Road to California quilt show

 Yesterday we went to Ontario to the quilt show.  Such awesome quilts and this was one of my favorites.  It is by Kathy McNeil and it is just amazing!!  This was one quilt they allowed us to photograph.

 I stopped by to see Gudrun of GEDesigns.  I am in her FB group it was great to see her.

Here is a photo of me drooling over a black cherry beauty!!

There is so much to see and so many vendors....  It was a delightful day.

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

2018 word of the year

How many of you pick a word for the year?  My word this year is consistency!
Here is a photo from my creative journal about consistency.

I started a bullet journal this year and I am taking a class that will help me be more consistent....in areas where I want to do things on a regular basis!  Since I am retired I can do whatever I want.....right?  But there are so many things that I want to do every single day........... 

be creative every day............write more blog posts...........my online classes...........journaling........
my quilting projects............exercise.............more challenges in my FB group............the list goes on...

I am in a group that chose 12 UFO projects to do and number them.  Someone picks a number each month and that is the one to work on..........fun....hope it gets me moving some of these projects. 

I have gone over a month without much sewing or quilting....we had new flooring put in our house and it has been hectic moving things from one place to another and packing things away....keeping furniture in the middle of some rooms till baseboards were done.....etc... Now it is done and time to get things put back but I am getting rid of a lot of stuff that I don't use and don't need anymore!

I would like to get my goal amount of steps every day but I do the best I can and most days I do get my goal.  The last photo was taken last week on our walk.....it had just rained and the leaves were falling because of the wind and rain.  Looks more like a fall photo rather than January but it is different here in California.  The leaves all drop off the trees about this time of year and before long there will be buds out and it will be more like spring.  I do love snow and winter too....but I really enjoy our weather.  I decided to add this photo to my header.....fun to crunch through the leaves!!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Online class by John'aLee

There is a class that started the first of this month by John'aLee of the Scrappy Appleyard.  Here is the link to her blog that tells about it....    class by John'aLee

Here is the title of her blog post.

Are You Needing Some Motivation to Get Organized this year?..... I have the perfect class for you!!

She has a discount until January 15th if you want to sign up.

I mentioned this class in my last post....John'aLee's Jubilee

Let me know if you sign up to take this class.

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

A quilt sew along

 There is a sew along starting now.  I have printed out the pattern and this is the jelly roll I have chosen.

This jelly roll is about 10 years old and I need to use it.  I think I bought it to make a purse and that is not happening.

Regatta Quilt Sew Along by Home Sewn By Us is where you will find the sew along if you want to join in the fun.
The pattern calls for each row to have the same fabric.....but I don't have very many strips that are the same on this jelly roll so it will be a mixture of patterns but the colors will be close!
So now I completed the first part of the sew along......select the fabric.

I have chosen my word for the year and it is............consistency.  I am going to do a page about it in my creative journal.

I started two new online classes this week:
       John'aLee's Jubilee class about journaling and planning.  Setting up a bullet journal.
       Joanne Sharpe class 2018 Artfully Inspired Life

Anyone else going to do this sew along??

Linking to Linky Tuesday  freemotion by the river

Smiles and hugs....Caryl