Going to Quilt Con....WHAT TO WEAR??? WHAT TO WEAR???

Off to Quilt Con next week and my biggest concern is WHAT TO WEAR. 

Does that tell you anything about me? I just might have mentioned previously, that my mind turns to mush when it comes to packing. 

 And on top of that, a Picture Link up!!!!! Like so many of you, I hate having my picture taken....there's very few of me sprinkled through out my blog, or anywhere else,  for that matter. So here goes......

Hmm, this isn't working all that well.....

Alright, a couple more....I think you get the picture.

Enough with the pictures.....Now, five things you might not know about me.

• I loose my glasses twenty times a day.
• I have no sense of direction.
• I'm so visual that if someone gives me directions orally....it simply does not compute.
• I've never taken any quilting classes before.....this is a first.
• I was born in the Netherlands and immigrated to Canada as a little girl.

So, if you see an almost 60 year old blond, with a lost look on her face looking for her glasses.....that would be me. And if you try to give me directions and I give you a blank stare, really, it's nothing personal. 

Oh, by the way I don't read maps that well either..... good thing I'm travelling with Leanne (She Can Quilt) or I might not get any further than the airport.

The other day, I took this picture of my little, darling girl, wearing the new hat I just finished knitting for her. See all that snow????

So, just what are you all wearing in Austin this time of year.....as you can see, it's just a little cooler around here.

Quilty Knitting

Does my quilter's sensibility translate to my knitting??
You bet it does. 

I started this little sweater a few years ago.

 Now that I have a little grandson...maybe I should finish it.

This lovely knitting book is full of quilty knitting projects.

Even the bag, this project was hiding out in stored in....has a certain quilterly quality.

More Than One Addiction....

So shoot me.....I have more than one addiction!

Just look at all those lovely colours......Why do I always need at least one of every colour!!

Maybe I'm just addicted to colour.....

....and texture.

Just look at that lovely soft yarn against the beautiful stone we just had installed.

As Long as They are Still Asking....

I finally finished a hat for my great nephew, by his request, that I started before Christmas. We are having a slow start for the new year at my house..... cold and flu will do that to you. 

This is  Nate, about five years ago, wearing the first hat and sweater that I ever  knit. Since he is still loving the hats....how could I resist. 


I'll never forget the way his eyes lit up the first time I pulled a bunch of colorful yarn out of my knitting bag. So what's an Auntie to do when a seven year old asks for another hat....knit one of course.

Here is Nate modeling his new hat....his mom took that picture fast(I just finished it this morning). Just in time it's supposed get really cold.