Rangeley Trip

My hubby and I headed to Rangeley area this past weekend. It has been very dry and you can see the trees starting to show their colorful splendor that will be in full color in a few weeks.
We had 25 ducks wanting us to feed them as I sat on the porch overlooking the lake. Hubby finally went and purchased some bread. Lots of fun to watch.

A high point overlooking the lake and mountains in the background.

Gorgeous flower gardens!!

This was on our way home. It runs close to the highway in many places.

This was the view as I sat on the porch of our motel all afternoon soaking up the sun. This pic was taken later in the day when some clouds rolled in.

Red Onion - delicious food. They are known for their award winning Pizza and chili...I also had home made pea soup with ham....Delicious!!!

Clouds hung low are we headed up toward the mountains. The weather was crazy....some sun...some clouds BUT no rain!!

Short visit but relaxing!!

Star BOM UFO

This is what I am working on...I did a block of the month with Judy Laquidara beginning in Nov, 2008 and the blocks have been sitting. So I finally decided to get it out and put it together. It has been a challenge. I am ready now to put the 5 borders on. The third one is a pieced ribbon border and I am toying with the idea of scratching that and doing my own thing. We will see!!

BELOW

I entered a block into the Waterford Fair. Out of the 27 entries there were 5 winners and mine was #3. It is a very small fair that we and our friends discovered 3 years ago. The blocks are used to make a quilt for the next year and raffled off.
This was the block I entered. It is my own design that I have used in a couple of other quilts. It is needle turn applique and embroidery. The colors were to be white/green/blue. Their theme was blueberries.

Greenville-Moosehead Area Trip

The picture above was on our way into the Greenville & Moosehead area. We stopped and asked where the best place to eat with good food and cheap prices for lunch and was directed to the BLACK FROG RESTAURANT. We sat in the back overlooking Moosehead lake (forgot to get a pic). Delicious food and wonderful atmosphere. The flowers were gorgeous in the planters. You can see a close-up in the sidebar. And of course I wanted to visit the quilt shop that was across the street. Also bought a couple pieces of fabric from Andover Fabrics called 'Pearl River' by Kathy Hall. My plan is to make a purse.

This is the shop owner - Marilyn Goodwin. She was a delight to talk to.

Moose are everywhere!!! This was on the end of her shop outside.

Shaw Block 1893


I remember seeing this many years ago when we visited. My maiden name is Shaw.

We stopped again back to The Black Frog restaurant after we finally found a motel. This was the sky after a few hours of pouring rain. I am not sure what was that in the sky. I did a close up and it was not a plane so it is a mystery to me.

A wonderful relaxing couple of days.

Life's Field of Dreams

This quilt was made for my special friend, Michelle who is a cancer survivor.....The pattern came from Fabric Trends - Summer 2010. I made it into a twin size and named it "Life's field of Dreams"...It speaks to me of beauty, freedom, fragrance which represents her. I finished putting the binding on at 10:00pm and we met for breakfast the next morning at 8:00am. It truly is 'more blessed to give than to receive' as the bible says. Free design quilting was done by 'Stitch N' Time quilting by my friend Sherry who does an excellent job. Original name: Jacobean Elegance and designed by Sue Goth & Cathy Anderson.