Coolville was really cool!

Here are some of us striking a pose!

Susan, Gretchen, Debbi,Wanda,Monica,Gabriela, Thea


We all gave Wanda a little gift ...she did so many special things for us in spite of having so many issues with her home...We hope she will be able to use it and think of us when she turns on her water!

Debbi loves her baseball games, so in the evenings she sat in front of the tv, but
was so nice to work on the bindings for Sandy's quilts at the same time!Thanks Debbi! You rock!




Here we caught Gloria on a still moment pretending she was actually working!!!!LOL
She had so many stories and we were so happy to hear them that it was hard for her to work!She actually did make some incredible zentangles.....




Wanda after a swim! She had as laughing (mostly) the whole weekend!


Monica finishing her English paper piecing project!






Sandy watches Gretchen as she lovingly does her part on sewing on the binding....







Wanda found yet another kitty to love....


Wanda and me....working on Sandy's memory quilt binding

Debbi and Wanda by the lake...


Monica worked by the lake too....







If you look hard, you can see the fish that everytime we sat on the benches to sew, would come and stare at us....







Saying goodbye to my dear Gloria....she is the sweetest, most fun lady! We only knew each other from the online group and I was so happy that she had visited Uruguay before....in a couple of weeks she's going to India.. I wish I can grow up to be just like her!

Coolville on my mind

This coming friday I am off to Coolville( even the name sounds great) to a retreat where I will spend the weekend with 14 other crafty women...and friends...
Some of us have met before through our online F.A.T yahoo group.... Some of us will meet after many years of just being online friends...
We will be each working on any projects we want to bring, reading, learning from others, etc. I will be working on my Sue Spargo FLOWERBED quilt....(www.suespargo.com)
This weekend it seems will be mild and so we should be able to enjoy the outdoors also.
I am sure looking forward to a fun filled weekend...here are some pictures but I will be sure to take some myself and post when I return!

A fun outing

Yesterday we celebrated my dear friend Lori's birthday...It was in March but we never got around to it! Mida, Rosemary, Lori and I went to Mastropietro Winery, very close to my house. It is a beautiful place. We had a blast and it was a little chilly but thank God for the fire pits!My friend Rosemary brought baked garlic (yummy!), brie and hot wings and I made some wraps. We also had some great Sunset wine and of course, a little cake!
I made Lori one of my flower pincushions.
We had a wonderful time!

The last beauties of summer

Fall is certainly here in Ohio...Beautiful as it is I dread the fact that winter will be here next...I am not fond of snow as many of you know...
I wanted to share with you some of the bounty...I did not do a lot of gardening this year because I was so busy getting things ready for my daughter's wedding...Still, we had some endless grape and cherry tomatoes and a huge tomato that my friend Dee who gave us the plants thought was a Brandywine but after closer inspection it is a 'Delicious' type tomato that was incredible!
Thanks Dee!
I hope you enjoy the pictures....
Also, my night blooming cereus bloomed and I wanted to share it with those who haven't seen the flowers yet......

I am also sharing some beautiful pictures of one of the prides of our area which is Millcreek Park.....what beauty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LABOR DAY WEEKEND

This weekend we are all enjoying the Canfield Fair...for those of you not familiar with it, here's a bit of info about it...
http://www.canfieldfair.com/history.html

My Dad entered a felted wool wall hanging and won 1st place. I entered a wall hanging designed by Sue Spargo and won 1st place also!
There were many beautiful quilts there including my friend Lori's beautifully embroidered quilt that won Best of show....Check out the pictures!

We visited some lovely horses, the one you see in the pictures was fond of my purse and wouldn't stop licking it!

MARIA'S WEDDING

It was all we hoped for...to give our daughter a beautiful wedding, and mostly surrounded by our best friends and family who shared in such a joy!
Here are some pictures to share with my lovely blog friends...Thank you for all the good wishes....

WEDDING..........

My only daughter is getting married this coming Saturday. It is a great time for all of us. My parents will be here from Uruguay tomorrow, and lots of family and dear friends will be here to share the special day. I don't know if there is ever a happier ocassion than this, to be in one room with so many loved ones.
I wanted to share with you the ring bearer's pillow I made. The ribbon was personalized by my friend Debbi. The back has a white ribbon with the date so that my grandosn can put his hands through to carry it down the aisle.( well, it may end up being used as a football as he is not even 2 yet).
I will share more after...like the beautiful necklace and bracelet made by Sahron of Shardon Exclusives. I purchased a necklace/bracelet and she was so sweet to include as a gift a beautiful necklace....Check out her beautiful beaded work at
http://shardonexclusives.blogspot.com/ I will be sure to post pictures of them later!
Now, off to work and planning of the wedding!
Talk to you all next week!

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JOIN LEILANI'S 100 day challenge on CPS

My friend Leilani is hosting a 100 day challenge on the Cloth Paper Scissors site! As she calls it, it's a 'doozy'! but you may want to jump in! Details on the link! here's my first 5!

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