Very busy weekend...

First the Quilting news!

Scotty checked the mail on Friday and found a box.

In the box was the winnings from Stash Manicure that was hosted by Dewberry Lane

Thank you Rachel, the fabric is beautiful and I started making something right away. I will show you when it is finished.

The next box came today.

This gift was from a swap that I participated in through the Quilting Gallery. The beautiful blue tote and Button the Cat pin cushion was sent to me by Dorthy ( I couldn't find her blog, not sure she has one?) Thank you Dorthy!

I took a couple of great long Arm classes from Karen Kendo 

She is a great teacher, we learned Basic long arm quilting skills.

The long arm machines were supplied to us by The Quilting Solution  They are an American company that makes the long arm machines and tables in North Carolina. Both Karen and the Quilting Solution will be at the Quilters of South Carolina meeting this coming week. Go tell them hello and see when they can come to your area to have a class for your group.
Aiken Standard  is our local news paper and if you would like to read their article on the event click on their name.

Now if you are here are the pictures of my new kitchen counters...

before

after

 new sink detail

I love the deep single bowl sink and the dark "peacock gold" granite. I will be putting in a tile back splash as soon as I return from a trip to Ohio. We also got the new garage door installed. It is good to have the house back to normal again.... 

Just waiting...

The counter Guys haven't arrived yet. So, I thought I would share a picture of the quilt that I made using charm squares that I won at Jeff's BOM meeting.

Not much quilting going on here, but the inspectors were glad that something got finished so they could do their job.

This is going to be a busy week!

Scotty helped me on Sunday by napping in my box of zippers while I worked on a quilt as you go project.

When suddenly we were interupted by the sound of a crash....

I opened the door to the garage to find that my youngest Daughter had a problem navigating the driveway full of cars. She paniced when she got a little close to the parked cars and missed the brake peddle. 

 Luckily she missed the cars in the driveway and Chipper, who was sleeping in the garage. Everything turned out ok, no one was hurt, the air bags in the car did not go off and the car itself was only scratched. So, today I will find out how much a new garage door costs.

The other thing going on here today is getting new counter tops. This is the scheduled day to remove the existing tops. The new ones are to be installed on Thursday.

To top off a busy week I am taking a long arm class on Friday and Saturday. Guess I won't be bored this week.