Wendesay Wanderings

As I traveled across South Texas with my job visiting schools, I was so amazed to run into a fellow quilter in Pleasanton, just south of San Antonio. She told me she was going to be in Rockport this weekend for a Shop Hop. I thought that would be so fun, so here is the website for all you south Texas quilters http://www.quiltscapes.com/ShopHop.html I just love this shop in Rockport and they are so friendly and helpful. I haven't been to the shop in Port Lavaca or the one in Blessing. So this really will be a road trip. I need to find someone to go with me. Eddie, boyfriend, will be working on Saturday and if he goes he will spend the time in the car on the cell phone, not helping or shopping. He supports my habit, but only to a certain extent, if you know what I mean!

The weather is trying so hard to clear up. I actually saw blue sunny sky right at 4:00 this afternoon. So hopefully tomorrow will bring bright sunny skies. I will have to find my sunglasses. Oh, no, where are they?

Oh, I had a really long and interesting email from my quilting best friend, Winnie. Winnie and I met when I made the mistake of marrying a man with three teenage boys and could not afford therapy. That is how I got addicted to quilting, it is my therapy! haha. Anyway, Winnie moved to Florida a couple of years ago and she has been traveling ever since. She just got back from India and Nepal. She was in China last year. What an exciting life! You know the fun thing about it, she leaves her hubby at home and she travels with girl friends. Now that is the way to go! Give me a ticket, some chocalote and a bottle of wine and I am on that bus!

I want to thank my sweet boyfriend for the best Christmas present ever. He gave me a wonderful laptop that I have really enjoyed. I can take it with me when I travel for work and stay connected. Sometimes, I even use it for work.haha. It has wireless connection built it which I love. I bought this tiny, tiny wireless mouse at Walmart, coz I just can't drive this thing with my fingers. It is so cool! You got to get one, you will love it.

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Tuesday Truimphs

I must brag. I did finish the dog quilt top last night. I even got the batting out and let it breathe to get the wrinkles out. The backing is all ready to go also. I feel like I accomplished alot. Although it was only about 30-45 minutes of work.

Tonight, I really should be doing work for work. I will in a minute when I am done here. I did have a productive day at work. The weather is still rather yucky, cloudy, dreary, foggy,cold, but the weatherman says it should be 70 by Friday. Yea, right.....I will have to dig the capris out! Everyone down here in South Texas is ready for the warm spring. This has been the coldest long lasting winter in years. I even had to buy the dog a sweater! haha I know my feet are cold when I go to bed, so I wear socks till they get warm and kick them off. Believe me, that is not something I have ever done before....wear socks to bed. Guess I am showing my age, gracefully, I might add!

I got my haircut today. I walked into this little beauty shop in Rockport. I was between appointments so I decided to stop. Well, the gal that was available was a hoot. They all got a kick out my cell phone ringing the Jimmy Buffett regae song, and i said that it sounded kind of beachy. I thought the lady next to me was going to fall out of the chair. Anyway, my hair is EXACTLY how I wanted it and I have a new hairdresser! Yippee! I told her my name as I left and I said when I call for an appt I am going to say "you know that old gray haired lady with the layered bob and the beachy song!"

Amber, my DD, asked me who Alex Anderson was. Alex Anderson is a quilt teacher who has her own quilting show on HGTV at 7:30 in the morning. She has wonderful quilting books that take you from basics to advanced techiniques.She is so inspirational. I am sure I forced you (amber) to watch a few of her shows with me. haha Anyway here is her website for all of you. http://www.alexandersonquilts.com/main.php

Have a great day!

Monday Blahs

Yep, I got them. Monday blahs. Just feel yucky, everything went yucky today. Weather is yucky. So what do I do when I feel yucky? Snuggle on the couch with a good book? Nope, I think I will sew awhile. I need to finish these two baby quilts. need to get one in the mail, that baby will be a year old before he gets his quilt! Shame on me. I dug in my stash and found some fabric to use for backing. My self imposed goal to get the top pieced tonight, get them sandwiched by tomorrow and quilted by Saturday. (I have to travel two days this week with work.) I will upload a picture of one of the tops later tonight. They have turned out really cute.

The little girl baby quilt is sandwiched and ready to be quilted or tied. Can't decide, probably will tie since that is quicker and I need to get it completed and mailed out! It is completely from the stash, nothing purchased at all for either of these baby quilts.

I did purchase 2 yards of backing for my autograph squares from Houston Quilt festival. Oh, I am so excited to final be working on this. Everyone that signed wanted me to email them a photo of the completed quilt. Can you imagine little old me emailing Alex Anderson a picture? It just boggles my mind.

Happy birthday, Mom! Hope you had fun at your disc-o party! (A friend has a grill made out of tractor plow discs, kind of like a wok!)

South Texas Scraps

Welcome to my little blog. Hope you will come back again. The title may be a little misleading, Scraps refers to fabric scraps. You see I love to piece scrap quilts. I have so much fabric, I believe I could sew till I die and never have to buy anymore, but that isn't going to happen.








I talked today to my DD, Amber. That is her to the left! She lives in Irving and is a groomer. She is very succesful and I hope she can one day have her own salon and not have to work so hard. She just moved in with my best friend, Debi. I got to talk to Debi today also. She is going to send me some of her husband's tshirts to make tshirt quilts for herself and Charlie's parents. Charlie was killed in a hit and run accident over New Years Eve. Debi and Charlie have been so much a part of my life. I know it will be a comfort to Debi and to Charlie's parents to have quilt to keep Charlie near and he will be providing warm snuggling hugs to Debi!





OH, I am a manatee lover from way back. I went on a cruise one time that went out of Cape Carnival in Florida and kept seeing the manatee signs. I just wanted the bus to stop and let me see them. Ne such luck. So When I was up in Waco for work training, there was a manatee stranded or lost in the Corpus Christi bay. This is very rare for this area. So, a group rescued him and took him back to Florida. All this was done before I even got back home. Bummer, I can get so close and still havent seen one in person! Here is picture of the one that was rescued, they named him Bob.

I will close for tonight! Hope to see you all tomorrow!