Coronado Island

Today, our excursion took us over to Coronado Island.  I took this photo as we drove over the bridge from San Diego.

Our destination was the Coronado Museum of History and Art.   If you grew up in the 50's, you probably remember The Kingston Trio.  The museum is hosting an exhibit on the group because Nick Reynolds (the short one) spent most of his life in Coronado.  They were my favorite singers in high school and I had many of their albums.

We wandered along the main street looking in the quaint shops and then walked around the Hotel del Coronado - always so beautiful.

Lunch at Miguel's Cocina - enjoying the best white sauce ever!!!

Blooming Border

My Story Quilt border is finished!!  It measures 37" square.  Making this was quite an experience, it was very labor intensive - but I loved every minute (hour) put into it.  Now it's time for the center, lots of ideas floating in my head. . .

Exploding Star

This is the Lucky Stars Block of the Month for February.  I managed to finish it this weekend squeezed in with the Super Bowl, Downton Abbey, gardening and those household chores that seem to get in the way of sewing!!

I even made the 6 1/2" version!! 

This project is turning out to be really fun and I'm looking forward to a new pattern every month for the whole year.

February

February, the month of anniversaries, Valentine's Day, love and chocolates!!  I finished my calendar pages and the days are waiting to be filled with special occasions.

I chose red, pink, light blue and gold acrylics for my background and added matching scrapbook paper.  The days were drawn with ink using a template I cut from cardboard.

Tiny heart shaped brads highlight our wedding anniversary and Valentine's Day.

HAPPY FEBRUARY!!

A Walk in the Park

Wednesday was beautiful out so we headed to Balboa Park in San Diego for a day of adventure.  Our first stop was the Natural History Museum to see an exhibit on chocolate.  We learned about the origins and process of making this delicious treat.

I just had to purchase this very expensive delight from Madagascar - when opening it, I felt I had won a golden ticket to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory!!

Tucked away down a wooden path, we discovered this amazing tree.  It's a Ficus Macrophylla Columnaris.  The roots form tall column-like structures.  My husband is 6'5" and looks like an Oompa Loompa next to this tree!

We also visited the San Diego Hall of Champions and had lunch under the umbrellas at The Prado.

Another great day as homegrown tourists!!

Story Quilt Progress

I've been adding to my Story Quilt, Mary Lou recommends you make the borders first.  I'm finding that certain colors don't pop out on the black background so I have done a lot of ripping and resewing, this is going to be a long process but also a lot of fun.

The Start of a Story

For a while, I have been fasinated with Mary Lou Weidman's Story Quilts.  I decided it was time to try one of these whimsical, colorful quilts for myself.  I'm starting with flowers, some of my most favorite things.