Chicago, Ill.

We have been here for 3 weeks now and have 3 more to go, I feel like we should have rented a house,although we have moved from North to South and fromEast to West. there are some great people here and some beautiful country. Not to fond of the big town (Chicago). the traffic is horrendous,don't think we will have to go back through there again...WHEW****
My friend that lives here took me quilt shop shopping last Tuesday. Of course I enjoyed that and hope she did also. We went to Tammy Tadd Designs shop. That is one of the prettiest shops I have ever been in. Everything is so bright and lively. Her personell is great too. If you ever get a chance to visit there ,be sure to go. You'll be glad you did. Sorry I didn't take any pictures, I forgot....I HAD my camera, but got excited and just forgot....
While we were up here a couple years ago, we met this guy ( my hubby was working with him),Mike and his family,so are planning to have dinner with them, maybe Monday or Tuesday,so definitely am looking forward to that. They are a great couple and have 2 wonderful children.
The weather here has been just beautiful here the last 3 days,that makes being away from home easier. I sure am homesick.I am hoping that the powers that be, will let us go ahead and finish up all our days before we come home.Then we can come home for good....I don't plan to work next year. Hubby says he isn't sure what he is going to do, but I am ready to BE AT HOME***
Hope all of you are having a great 4th. weekend, we are off the next 3 days, but don't plan to do anything....resting sounds good to me...
Take care everyone and keep on quilting memories, Bobbin

Wisconsin***

Yep, we are in Racine Wisc., the weather today was georgeous, a little breezy but a beautiful blue sky and the temps were very nice.Tomorrow after we work our event, we will be heading to Ill., not sure where exactly,so not much info there. I do hope sometime while we are in that beautiful state, we will get to Geneva,right now don't have that info. We have a new person doing our schedule this year and they don't seem to think we need more than a few days at a time. Not only would it be nice to know where we are headed,but DH would like to get our motel reservations made a few weeks ahead of time.......needless to say, this has been very frusterating for him and as all you married ladies know, when hubby isn't happy,you most likely aren't either.Well, I'm NOT****
Not much to write about, just wanted to touch base, especially to let the ones I generally comment on their blogs, I have no idea why, but blogger won't let me send any comments. I'm just hopeing that this blog will be posted.
Hope everyone is quilting memories,later, Bobbin

News from Richmond, Va.

WOW, everyone should know by now how very excited I am to finally be close? to home.....
and truly I am. I have already had company....our very good and longtime friends came to see us on Wednesday....we enjoyed that a LOT....Then on Thursday my sister and neice came and we spent the day at Short Pump, Va. I didn't buy anything, but I sure did enjoy being with family. My sister and BIL are coming tomorrow and will spend the night, since we are off on Monday we will have a little time to relax and enjoy them. Also tomorrow my nephew and his family are going to come to our event and maybe we can go somewhere and get a bite to eat when we get through, I am lookingforward to seeing them also. I don't get to see them very often, so it will be a treat.
I must remind ya'll of our trip here last year and the fire at the motel,well..................about midnight we were awaken to a very loud ,shrill sirene.....YEP....the fire alarm. Of course I get all excited, am rushing around like something crazy,and my DH says, you know if it's necessary, we can just step out the window....there are definite advantages to being on the first floor. There was no fire this time, just teenagers playing. But, yes we went out the front door like civilized people! Never a dull moment around here***LOL***
Gotta run, take care and hope all is well with you.... BOBBIN

2 Baby Quilts

Finally, I got a couple of the baby quilts finished***YEEHAW***

I still have 3 to make, but I'm on my way. Well, will be when I get home....heehee

The first one (the blocks )is for a sweet baby girl. I hope when she gets old enough she will drag it with her wherever she goes. But since she is only a month old, that remains to be seen.

The one with the cowboy was LONGGGGGGGGGG OVER DUE....He was already a year old when I got it to him. Mom said he really liked it, I hope so. All these babies are dear to me and I am ashamed of myself ,but I just had a lot of problems last year and didn't sew nearly what all I wanted to.

I have one more baby top to show, but not today, blogger isn't co-operating, maybe tomorrow. After that, until I take more pics, I will have nothing to show. I do hope in the next day or so, to photograph the gift that "Country Log Cabin" gave to me. I wasn't thinking when I very neatly packed it away. But I have to get in the trailer tomorrow or Tuesday and move some things around, so will take pics then.

We are going to be awfully busy this week. We are trying to get ready to head to Va.,and that means everything in the trailer has to be very securely tied down and I also try to downsize things that we have to take in at night while traveling. Of course there's laundry to do also.

