I SEE THE LIGHT

The one at the end of the tunnel

Day one of the Guild show done

If you live close you should check it out there are some amazing quilts on display

Here are a few pictures from today, by the way I am so tired

Here is Benny trying to escape the camera but she is so tired she can barely move, and a peak at the booth

Here is a wide angle of the booth

do you recognize the two screen doors

mr. sugar fixed up for me

full of patterns and looking great

things were busy today and I am greatful for those

of you that like the things we create at

STQCo. and support us the way that they do

I would also like to thank Mary B for all the help and support she has given to me this last week

I have never meet anyone that can keep any crazy

situation so calm

SO THANKS AGAIN

Tomorrow I will share all the fun booths at the show

and the newest store to the area

Chicken Feeds (formerly Hop Scotch)

remember this cause I am not doing this ( ) agian

she stand on her own from today forward

CONGRADULATIONS

See ya tomorrow or Sunday

Moving Forward

Cause I don't like whats behind me

a broken longarm (fixed but not back)

non quilted quilts for the quild show

one employee in the hospital for the last 10 days

shipments going to the wrong place

every wholesaler in the US and Canada out of the Dresden ruler

I am not going with my original planned booth

last but not least it is going to Rain for the next two days

So moving forward

I am running to the city to do the last of my printing

Cutting the last of my kits

packing everything

running over my booth in my head not much left in there

drive to the border and pick up the last of my patterns and fabric

get Bentley in to her grade 10 classes today

my list goes on and on

Last night Mr. Sugar fixed the two screen doors for the display, I love how they turned out

he did and excellent job they will be the best thing in the booth

his best friend by his side

notice its not me honest that is not me

and then our little hosser came over to visit

You have just got to love that touque that she refuses to leave the house with and it is hot and sunny

and then she had a little time in the lake house Mr. Sugar is building for the grandkids

She hung her touque on the hook inside 

the deck is going on next week

Stay tuned for reports from the guild show tomorrow

I will show you setup

EAK

getting organized

June 1st

so much to talk about

we are just 3 days from the guild show at the

Lethbridge Collage aka LCC

Insert picture if I had one

The show was great two years ago and can only get better

this is there second show

a few of my friends won't be there but I was able to see them at

Market so not maybe next time

We have been busy  getting all the patterns in and organized that we bought or ordered at market and cutting kits for

alot of fun things

My longarm is not back yet so alot of unfinished business will be shown friday and saturday

but the piecing will be just fine

this one sadly will be one of them

the other is my square me up that would be twice the quilt quilted

but when life hands you lemons go make

this quilt

by Gigis Thimble, www.alittlebitbiased.blogspot.com  I will have this and more of her pattern at the show, she makes cute things

stay tuned for show updates

and our madness getting ready

Preperation day

Crazy, we are 4 days from the Gild show in Lethbridge this friday and saturday

and you know how thing just don't

work out like you hope.

WELL THE LONGARM MACHINE IS IN THE REPAIR SHOP ONE MORE TIME

YES IT'S NEW

So today we spent the whole day getting all of our kits ready for the show

the quilts might not be qulted by the kits will be ready

here are all my little helpers

Mary just stopped in to pick up a couple of things, she is working on a couple things for the show. She cute a kit for another worker be to get sewed for the show

Loretta aka My Mom is busy reading the pattern for the kits she is about to cut

Then there is my daughter Mani she is awsome at putting fabrics together and getting things cut for kits, her expertise is folding the fabric to make the kits look so great

I didn't get a picture of Benny she was busy taking the fabric out of the system to keep or inventory straight, it means we don't have to count at the end of the year if we are diligent

hopefully the longarm will be back tomorrow and we will be back in business

Also tomorrow I will post this awsome new fabric that

shipped out today, every woman young and old

will love this

So so Much part 2

It has been crazy trying to get back to work after the week in Utah,

 ( one of my favorite places on earth)

wish I had a picture.

since I last posted I have been Working on peoples quilts trying to put stuff away, cutting kits for the new patterns we picked up at market, and hoping others come in, in time for the quilt quild show.

