NC Trip Part 1

I know that I have been quiet for awhile now.  

Babies have been born and their quilts delivered so I can NOW talk about that.  

Bridal shower gifts have been given so NOW I can talk about that too.  

This week will be several posts catching up on all of this activity.

 Breakfast (at the DTW airport) was Chick-Fillet. 

It's the only place I know of with a Chick-Fillet in MI.

My friend, Bea, (from Bea Quilter) picked me up from the airport and

 we headed to Brixx Pizza for lunch.

 I got the chicken BBQ pizza and she got Hawaiian.  It was such good pizza!

Then we went to 3 quilt shops.  We both forgot to get a pic at Wish Upon a Quilt = /

Then we went to Bernina World of Sewing.

 Next up was the Cary quilt shop.  OMGosh!  

This shop used to be in a little house and now it is in a HUGE store!!! 

 By far my most favorite shop.  

Of course I found things to buy!  

I have not taken any photos of those things yet, but will share once I do.

Kelsey and I went and had a pedicure and ran some wedding errands on Thursday.

We went out for dinner at Dame's Chicken and Waffles in Durham that night

This was my dinner.  

Kelsey got the sweet potato waffles and they were even better than the regular ones!!

Managed a quick pic in the park on the way back to the car.

Friday found us packing up and heading to Brevard to see Nick's family and get ready for the shower.

I had to wrap my gifts and Mitch supervised.  

He does NOT like me, LOL.  

You all know how much I love cats and most cats like me too.  

I wish he was friendlier, but Max, their dog, makes up for it.  He does some amazing tricks.

We got a photo of most of the family (Nick's brother, Austin was missing).  

We grilled and had a nice dinner and visit with the family.

The entertainment for the evening was when we all went on the front porch and 

took turns target shooting.  

My daughter hit the can every time!  Even the grandma's took a turn.

This is getting a little long so I will post about the shower later.

~XOP~

Good Friends and Gratuitous Kitten Photos

I want to take a few minutes heading into the holiday weekend to share 

a few recent gifts from my internet friends.  

First up is a pillow cover my friend Kayla made for me.  

Isn't it gorgeous?

Then totally out of the blue, my friend Judy sent me some strips for my scrap quilt.  

I was so amazed and thankful!  

If any of you have 1.5" wide pieces x up to 4" long and want to sew those together and send some to me just message me for my mailing address. 

 It is a great leader/ender project!  

Also, my friend Carol, sent me a tracing of a Spartan helmet.  

I am considering using that as an applique for a MSU quilt for the camper bed!  

(It is the tissue under the card in this photo.) 

Thank you ladies!!!

Last night I was *trying* to work on the star quilt but Finny had other ideas.  

He sorely wanted my attention as you can see here.  

Here he was helping me sew. 

 I finally had to put him out of the room, LOL.  

He is so cute though.

With hubby away they have been more needy than usual of my time. 

 What is everyone up to this weekend? 

 I have a birthday party for my great niece to go to tomorrow and then pick up hubby.  

No big plans after that.  

DD1 asked me to come over and watch some TV show with her she is excited about but 

that is a BIG time commitment.  

She would want me to watch both seasons and the episodes she has saved after that.  

Sounds like a good one though.  

Revolution I think is the name.

Whatever you do, enjoy your long weekend 

(if you live in the US)

and if not then enjoy your weekend!

~XOP~