COLLECTING MOMENTS

Collecting moments.

I like that idea

as a theme for living this year.

I made a fat quarter bag for 

a very gracious old friend of mine in NYC

who is celebrating another year of experience.

(In case you are wondering, I am 22 

plus several years of experience!)

Why do we SAVE fabric?

I finally used some of my Jan Mullen for this bag.

Fabric that I love

but have been NOT USING...

because it is too fun????

Does that even make any sense?

Ha! Ridiculous! 

I am discarding that idea 

(only use fabric that is not too much fun)

right here and NOW!

I have also decided 

to give a way a quilt a month for 2015.

This one is going to the same friend.

(Wonderfully, she loves purple).

Here's my finished

wanted-to-be-another-Vintage-Spin-but we-sliced-it-up.

Son #3 is graduating high school this spring.

Maybe he will take a quilt to college?!

I walk our rescued Walter

A LOT.

One path we do almost everyday,

while son #3 does crew,

had this spray painted on the path!

LOVE the reminder-

to quit sleeping/being lost in thought

through all the moments

to be experienced 

on this path and in life.

Look what we were treated to

after we woke up...

Visited son #1

at Evergreen College in Olympia

where he is happily thriving!

"I went from student to scholar"

is my current favorite quote of his.

Delighted by the surprise 

of seeing 

a quilt and quilty pillow in his room!

Yesterday,

son#3 wanted to visit son #1

so off we went went to Olympia,

about a two hour drive.

I dropped off son#3

and hunted down a quilt shop!

Here's Washington state's capital building.

And here is a most amazing quilt shop!

A must see if you are in the area.

It had two charming ladies

and more must-have fabric

then I have seen in a shop in a long time!

Then I went to Bayside Quilting

and...

had a private moment

with Elvis!

Hope you are 

enjoying some moments too!