Old Project

I started making this snowman quilt top many years ago. I found the pattern when visiting in Las Vegas when I went with Jerry to a trade show. In fact I think I visited every quilt shop in Las Vegas instead of watching people gamble. I did walk the convention center with Jerry one day. The only problem I had was walking with the wrong shoes on. My feet were so sore and tired. Anyway I got the cute pattern and embroidered the snow men (redwork). That took a year or so and then I found another pattern to put the quilt together when I went with Jerry to a SSA Convention in Tucson. I think I went to every quilt store I could find in Tucson. Anyway, I appliqued what I call snowflakes (they're really leaves)on red fabric and got them finished this month. After Christmas I put all the blocks together. I think the top turned out pretty cute but bigger than I expected. I plan to hand quilt it. We'll see.

We Did It

I don't know why we did it but we spent Saturday on the Phoenix Light Rail. Julie has been following the building and development of the Rail since its beginning. Rides on the rail were free so we decided to ride it - along with thousands and thousands of other people. Were we adventuous? I'd say so. We attempted to wait to get on the rail at Sycamore and Main but the lines were 3 hours long so we took a bus to another station and got on a jam backed section of the train. Talk about being packed in, we were exactly that. You meet all kinds of people. What an experience.

We decided not to ride the rail to the end to Bethany Rd but got off the rail at 3rd and Washington. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves down town with the activities there. We waited in line for almost an hour to catch the rail back to Mesa. I don't know what happened to it. It was suppose to come every 10 or 15 minutes.
Anyway we made it home after standing for many a hour.

A Christmas Carol

If you want to see a good Christmas play, go to the Hale Theater in Gilbert. Playing now is a rendition of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." Julie and I were able to go with a group of women from my ward. It was thoroughly entertaining and delightful. I had no idea what the stage would look like but it is a theater in the round. The sound and effects were really good. It made a nice evening out. (Have dinner at Joe's B-B-Q before the show starts.)
Christmas is so much fun.

Day Cactus Patchers Christmas Luncheon

Tuesday I met with the day group of my quilting group, Cactus Patchers, for our annual Christmas get-together. We met for lunch at the Olive Garden.

Ellen Martin, Sharon Thompson, Jan Hartman, Mary Lou William, Penny McKinley, Fran Martinez, Margarite.

I have known these ladies since the early 1990's. We have met on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month for many, many years at the Pyle Adult Center in Tempe. We bring our own projects to work on and talk about quilting and the world in general. It's been fun.