A quick look back before forward to 2020

Hard to believe 20 years have 

passed since this crew was 

together for a new year, decade,

century, millennium!!

We were stationed in Puerto Rico

for 2000 and what a party!

January in Florida is prime

'drink and a nosh on the water' time:)

February was full of appraisals-yay!

March was more hockey watching 

the Bolts kick some ass 

(before imploding later in the season). 

Wearing my new awesome fingerless 

gloves my mom made for me:)

I find them so comfortable for 

handwork too.

April brought a new adventure working

the Connecting Threads booth in Paducah

with this crazy crew!  SO FUN

Meet Amy, Barb, & Micki.

May showed me my 

cutting table for the first 

time in Months...(over a year)!
It was clean once....

Too bad it hasn't stayed clean:)

June was another workshop but  

closer to home.

Thank you Largo Cracker Quilters

July we met some local people

for a day out in Clearwater.

We had a lot of fun once I 

forced my husband out of the house-HA!

August was the BIG trip to 

Grand Rapids, MI for my

long awaited appraisal test!

Great little city and I made 

some new friends too.

My baby girl came to visit

while I was there too!

September brought the news that I PASSED

my appraisal test when I just knew I hadn't...lol

We also celebrated the wedding of

my sweet Lauren to her sweet Clayton!

October brought another birthday

and my baby girls sent me 

this sweet floral arrangement:)

October/November fulfilled 

another bucket item!!!

I was part of the 2019 faculty

at Houston International Festival-WOOT!

Here's to being picked up again for 2020:)

Great life long friends came to 

spend Thanksgiving with us and 

we took them to their first pro

hockey game. So Fun being with them!!!

We have ages of shared history

and love.

I am Very Excited to look forward 

to 2020!!!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

~R

Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com 

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Living History Series

Coming in 2020 (SO WEIRD to write that!) 

I will introduce my Living History Series 

of workshops for guilds to book in 2021.

How interested would you be in 

seeing and touching and learning

about a 100+ year old

quilt and then making a small updated

reproduction of that same quilt?

That is what we will be 

doing in each 3 hour class.

You aren't out a lot of time

or money and you get to 

be a part of our quilting ancestry!

If you are super excited about

this idea, keep an eye out

for Houston next year

as I am submitting 2 of 

these for their consideration:)

Keep stitching and learning~R

Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com 

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My Energy is back-FINALLY

During my November craziness, 

I came down with a cold. 

Then I got better....

Then it came back....

WHAT IS THAT???

I don't think I have ever had 

a cold come back but in a bit

weaker strain.

Very Frustrating to say the least.

Yesterday I felt I turned a corner

just in time to finish one deadline.

Now to start on my submissions

for Houston Festival so I

can see this lovely city

again in the Fall.

Do you have a technique or class

you would like to take?

Are you interested in reproductions

of 1800s quilts?

Miniatures?

I am thinking...…

Stay tuned~R

Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com 

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2019 Houston Festival Part 2

I truly was honored to be a part of

 the 2019 Houston Festival Faculty!

 Here is my fancy badge and pin:)

 The next 3 pics are of the Sweetest Surprise!!  

There is a gift bag for faculty members where

Quilt industry sponsors 

donate small gifts ....WOW!!

THANK YOU to 

Quilters Select for the Appli-web and thread, 

Fairfield for the batting sample, 

Steady Betty for a fun tool I have never tried, 

RNK for a great tote bag and scissors, 

IQF for the great bag and everything else you did for us, 

Mountain Mist for the baby wool press mat, 

Moda for the perfect charm pack of Jo Morton fabric, 

Cherrywood (who has great fabric), &

Karen Kay Buckley,

Your scissors are phenomenal!

Then we get to my Swimming Seahorse class...

Thank you to, Shirley, my Teacher's Pet for the day

for taking all these fab photos.

I always forget;)

 Working hard...

 I love to hammer things!

My rating when I was in the military

had a joke about being able to fix

anything with a hammer:)

 HAPPY students finishing projects!

Seeing how everyone's turns out 

differently and people learning new 

things makes it more fun for me as 

the teacher, I think, 

than the students.

A huge

THANK YOU to the 

students who signed up for

my class and made a it 

a Wonderful day!!

If your guild hasn't had me visit yet, 

send your chair HERE to see

what we can book for a play day!

Keep Stitching~R

Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com for more blogs to follow.

2019 Houston Festival, "Had Me A Blast"

Where to begin?? 

Here is the pack out for classes and other presentations.
Could be worse;)

 Quilt shown is 'Harvest Nights' available here:

http://www.nestlingsbyrobin.com/small-wall-hangs.html

Arriving in Houston and my first time going alone without my 

designer friend, SuznQuilts.

We have been going to Houston together for 10 years.

 Here is the wall of 2019 Houston Festival Faculty 

and I am blown away to be included

 amongst these amazingly talented women!

I am bottom row, 3rd from the right.

 There was a cool wall that had photos of 

classes that still had openings.   

Quilters are visual and being able to see the 

pic right there was helpful.  

I know this because I was listening:)

 It was the Sapphire year and the 

Blue and White exhibit was 

extraordinarily hung and

exhilarating to stand within!
PLUS, I was completely over the moon to be
able to spend the day walking the exhibit
with Pepper Cory!! We have known each other
for years but only have enough time for what I call
"drive by hugs" whenever at Market.
This year schedules allowed for quite a bit more! :)

 I taught my, 'Swimming Seahorse'

class to a group of fantastic women who

were real sports about the weird disco

lighting we dealt with at the beginning.

 These next 3 pics show the room that

the Sampler Forum is presented in.

The top pic is my presentation of 

FABRIC COLLABORATIONS.

Here is my view of the door and everyone lining up 

to come in.  When they were allowed, people came 

in racing to the quilter they really wanted to see...

it was fun to watch!

The pic below is of my SCRAPPLIQUE'

presentation.

This forum is great for getting to see how a teacher 

presents her ideas and what the idea is but done

in a round robin setting so you can move

from teacher to teacher as you see fit.

 I signed up for 2 MEET the TEACHERS 

presentations so here is the schedule

and the space allowed for talking to quilters.
I had a stage and a microphone...

So Much Fun!

 As someone who doesn't cook, I am 
always impressed by those who can whip stuff up.
I need a recipe!

My Awesome roommates, Tara Reilly and Debby Brown Quilts, cooked for me. Debby Brown Quilts made this butternut squash risotto which was cheesy and creamy and delicious. And, we are in the same issue of Quilter's World right now where I have a cute design within but Debby writes a regular column to help you with your machine quilting problems like thread breaking. She is a wealth of information!

"I’m honored to be published in the same magazine as the incredibly talented Robin Koehler. Check out the latest issue of Quilter’s World Magazine for Robin’s pattern and my machine quilting column. #debbybrownquilts @nestlings1 #quiltersworld #quiltersworldmagazine #quilting #quilts #quilt #machinequilting"

Entrance to Festival and me with my Faculty Tag:)

I have dear dear friends in Mobile who let me 

take advantage of them on my way to and from 

Houston with a free room to stay.

Della has been a mentor, a big sister, 

and the most amazing cheerleader

anyone could hope for in life!

I am honored to call her my friend and this was our view on my

way home...sunset over the bridge with a margarita in hand.

Thank you to everyone who came by to say HI and listen to my presentations 

and look forward to coming to your guild!