Lovely Lunch with a Friend

Today I met with Ellen Guerrant to discuss vending strategies for a local show coming up in January. She took me to Charley's and treated me to a very nice lunch. I chose the chicken pot pie special and it was very nice and light. It had a puff pastry topping and no crust on the bottom, so it made it very light and tasty.

So come see us at the Quilting and Needle Art Extravaganza 2010 in Statesville, NC. We'll be in booth # 34.

Surface Design Group 2008 Challenge Reveal

I belong to a local Surface Design Group that basically meets monthly when we can.

Each year a challenge is set forth and for 2008, the challenge was to be 5x7 pieces that would be traded with the others who participated. There were 6 of us who participated, so that meant making 6 pieces. One to keep the rest to trade. The theme was "Far-Fetched."

Here is the attribution that was attached to the back of each piece:

“Down to the Wire”
Debby Harwell
February 21, 2009
(To have completed this any sooner
would have truly been far-fetched!)

Far-fetched materials all obtained
from a hardware store include;
Shingle samples,
Siding samples,
Wire, and Washers.

The pieces were completed the night before as is the case for all of my challenge pieces and I didn't want to break the tradition with these.

So this is the original one that I created and kept for myself.

To view the other pieces I made click on the slide show below.

Superior Threads Giveaway

So Superior Threads is having a giveaway that is listed on their blog. It involves putting them on my sidebar, which I did and then mentioning the give away on my blog.. So I did that here as well. We quilters will do anything for a free giveaway! Actually the owner's wife, Heather was in a dye class that I took with Carol Soderlund a couple of years ago. I'm not sure that she'd remember me. She sat on the other side of the room and was in a different "stirring" group.. but just in case she's reading, maybe I'll win for mentioning that.

Ok, the deed is done... for the non-quilters, bear with me... my grandson should be born any minute (literally) so there will certainly be pictures coming as soon as he gets here.