We have an event to do on Wed. then the rest of the week we will be at the race track. Hopefully we will be able to leave on Sunday afternoon by around 3pm. and travel a few hours, from here to Va is almost 1300 miles, so that will take a while.

We are at a motel in Lewisville, Texas and will stay here until we head East. That makes life easier,so I know I will be ready to leave ASAP. I can't believe we have been in this motel several days while here in Dallas,with a large Mall right behind us and I haven't even been there.I can see Macy's door from our window. Guess that shows what kind of shopper I am...LOL

Take Care, have a great day, Bobbin

What is the name of this pattern?

When we left home Feb. 18th. I had no idea it was going to be this long before I would be posting this quilt. BUTTTTTTT....Obviously it is and I can not possibly tell you what the pattern is nor the fabric line. Shame on me****UGH**** My LQS owner is going to have my head on the chopping block.....sorry "S".............I guess I need to make notes....Anyway....

I made this quilt either the end of Jan, or early Feb. I made it for my LQS,and it really turned out nice. I do plan to make another one when we get home.If you have been keeping up with the last few posts I have written, you know I have a lot of plans for when we get back....heehee

We have been outside all day and other than the wind it has been beautiful. I love the blue skies here, it seems you can see forever... If you've never visited Texas, you really should,I think we have been over most of the state ( we were here 6 weeks last year) and when we leave here next Sunday ( not Tomorrow) we will have been here around Dallas for 4 weeks. I am ready to head back toward home, but this really is a pretty state. Very nice people here as well. So if you get a chance, come on down***you'll be glad you did.

If you come to the races next weekend, come by and visit with me, I'm the oldest woman in the Scott's Booth. We are there to advertise for Scotts lawn products as well as for Carl Edwards. As most of you know my DH and I work for Roush-Fenway Racing and Scotts is one of the sponsors. We also have a corn hole contest, so come by, see me and play a little corn hole. It's a very simple game, you just throw the bags in a hole ( across the lawn)...not hard and there are a lot of females. As a matter of fact, at Atlanta, one of the ladies teams one the "social" event. So come on by, and have a little fun before the race.We are pretty visable, we have a trailer that

is 38ft. long with a picture of Carl and his race car#99....You can't miss us. So come on by.

Have a good weekend and start a new project and quilt a lot of memories, Later Bobbin

Table runner,made in Dec,09

This is the table runner I made in Dec,09. The name of the pattern is "Love Letters". I changed it quiet a bit, all the center ovals call for embroidered designs, but I fussy cut mine. It's also called a dresser scarf. I enjoyed making this and it also gave me a reason to practice my free hand stippling with my BSR. I added the borders too. It wasn't wide enough to suit me. I made another one,and it looks entirely different, but I didn't get it sandwiched and quilted. Will do that when I get home.
Is the pollen bad where you are? It's terrible here, I feel like my eyes are constantly full of dirt.

But thank goodness it has turned warm,and for that I am greatful. I just don't do well in cold weather.Now, if the wind would just calm down a little, everything would be good, but I'll take what I can get**LOL**

I need to go to Wal-Mart tomorrow if we can find one. I have been making a list of things we need. I guess we have been gone long enough that we are running out of the basics (deodorant, toothpaste, etc). I really am not much of a shopper ( except for quilt shops), so am not looking forward to this.I am also running out of books. I think since we have been gone I have read 23 novels, that is a lot of books***

I hope everyone is having warmer weather and also finding time to quilt some memories, have a good weekend everyone. Later, Bobbin

Quilts and More, Midlothian, Tx

A great shop and great people working there. I did so enjoy meeting and talking to all of them.It's located at 211 W. Ave. F,

Midlothian, Tx.There was a good selection of fabrics and also lots of patterns to choose from. I do wish I had taken pictures of Ruth and Myself ( or HAD someone take at least one) Ms. Goodneedle posted yesterday about memory loss and having to make notes,

I think I left my memory in NC. Well, I hope so anyway***LOL***

We have had to change motels everyday this week and that is hard, moving everything is just aggravating, Poor me, Whine, whine....Next week we will be at the race track, Thurs. through Sunday then head back toward home, not home, but close....We will be in the Richmond, Va. area. I am ready to be home for a while. SOONNNNNNNNNNNN.
The LQS that I go to most all of the time, also I work there some, has moved into a much larger place and I can't wait to see it. I know it is great. I miss all my working friends and so many of the customers. The owner is sure missed also. I can't wait until I can post pics of the new place.

I am pretty tired so am going to get off here and get ready for bed. Take care everybody.

Always, Bobbin

PS: To all my friends at home we are (at this time) scheduled to be home the 2nd of June. See you then