HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME:)

Another year passes and 

how do we mark them?

This year has had many 

challenges and one was all

my work cancellations.

As October approached, 2

contracts remained and both

groups decided to go forward.

So the day before my birthday

I taught one of my favorite

workshops ever, 

Fabric Collaborations

to the 

Florida Sewing Sew-ciety up

at the Lake Yale Baptist Center

near Leesburg, FL

.

Beautiful setting and a 

FABULOUS group of ladies.

They really took my inspiration

and made it their own.

Below is Margaret Travis and 

her sister, Marie.

Margaret is known for her Fabulous 

Cheerleading in our industry!

On my actual birthday, I spent 

the evening showing off the 

LADIES to the 

Ladies of the Lakes Quilters

in Lakeland, FL.

They loved them almost as

much as I do:)

I was somewhat apprehensive

getting back out with the 

new little coming to visit.

Thankfully most were very 

understanding of wearing masks.

I received lots of wonderful gifts 

from family and friends including

fabric, a salon tray for upcoming

filming assistance and ….

This sweet little

 (ca 1940s??) machine &

This Awesome book about

the Colonial Williamsburg

textile collection!

Four Centuries of Quilts

The reason I was so excited

is that back in 2018 I was 

privileged to stitch with some

of the volunteers on this quilt (above)

as they reproduced it for the 

house displays around the property.

When I received the book, I 

was able to find the exact 

quilting diagram of what I 

had been working on.

Nerd here finds that

very exciting:)

So, HAPPY HAPPY

BIRTHDAY to 

all the October kids and

Thank you to everyone

who reached out to make

me feel special!

 

Keep quilting:)

A look back to 2018

Today is the 19th day of the month and 

for lack of a prompt, I went back 19 months 

to see what I was up to then...

I may use this prompt again:)

In May of 2018 I had gone up to 

Virginia to dog sit my parents 

little pup so they could take 

a 50th Anniversary trip.

I brought plenty of work with me 

and made an appointment with 

the Colonial Williamsburg museum for a 

behind the scenes tour of some of

their antique quilts for my appraisal research.

Isn't this a lovely design?!!

The trip to Williamsburg was SO Much

more than I anticipated:)

These lovely ladies work in the

 back room preserving history!

I wish I could remember their names

because they were delightful and

invited me to come hand quilt on the 

design above.

It was being reproduced from

an antique in the collection in whole cloth

as a display piece in one of the homes

in the colonial village now with a few

of my stitches added.

After spending a lovely morning with them,

I went shopping at a local shop and found

this FABULOUS Carolina Lily that is 

now part of my guild lecture, 

An Evening with Well-Loved Ladies: 

Red & Green Traditions

It was a great visit and this is why 

I need to be open to what may come:)

You just never know what adventure

waits around the corner.

See you tomorrow~R

Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com 

for more blogs to follow.