Fort Bragg Day 7

Lazy day at the house as far as getting dressed is concerned.  We quilted or did hand work all day long. Trudy finished another neck ruffle for me today...she knits so fast it's amazing.  Cleaned out the fridge tonight for supper, and then started packing.  Sad times....pictures of our last night, watching the World Series Game, Boston vs St. Louis, all tied up.

Trudy's magic fingers

Me, Trudy the dog, Maggie and Carol

Robin, Gail and Olivia

Fort Bragg Day 6

A good motto for the coast

From the front porch

Absolutely gorgeous day at the coast today.  Sunshine when we woke up, and sunny all day long.   Took a walk on the beach this morning and then Olivia and I went into Fort Bragg today and looked at all the little shops.  Didn't buy much but had a good time.  Back to the house and quilted the rest of the day.

Looks so tropical, growing like a weed

Fort Bragg Day 5

Seamstress Trudy and doggy outfits

Gail working hard (or, hardly working)

Lazy day at the house.  Most of us did not bother to get completely dressed today, instead working in our pjs.

Sunshine at the house

Lovely white surf

  Got a lot of quilting done, and, miraculously, the sun came out this afternoon.  For this, I put on shoes and walked down to the beach with Olivia.  We walked along the beach for a hour or so picking up (mostly broken) sand dollars and pretty rocks.  My one block wonder quilt is almost rearranged to everyones satisfaction, so I may take it down tomorrow to start sewing.

Sunset from the front porch

Clean up in the kitchen

Clean up after supper is a communal affair, in this case with Gail, Carol (tonight's cook), Olivia, Trudy and (shy) Robin all helping.

Maybe the final form of my one block wonder.  The hollow cubes certainly add something to the quilt.

Fort Bragg Day 4

Olivia and I as far north as possible

The stairs from the the beach

Robin heading for the ocean

Quiet, foggy day at the beach today.  Actually the sun was out this morning for about 45 minutes, during which time I got dressed and went down to the beach to attempt some "sun" pictures.  That didn't last long, but Olivia and I did get some useful exercise in, as we walked as far north as we could before running into a cliff.

The wonderful coast

Trudy working hard

Mural in Fort Bragg

Maggie hard at work

Otherwise, quilted, went into Fort Bragg to get some material for "hollow squares" for my one block wonder, and quilted some more.  It was my turn to cook tonight, so I made butter chicken, aloo gobi (potatoes and cauliflower), basmati rice and salad.  Not many leftovers.  More quilting after supper.

See the hollow cubes?

Fort Bragg Day 3

Ft Bragg quilt shop

After breakfast we made a trip into Fort Bragg to hit the local quilt shop, yarn shop, and African cloth import shop.  Let's just say that we helped support the local economy.  We will go back to all of these again, I'm sure.

A flower worth painting

The sun was actually out for about an hour this morning, and Olivia and I incorrectly assumed that it would be out later...how wrong we were, as the fog returned even before we left for town.  If it is clear at all tomorrow I am going to walk down to the beach and take a picture of the ocean with the sun out.

Susan demonstrating how the strips were put together

My finished 30's quilt

Robin knitting with Lucy, the small dog

Photo bomb by Olivia and Susan

Maggie and Susan consulting

Fort Bragg Day 2

Our home away from home

Driving over from Yuba City yesterday was interesting...Robin picked me up just after 7 AM, we then picked up Maggie and her three little dogs, and set out for Williams by way of Woodland!  If you're from here you will realize that you don't go to Williams by way of Woodland.  We were just so busy talking we weren't paying attention.  Got turned around the right way and made it to Williams on time to meet Gail at McDonalds.  We then set out on Hwy 20, where we met Carol, Olivia and Trudy from Woodland.  We stopped in Eureka for some retail therapy and lunch, then drove to Fort Bragg.  My first time in Fort Bragg.  The house we have rented is 7 miles north of Fort Bragg, just past MacKerricher State Park.  Nice house...unfortunately foggy.

Shore line near the house

Today was just as foggy as yesterday, except for about 37 seconds of sunshine.  We worked on various projects today, and Olivia and I went for a walk on the beach.  Hopefully tomorrow will be sunnier, although the fog is a nice change from the heat of the valley.

Foggy, grey day

Small grey birds

The view from my window

Olivia and Gail studying my one block wonder

PIQF Day 2

Drove back to the quilt show this morning, later, so it better driving, less rush, until I got to 101 ...accident way up the freeway, turned out a semi had gone over the center divider, but didn't find that out until later.  I exited right away and made it to the conference center on back roads.  Quilts shown were wonderful, with quilts from California as well as Australia, New Zealand, Israel, England, Germany, Japan and Korea.
As you can see, there were many beautiful quilts there.  My only objection is that so many quilts are what I consider over-quilted.  Great for a wall hanging, but it makes a quilt really stiff and unusable as a bed quilt.
Next post will be Sunday, when I'm off to Fort Bragg for a quilt retreat. :-)

Floral Fantasy, Vicki M David, Santa Rosa

Detail of Floral Fantasy

Morris Magic Pat Kilpatrick, Manteca

Detail

Cindy Seitz-Krug and Molly Hamilton-McNally, Tehachapi

Sorry, no name, but look at the detail

Hand-quilted!

Now these are large daffocils

Squared Illusion 6, Gloria Hansen

This is the back

and this is the front.

Dotty Roo, Denise Griffiths, Shellharbour Aus

Detail of Art Nouveau, Gea van Holst, Auckland NZ

Detail, Victoria, Sue Prins, Hermanus South Africa

Detail, Life, Yoshiko Katagiri, Japan  SILK