Good Morning Girls,

Thanks for Bee last evening! We NEEDED to vent & share! Thanks to those of you who listened!

Lori - thanks for hosting! How was your birthday? Did you get any sewing/quilting stuff?!

Jean - your written tale was stupendous!!! Good job! I like your top & the "Monet" border just makes it. : )

Mare - I like your top too! Do you have enough of the black fabric to do a border? I like the pillow case fabrics you bought over the weekend! Nice! Hey, remind me about the wine - I didn't bring it & forgot about splitting the $.

Dolores - I like your fabrics best & the way your top turned out! I am SO glad if you've set up Gracie & are already using her!!! That's just terrific!!! Joe Byrnes...?! When are you going to start sewing with some of the delish flannels you've been hoarding?!?!?!

Cathy - I can't say thank you enough!!! For taking the TATW class, for supporting a new, little shop & for supporting me too. I appreciate it! I LOVE your TATW project!!! The colors are excellent!!! Who is it going to be for? Will you just continue & make it BIG...?!

Lois - it was SEW good to see you!!! Your House wall hanging is WAY cute!!! I really like the echo hand quilting you did around the vines! Nice job!!! Where are you going to hang it? Will you put it in the Guild Quilt Show?

Leigh Anne - Is Mo coming over Friday morning to help you lay out the blue blocks? Go, girls!!! I love that you carry the little hexagons too. You are precious!

Mo - you are truly a valuable asset & resource to the Quilt Mama's! We "mystery weekend girls" will be singing your praises for a VERY long time! It was good to see you last night. And, I'm glad if the blog provided a good, healthy belly laugh for you! Just that makes the blog SEW worthwhile. ; )

Peggy - we missed you. Where were you? Have you heard Dolores good news yet?! Hurry up!!! Enjoy Jean's class tonight, & be good... ; )

I am feverishly working on my Pleasant Plates project. I have almost half of the binding stitched on. I'll need to do a label & tack the sleeve down. Again, hurry up!!!

Enjoy the day girls! If I've missed anything, please chime in! It's time for me to snooze!
Piecefully, Pam

Morning Girls,

How is everyone today? Staying cool enough? This weather is something...!

About the Mystery Quilt weekend...I don't know where to begin...?! It was like some terrible B movie. The Inn Keeper was Norman Bates from Psycho-MOTHER!!! The Inn Keeper's wife was Annie Wilkes from Misery - mind your ankles! And, last but certainly not least, was our Hostess. She reminded me of Carl Childers from Slingblade - My you got purdy fabric. Did I mention she was a prison employee...?! NO, I'm NOT kidding!

Jean engaged in "criminal" activity. Dolores was in respiratory distress. Marianne had a head ache the whole weekend. And, when I wasn't being ostracized, I was being an accomplice. I think I aged 3 years this weekend.

Friday night for dinner we had one ladle of (cold)soup in a paper bowl with a plastic spoon. There was "wine cheese spread" with a plastic knife & Townhouse crackers on a paper plate - once we opened the box & removed the cellophane... Jean thought this was just the first course. WRONG! That WAS dinner!? Tequila, anyone...???!!!

Things did NOT improve as the weekend progressed. The quilt "clues" were incorrect. The air conditioning was nonexistent. Our shower must have come out of an RV. And, have I mentioned the cats...?!

As I read this, it almost makes me laugh. The circumstances were surreal. I'm glad we all survived!!!

Some good things did come from the weekend. There was fabric shopping, wine tasting, & dinner @ the Iron Horse Inn. Dolores has some news that I'll let her share with you. And, the other ladies who were trapped with us @ "Hotel Hell" were nice.

I want a refund!!!

Lori - thanks for offering to host on Tuesday. I'll be-e there. And, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

Cathy - you are SEW, SEW, SEW lucky you missed this weekend!!! Glad if the TATW instructions are working for you. Please, bring along your stuff so we can see it! ; )

Consuelo - you were missed this weekend, most especially!!! We are spoiled!

Peggy - how's class going? Are you Jean's star student?

Lois - are you home or vacationing?

LA - did you go to Havertown Days? How was it?

