Look what just arrived in the mail!  A darling assortment of fabric from xo.gigi modern fabrics!  This is such a fun online fabric shop.  There were so many cute prints to choose from, I had a hard time narrowing it down.  I am thinking I will be making a new wall quilt for my family room, some throw pillows for the living room and something for my girls out of the cat print!  Can’t wait to get sewing!!!

 These are some other cute prints that I love!!

While I was helping my friend in Virginia, she took me to a little place called Lucketts, Virginia.  Oh, my, it is the cutest place ever.  Rolling hills, sheep, old houses….I want to move there!  There are some amazing antique shops there.  The first one we went to was called Lucketts Store.  It’s more like a destination than a shop!!!

 

 They had so many amazing items.  And me, there, having to travel back to California with only a suitcase!  I wanted to fill a trailer and drive it across the country!!

 

They have a “Design House”  which is an old house completely decorated and amazing and everything is for sale!

 

 

 

  

 

 She sewed me a pair of quilted oven mitts.  I was so touched when she said she had never made them before!  I feel so blessed to be the recipient of this gift.

 If that wasn’t enough she hand-wrote some of her family’s favorite recipes in a journal.  Again – lots of thought and time went into this gift.   I am definitely going to try them all.

 Thank you so much Mary!  I feel very blessed to get to know you and to receive a little bit of who you are!!

 Outside they have all these pretty flowers potted in old bakery bread tins.  This shop has thousands of bread tins.  They are using them for everything!!

 They also have mini loaf tins and muffin tins.  They are so much fun.  I purchase one of the bread tins and I am hoping to use it as a shelf.  They are $15 each – not bad.

  

 My sister-in-law is here and we are sewing up a storm!  We are making baby quilts for gifts.  Yesterday we got 3 tops sewn! Look at my dining room!!!  Two sewing machines and fabric everywhere! 

 Like my newest Pyrex find?  It makes for the perfect “sewing trash” bin on the table.

This is the pattern – its from the Fall 2011 issue of Simple Quilts & Sewing.  I don’t like the Halloween version – but I love ours!!

 When we get them finished today, I will post more photos!  Now on to pinning and quilting!

Look what fun quilt books I found at my city library!  Can’t wait to make a few projects!!

I took quite some time off from blogging.  I enjoyed Christmas with my family at home, New Year’s with more family at my sister’s in Arizona, and another week of Winter Break in the San Francisco area with more family!!  It’s been a very restful break and I can’t believe it is over and the children are off to school.  Now I am ready to get back into the swing of things….I think!  How about you? 

This is a silly picture of myself at the Hobby Lobby after Christmas sale.  We don’t have one where I live so I went with my sister in Arizona.  It never disappoints!  2 carts full!!

Looking forward to a HAPPY new year 🙂

I am participating in a New Year’s Give-Away over at “I Gotta Try That“.  Click here to enter to win this tote bag I made and 13 other prizes from great crafters!