  It's set to be released in Feb . . . . so there isn't much time to sleep for the next few months.  I've been thinking Bob (my darling cowboy husband) should learn to stitch . . . what do you think?  hmmmm I was so willing to cowgirl up . . . seems like a great trade off to me.  Okay - I better get back to stitching!  xoxx, Renée 

playing with METAL and BEESWAX

ArtUnraveled was here in the Phoenix area this past week and I was able to take two classes.  Last Thursday I took a class to learn a "green" method of etching metal from Sherri Haab.  Very cool . . . it will come in very handy for jewelry making and for working with PMC (Precious Metal Clay).  So much nicer to work with than the ferric acid I have used before.

Yesterday I took a class with Judy Wise "Captured in Wax" -  what a great teacher Judy is - so generous and talented.  I have only played with beeswax a few times and there is so much to learn about it.   This is what I worked on in class - might make it into a journal cover.  

The very talented & darling Katie Kendrick was enjoying a day off from teaching and joined us - that was a extra bonus to visit with her a little bit too.

xoxx, Renée