Sunday, June 26, 2016

Lighthouse and Quilting Goodies

It has been a very fun week.  We went from Klamath, California to Florence, Oregon on Wednesday and except for rain on Thursday, the weather has been perfect.  There has been a chill in the air so I've been wearing sweatshirts and hoodies most of the time.  Here is a picture of our camping site at South Jetty Thousand Trails park.



Thursday we ventured to Old Town Florence and had a scrumptious lunch of crab cakes for me and a grilled fish sandwich for the man.  Desert consisted of Marion berry cobbler for me and a mango/blueberry shortbread for Miles.  It was a rainy day so we didn't visit any of the shops there.  I did manage to get to a local quilt shop north of town and purchased some fun thing as you can see in the picture below.  We also drove to South Jetty to check out the huge sand dunes and will go back for a picnic lunch on Monday when we hope it won't be too crowded.

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Sand dunes from the road side in the rain


Friday we went back to Old Town and visited a lot of the shops with most of our money being spent at a cute pet shop by the name of "Raining Cats and Dogs".  Lola made out like a bandit with some peanut butter and banana diet treats and bag balm for her sore elbows.  I guess they are called elbows on a dog.  If not, they are what I think of as elbows.  You probably get the picture.  Lunch that day consisted of homemade ice cream and salt water taffy at BJs.   

Saturday was the best day so far as I was able to register for QuiltCon 2017 in Savanah, Georgia.  We went to the Heceta Lighthouse just north of Florence and it was amazing to walk on the beach, hike up to the Lighthouse, and to buy goodies at the gift shop.  I got a t-shirt and applique pattern of the lighthouse, Miles got a hat, and together we got a magnet for our ever growing collection.  Lunch again was Homemade ice ream at a different BJs.  I am turning into a roly-poly for sure.

Heceta Head Lighthouse

Applique Pattern

Miles on the beautiful beach

I have had some time to baste hexies, one of them being an itty bitty half inch one.  I had picked up a small pack of the Paper Pieces' foundation hexies at the Wenz-Daze Quilters Emporium in Florence to see if it was something I'd want to work with.  There are several quilts that I've seen that I like that use them instead of the one inch ones I like using.  It was a bit odd working with the smaller ones, but definitely doable.  For the time being I'll keep basting the one inchers.  Here is a picture of the two different sizes.

Redwork prep with 1/2" and 1" hexies

I also scored a Bird Brain Designs redwork pattern (above picture with the hexies) to replace the Christmas one I left at home.  It is all about kitties with eight squares done in redwork and four patchwork blocks. I've been prepping a few of the squares to work on next week as we'll be at a National Forest Campground that doesn't have hook-ups so the week will be all about handwork and time on the beach.  We won't be too far from Coos Bay which does have a quilt shop so I may just have to check it out.

I'm linking up with Slow Sunday Stitching today.  Please visit all the quilty blogs that are linked there today. 

Happy stitching!

18 comments:

  1. My DH has family that lives in Coos Bay but we have never been there. Mike keeps talking of one day going out there to see his family - well love to hear how you like the quilt shop. Love seeing your photos of your travels. Love the difference in the hexies - the ones I am currently using are 3/4 and I have used the tiny 1/2 for applique and made a couple flowers of hexies to applique in a border.

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    1. Hi Karen, I'm looking forward to checking out the Coos Bay quilt shop. I have been looking for a particular collection of fabric by Northcott and found the first bolt at the shop here in Florence. It would be for a challenge that I want to join in on, but need the fabric first. Basting the little 1/2 hexie was a lot different then working with the 1" ones.

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  2. I just love seeing where you've been and hearing about the quilt ships you've visited. It's like you're taking me along on the trip! I see you got a row by row pattern! I did that last year and it was so much fun.

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    1. Hi Jennifer! I hope you are enjoying the trip which will continue into September if all goes as planned. I love the Row by Row patterns aND hope to collect more along our way.

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  3. Love the Bird Brain designs pattern, I enjoy reading about your travels and love that you were able to not only visit a lighthouse but bought a pattern of the lighthouse too.

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    1. Thanks Deb for stopping by and taking the time to comment. I do love lighthouses and hope to visit a couple more this week.

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  4. How nice to read about your travels, thanks!

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    1. Hi Sandra! I love to travel and see all that I can along the way. It is even better when I can take my quilting with me.

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  5. I enjoy reading about your travels. You bought some nice things at the quilt store and lighthouse. Enjoy all of your wonderful stitching.

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    1. Thanks Cathie. This Wednesday we'll be in a new area with two more lighthouses to visit and another quilt shop so stop by again.

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    1. We are having a great time in our travels. Today we'll picnic on the beach and let Lola walk/run in the water.

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  7. Your site looks wonderful... I could sit there all summer and hand stitch!
    ENjoy!

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    1. Hi Kathy, I am enjoying some EPP stitching most days during our travels.

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  8. Once again, I'm in awe of the beautiful places you get to visit! I'd love to kick my feet up at your campsite for a while! Looks like you've scored some awesome quilty goodies along the way too! The kitty pattern is so cute, can't wait to see it come together. :)

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    1. Hi Jennifer! Wednesday I'll be working on the Kitties. I only got two blocks prepped as that is my least favorite part on embroidery. I'm hoping to get at least one completed this week.

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  9. Friday's lunch sounds delightful, Saturday's as well. Such fun you are having!!!

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    1. Hi Amanda! The lunches were excellent, but I need to curb my sweet tooth.

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