Showing posts with label OBX. Show all posts
Showing posts with label OBX. Show all posts

Saturday, June 2, 2012

I Love Being Random...

...Especially when it makes me a winner!

A great big "Thank you!" to the wonderful Blogger's Quilt Festival sponsor From Here To Quilternity!

This was my first time participating...and I loved it!  
What a wonderful experience to be able to participate and SO many gorgeous quilts & wonderful blogs!  
I'm already looking forward to the Fall 2012 Festival!   
Amy did such an amazing job of organizing everything!


I am finally winding down from our Spring soccer season.  I'm ready for a nice little break.  Soon you will be seeing some lovely views of North Carolina's Outer Banks.  I've found a fun new knitting project...one of the good things to come out of our little battle with pneumonia.  I met a lovely lady at the hospital's x ray waiting room and she shared the name of the yarn and showed me just how quick and easy it was to knit.


I'm hoping to be able to fit my Jelly Roll Jive in red, white & blue into the suitcase so that I can get started with the hand quilting.  My thought is that if I can associate it with a trip to the beach I will be more likely to continue working on it and get it finished in a reasonable amount of time.  


Had a very busy day today (and got a sunburn) at soccer, so I am off to crash for the night.  I still have one of Kelly's quilts to finish binding and I'm going to pop in a movie and "Get 'er done!"


Do you have a favorite movie (or music) that you like for your quilting time?
Tonight it's going to be The Changeling for me.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Influenced by the Table Topper Blog Hop

Ok!
Now that I've got you here.
This post really doesn't have anything to do with Table Toppers. But, you should hop over to Madame Samm's to see what's going on.

It actually has more to do with one particular post from the blog hop.
Patty over at A Stitch In Time posted a Table Topper with the Hatteras Lighthouse on it.
Now, I love visiting lighthouses and I love the Outer Banks.
So, today I will share with you some Excellent photos that we took in 2010 when we visited the northern 4x4 beaches!
  
This was by far the most talked about event that happened all week.  It frequently comes up in conversations and my daughter recently included it in one of her English presentations.





Are you creeped out yet?  
We were!  
But, I made them stop the car...we were out exploring the dunes...so that I could take pictures.
Then, we went back to the house and got the kids.
And took them to see this place.
Probably not the smartest thing to do...considering...
But, it was definitely the most fun of the entire trip!

Here are a couple of legitimate pictures of why we love the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
Our Dining Room view

Sunrise
wild horses...this one actually had a baby the week we were there!
I am also linking up with Quilting by the River today!
Come check it out!
~K