New York - Well, Actually, New Jersey and a Quilt Show

We had a great time at the Jets game last weekend!  The fans were super nice, we had great seats, and the day couldn't have been nicer.  Unfortunately, the game was awful (for us anyway).  But we'll bounce  back. 

This is my friend, Teresa.  All of these years working together, we've never gotten to travel to the same away game.  I'm so happy we had the chance this year.  We also had a celebrity siting while we were there, Kelly Bensimon of the Real Housewives of New York.  I don't watch the show but Teresa was very excited!!

This weekend was Quilt Fest of Jacksonville.  I ran over on my lunch hour on Friday and then went back yesterday to look at all the fabulous quilts.  The quilt below won Best of Show for Hand Quilting.  The lady who won is a friend of my mother-in-law.

There were so many beautiful quilts!  Obviously, everyone else was as in awe as I was.

This quilt is the Tree of Life by Mark Sherman.  I couldn't stop looking at it.

The Blue Butterfly.  I loved how the quilter radiated the material and quilting out from the center.

Of course, you can't have a quilt show in September without a Halloween quilt.  This is Spooky Hollow made by Jean Kass.

I'm not sure what the name of this one is but the blocks were all cross-stitched.  Amazing amount of work!

Up close view of one of the blocks:

I'm off to finish breakfast.  My friends are coming in from Georgia next Thursday for our home game on Sunday.  Have a great weekend everyone!

Correction

Sorry, I said last week that Quilt Fest was Thursday through Sunday but it's actually Thursday through Saturday. 

QuiltFest Jacksonville

Next weekend is QuiltFest here in Jacksonville.  It starts Thursday and goes through Sunday.  I'm very excited because we have an away game that weekend so I will be free to roam.  If you're in the area, don't miss it!

I'm on my way out the door to catch a plane for East Rutherford, NJ for our game against the Jets tomorrow.   I'm really looking forward to some Fall weather.  It's supposed to be a high of 70 and low of 51 this weekend!  Yay!

Be back in a couple of days!  Have a great weekend.

P.S.

The table topper underneath the goodies in the previous post is one I'm in the process of making as a present.

Christmas in September

As promised, here are the wonderful things Bethany sent me in our Christmas fabric swap.  I love, love, love everything!

Check out the awesomely cute box that she used to pack the buttons and Christmas ribbon!  It's all hand made!

Can't wait to use these buttons on a table runner or tree skirt.

Another shot of the buttons.

Check out the candy fabric.  Love it!

Thanks Bethany!  I had a blast on this swap and it was really great meeting you.

I'm Here!

This will be a short post since I don't have many pics to show.  I took this one last night on our way home from dinner.  The weather has been beautiful!  It was in the 60's this morning, which compared to most mornings when it's about 80 at 7:00, it feels pretty darned good.

Work has been pretty busy.  Fred Taylor, our franchise's leading rusher, retired a Jaguar on September 2nd.  He was not only popular with the fans, he was very popular with Staff.  We wish you luck Freddy T.  On another work related note, we released our starting quarterback on Tuesday.  Our first regular season game is Sunday against the Tennessee Titans and Luke McCown will be starting. 

I got my wonderful Christmas fabric from Bethany at Sweet Bee Buzzings the other day!  I'm so excited.  I'll take pictures this weekend so you can see.  I can't wait to get started on some Christmas Table Toppers!  Thanks Bethany!

Ok, that's all for now.  Talk to you soon!

A Few Fun Blogs and Irene

When I agreed to do the Christmas Fabric Swap on Paula's Crafty Boutique, I had no idea I would meet such a wonderful blogger.  Let me introduce Bethany from Sweet Bee Buzzings.  I'm so excited to do the swap with her and I really, really hope she likes what I give her.  She's being interviewed on Suzy's Artsy-Craftsy Sitcom this week.  Please stop by all three blogs and have a peek.  

Oh, and on a weather related note, Irene is making her way up the Atlantic to the East of us.  They are forecasting gusty winds and rain even though she's about 200 miles offshore.  It's good, we need the rain.

What can I say, I'm a weather junkie!!  LOL!

That Time of Year

Yep, that's Hurricane Irene.  We haven't had a big storm hit Florida in a couple of years and hopefully, this one will pass us by.  It's pretty darn big.  As my husband calls it "another one of those bigger than Florida type storms". 

On another note, I can't believe there was an earthquake in Virginia today!  My niece said things were shaking, falling off desks and cracks were forming on the walls.  Yikes!!!  Happily, everyone is ok and safe. 

It's been pretty quiet on the sewing front.  I hemmed some curtains for a friend at work on Sunday and worked on my Christmas Table Topper but that's about it.  It was nice to get back to sewing, though.  I've been so busy at work I was afraid I'd never feel like sewing again.  Thank goodness things are slowing down and I could spend most of the day in my sewing room. 

Ok, I'm off to see what else is going to happen today.  Have a great day guys!

Christmas Swap

I'm participating in a Christmas fabric swap from Paula's Crafty Boutique.  I'm excited.  I wasn't sure I wanted to do this because of the new work schedule and all, but it's not making any blocks, just swapping fabric.  Hey, I can do that!  Thanks for the invite Paula.

Irish Chain Quilt

I finally finished my friend's quilt.  I hope she likes it and better yet, I hope her daughter likes it.  The pattern is from Eleanor Burns Quilt In A Day Irish Chain book.  It was very easy and very quick to put together.

Work has calmed down a bit.  I was able to be home for dinner a couple of nights last week and had the whole weekend off.  We have one more big push coming in September when we cut the roster down to 53 but I'm starting to get the hang of everything and although it will be busy, it won't be anywhere near what it was a week ago.  Everyone assures me that it will never be that bad again.  Oky doky.

I'm off to sew something so everyone have a great weekend!