That's it for now, ladies. Have a good day! Stitch when you can! ; )
Piecefully, Pam

It was an abomination. We will share stories that you will not believe. I need to be debriefed...

Dorothy was right, "There's NO place like HOME! There's NO place like HOME!! There's NO place like HOME!"

Thank you to my Quilt Mama sisters for holding me up, finding humor in our circumstances & for being my friends!!!

Piecefully, Pam

Good Morning Girls,

TGIF!!! ; ) If it's Friday, it's time for our countdown...

Today begins the Mystery Quilt Weekend!!!

Two weeks until the Undercover Quilters Guild Show!!!

FOUR weeks until our Brigantine Bee Sewing Retreat!!!

I finished the grid quilting on my Pleasant Plates project last evening!!! I have LOADS of tails to tuck in, & I still want to do some free motion quilting in the centers, but it's definitely coming along!!!

Also, I survived last evening's teaching gig @ Cloth & Bobbin. : ) And, I think my students did as well. There was actual sewing!!! : ) & their projects are underway!!! Hopefully, next Thursday I won't want to barf on my drive over to Narberth!?

Alright girls, duty calls & I must sign off for now. I hope everyone has a nice weekend.
Piecefully, Pam

Good Morning Q'Mama's!

Sorry to have missed Bee last evening. Jean - thanks for blogging & keeping us up to date!

Did Dolores get her fabric cut? I know. Those 3/8" measurements are tough. See, that's one of the reasons why I hesitate when it comes to sewing triangles! Dolores, you do know this means we'll be sewing triangles @ the Mystery Quilt weekend, right?!

Count me in for the Lancaster '08 Show weekend, Jean!!! I'll check with Boonie Barb...or maybe she can blog & let us know if she'll join us too!?

The HTFL Library Book Sale is over! Hooray!!! We made $6,200! Not bad, huh?!

I have finished writing the directions for my TATW class. I think I RE-wrote them elevendeseven times, @ least!!! I have class mock-ups & samples prepped & ready too. I appreciate ALL the support from the 'Mama's!!! : )

My Pleasant Plates are coming along. I think I have 27 more rows to quilt. I've been tucking in thread tails or sewing whenever I get the chance!

Hey, you guys are picking me up around 2PM on Friday, is that right? I'll be-e ready. I have to pack tonight, 'cause I won't be home tomorrow! Looking forward to a FUN weekend!

Hope everyone is well & stitching when they can eek out a few moments!
Piecefully, Pam

P.S. We are doing a little Hallowe'en decorating. It's FUN & looks festive! ; )

Forgot to mention in the last blog - Mare cannot make it to the quilt show weekend in Lancaster at the end of March (28, 29, 30). We are still going to rent the same house - I'll be communicating with the woman - I just need to know how many folks are going to be staying with us this year. If you could let me know, I'd appreciate it. I'm going to send her a deposit and the final cost actually depends on how many people are in on it. Thanks.....

Hello, girls! A small but productive bee tonight....Peggy and Dolores walked to Jean's house! Let's pause for applause! Dolores brought her beautiful Shangri-la fabrics - she's actually going to cut them for the mystery weekend! Yay! We had a little cutting tutorial. Lori came a little later and gave them a ride home. She had a couple of nice fabrics from the Cloth & Bobbin - very cute. Pam - we were thinking of you - are you all set for class on Thursday? Could some of us just come and watch from the window? Too distracting? We could wait for you in the bar across the street....hmmmm. How did the library sale go? Mare had to take her baby, Jimmy, to a college night - argghhhh! Lois - hope you're doing well and enjoying this beautiful weather outside. Cathy is in lovely Atlanta? Is that right? Leigh Anne was down in Delaware tonight visiting her cousin who's in the hospital trying not to deliver her twins who aren't due till near Christmas. Consuelo is busy tracing her family history - when I saw her yesterday, she was back to the revolution! By now, she could be back to Roman times! Such a busy time....hope you're all getting at least some chances to enjoy the nice weather. For those of us who are Phillies fans - a huge week! I'm so excited - have to figure out how to bring a little transistor with me to listen on Saturday without disturbing anyone. Go Phils! Go Pam! Come on Friday! Take care.....piece.