Thank you's with This, Thats and These...

 From time to time, when I find a new quilt shop that really 

bowls me over, I will come home and tell all of you about it! 

That's what I did when I recently visited OKC

and  the Quiltworks Shop...

Well, today...I came home and

I had a squishy package from said Quilt shop...

with a sweet note thanking me for writing about

their shop on my little blog...

and along with it...some really beautiful fat quarters...

That has never happened to me before...

I wrote about them because they really are the real thing...

Please visit them ONLINE or in person and tell them I sent you in!

I can't think of a better way to tell them 

Thank you... 

Thank you for such a sweet and generous gesture.

I really am STILL bowled OVER!!!!

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And what can I say about that sweet man of mine...

He was in NY all weekend working...

and then  

STUCK

because of hurricane Irene...

He was supposed to be home on Saturday...

Then Sunday...

But two grueling TRAVEL NIGHTMARE days

later...

He graced my kitchen doorstep

with his lovely presence...

NOW...
With all that going on ...

He found a JOANN's Fabrics...

and that's right girls...

(tissues permitted here...)

 He brought me home those lovely

fat quarters you see above...

He said he had to go into the 120 mile an hour hurricane wind,

Uphill no less and BARE FOOTED...

to get those for me...

and you know what girls?

I BELIEVE HIM.

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My last but certainly not least

Thank you goes to Joan...

Aren't these blocks just stunning???
Joan is in my Block Swap Group...

Thank you so much ...

I seriously 

HEART 

these!!!

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THIS...

is the quilt I was working on this weekend...

Just a little more and it will be finished...

Oh, but I digress...

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*THATs*

 If you read my blog...

You KNOW why I HAD to have this 

Pattern Book from Art to Heart...

and finally...

*THESE*

I have been filling my book shelves lately...

and here's what on them...

and of course....

Can you believe tomorrow is already

WEDNESDAY?

OK in OKC...

 This week, I was able to sneak away from work for a couple of

days to visit my daughter in Oklahoma...and she always loves

going shopping..

After an afternoon of the mall and Target...and the movies..

(if you haven't seen the movie "The Help"...go! SO GOOD) 

by some great fate...we landed here... LOL!

And this was the first thing I saw when i entered the shop...

Instant LOVE.

 Projects hanging in their class...I just fell into that star quilt...

And look at this beauty...so much perfection!

All around the shop, there were so many pretty colors...

The shop itself is full of all sorts of quilty goodness!!!
Everywhere I looked, I saw designer fabrics galore!!!

It made me want to come visit my daughter at least 

once a week now!!!

The shop is expecting a bus tour in a few weeks

that will be carrying 200 quilters! If you are on that

tour, you will most CERTAINLY love this shop!!!!

The staff is most gracious and very talented...

Remember that quilt I saw when I first walked into

the store?  

Well, you guessed it...I bought the kit!

As it turns out - the inspiration of this quilt

came from a pattern called "BLOOM".

and the lady that put this re-design 

of that pattern together actually

worked in the shop!

I thought she was as lovely as the quilt itself!

It was refreshing that she wanted to make sure that

I knew that this was inspired by another pattern -

instead of simply taking all the credit...

Sew...if you are in Oklahoma City, stop in and visit their shop!

You will not be disappointed! 

 

I know I will be back - if not in person,

definitely ONLINE HERE!

Well, I can't leave without sharing what I 

found at Target for my sweet little gb to be...

and you know it's true...

Gma already loves you...

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