From Palm Trees & Ocean to Cactus & Desert

I am here in Buckeye, Arizona for a few days before heading on to Tucson. Buckeye is a little retirement community outside of Phoenix. My brother-in-law and his wife moved here from Santa Rosa after he retired from teaching.

It was so exciting to see Yertle again. She is the family tortise who the vet says is approximately 100 years old. She has been with the family for over 60 years. Yertle lived with me in Fresno for nearly 25 years.

Santa Barbara Quilt Show

The featured artist for the show is Norah McMeeking, author of Bella Bella Quilts: Stunning Designs from Italian Mosaics. I have posted only a few of her many beautiful quilts that are on display here at the show. You can see more of her quilts by going to http://www.bellabellaquilts.com/

September Events

I will be a vendor at the following shows. If you are in the area, please stop by my booth. I would love to meet you.

Bay Area Quilt, Craft & Sewing Festival
Sept. 16th - 18th
San Mateo County Event Center
2495 S. Delaware St.
San Mateo, CA 94403
for more information go to: www.rustybarn.com

Harvest of Colors
Coastal Quilter's Guild
Sept. 25th - 26th
Earl Warren Showgrounds
3400 Calle Real
Santa Barbara, CA 93110
for more information go to www.coastalquilters.org

Tucson Quilt, Craft and Sewing Festival
Sept. 30th - Oct. 2nd
Tucson Expo Center
3750 E. Irvington Rd.
Tucson, AZ 85714
for more information go to www.rustybarn.com

National Sewing Month

September is National Sewing Month so dust off your sewing machine, oil up the gears, put in a new needle, and start sewing! It seems like I haven't sewn in a while but I have been spending a large chunk of my time uploading my soon-to-be-website! I have forgotten how time consuming this whole process can be, especially when I am working with a new company and I have so many new products to enter. I can't believe it has been a year since I shut my former website down. Well, my goal is to get the website up and running in a couple of weeks.