There were some fun highlights. I enjoyed a weekend quilt retreat with members of my quilt guild and an evening with my small quilt group, Quilters on the Edge, which is always fun. I took a two day workshop with Helene Knott, which cracked open my imagination.
It doesn't look like much now, but I have such plans for it!
I also took a one-day workshop with Gina Rossi Armfield. ( Look up noexcusesart.com) I'm a big proponent of going outside your usual arty place to stretch the imagination. It's fun and I always meet interesting people at her classes. No artist is losing sleep over my dabbling in art, but I have a great time playing with my art toys.
Nature was very busy. The back of the house went from this . . .
to this in about a week.
The tulips were lovely for about three weeks
and then there was a hailstorm.
These hardy souls survived, but their brighter brethren bit the dust.
I also got some happy surprises - The Morning Glories and Hydrangeas that I thought lost the battle with the guys who rebuilt our deck last fall are back! It seems they were tougher than I gave them credit for.
I'm planning to teach "Mother Goes Mod" at Let's Quilt in West Linn on May 16th. This one is kind of off my beaten track, but I really love it.
These quilts are made of the same block with only minimal changes. I do like it when I can make that happen.
And then there's coffee art. We had breakfast at St. Honore in Lake Oswego and Sweet Husband's latte came looking like this:
I think it's so neat to create from coffee and steamed milk and do it so fast that the coffee's still hot!
Our new website in under construction, but you can go there and see where we're headed at www.mobquilts.com
For all you mother's, Have a Great Mother's Day!
Candy