My family says pick one thing and work on it

I CAN'T

OCD I THINK
OR IS IT ADD
OR YOU KNOW EXCITEMENT

Today I have some things to share with you from market meet up

this was a wonderful thing that

AMY AND V

put together

this is the 2 of them in the bottom right corner

I was able to meet so many great bloggers

1. Nanette Merrill from Freda's Hive love her

http://fredashive.blogspot.com/

she is the bueatiful lady in red right below

2.  Lori Holts from Bee in my Bonnet new fabric from Riley Blake

www.beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/

3. Amy Smart organizer of all things i am sure

www.diaryofaquilter.com/
here is a little something Amy created at
www.modabakeshop.com

4. Daria Muirhead from Boutique Cafe

www.boutiquecafe.com

here we go she is so cute and I love her, she approached me at the meet up and I am so glad she did,

here is how it went

FUNNY

Daria - hey I want to meet you before you run

Me- introductions

Daria - were are you from

Me - Canada

Daria - me to

Me - were in Canada

Daria - Lethbridge

screams like little girls ( and we are grown women, except at quilt things)

Me- I am from Raymond

for all of you that is 20 min away CRAZY

Daria - I have been to your shop

Me - no way how did I miss you

Daria - here is my card and phone # lets have lunch

CRAZY BUT CAN'T WAIT

Picture's No I am an idiot

5. Three great ladies two from the Salt Lake area and if you read this drop me a line I am so confused from all the business card and names writen everywhere who was who

and one from New Zealand Susan Claire she is a pattern designer and you can find her here

www.susanclaire.com 

look at this darling business card

These are the amazing pieces of fabric that she put in each swag bag

Last but not least Mr. Sugar and I gave a beach Cruiser away

at this great event

and this great lady won it, her name is Ronni Chavez of

www.roadhomequilting.blogspot.com

she is here with one of the people she wanted to meet at the meetup

her dream came true

We also threw in some Olympic gloves, a little piece of

CANADA

And yes Mr. sugar thought about how the quilters were going to get the bike home, we were going to ship if they were from far,

turns out

she had rented a mini van to come to market and it fit right in

This was a wonderful event linked with market and I will not forget the great people I met there.

Talk to you soon and show you what I did on my holiday weekend

not much RAINING

SO SO SO MUCH

I love spring market, it is such a busy time for all even if you are just attending.  I am going to start from the beginning so it may take a few days to get it all OUT.

We left monday after work May 9th the drive was not so bad until Greatfalls Mt. it started RAINING we stoped at Target and bought garbage bags to wrap up lugage.

(insert picture here, non it was raining to hard and my husband would kill me if I took this time to take a picture)

Just before Helena Mt it was snowing so hard and far below zero (canadian temp) Mr. Sugar had to put it into 4 wheel drive, and by now it was dark, we drove as far a Butte Mt. and stoped for the night, good thing

Next morning we woke up to more rain

and by the time we hit the Montana, Idaho border this is what we had

 SNOW

AND MORE SNOW

by Idaho Falls Mr. Sugar was ready to stop and no place better than

HERE

Ya my mom was happy but I figure an hour here for four days of all fabric good trade off

here he is in all his glory

Then we were on the road to Utah

Ya it was RAINING

We then had to drive like crazy to make Handi Quilter by

5 pm

we arrived at 5:45 and they were waiting for us to pull in

long story short

this is my machine the HQ 16

this is my new machine the HQ Avani

This made it worth the trip to Utah and I have not been to market yet

Stay tuned for tomorrow so much to tell ya

Crazy Canuck

Alright here it is the Crazy Canuck

she measures 57 x 59

the pattern for this will be ready for sale

Thursday first day of the shop hop

The Girls and I have been busy cutting kits and fats

things are coming together

The Longarm will be back in store tomorrow and busy I will be

right up to saturday cus sunday I am doing nothing

New in Store This Week

I Love this line she is an amazing designer

I can't wait to make Davey a new Dress

This line is not new on the market but I caved cus it is so cute it will be her wednesday morning