We woke to lakefront property yesterday and the sound of ducks quacking and swimming happily on their new pond - it just poured down rain during the night! The mister called me on his way to work to report that 5 miles down the road there was snow everywhere...weird weather! But the weather didn't stop me from having a great day...Helen, Stephanie and I had great plans...first stop Quiltworks Northwest (which USED to be a fabulous store and now it's just huge with NO personality)...they do have wonderful fabrics though and of course I bought some...it would have been rude not to! I also met the most fascinating lady. She was sitting in the back in the classroom and her garb caught my eye...and then I saw her dolls - they were fascinating and incredible and intricate and unlike anything I'd ever seen before! Her name is Elinor Peace Bailey and when she told me I knew I was in the presence of someone special...I knew her name and knew she was "famous" in the quilting/sewing world but that's about it...but NOW I know who she is and she is amazing!
Hoping to get a shot of her with her dolls, I asked her to stand by them but she ended up standing right in front of them and I didn't notice you couldn't see the dolls until later - although you can see the feet of one just to the right. Pink hair, technicolor coat and an attitude to match - she is wonderful! Elinor was there teaching a class (it hadn't started yet) and the women who were there setting up for the class were very excited to be with her - she's all personality so I'm sure it was a very fun class!
Our next stop was the Bellevue Arts Museum to see the Bresler Collection of American Quilt Classics. The picture above and before are the only pictures I took before a very nice museum guard told me no pictures were allowed...this is not part of the Bresler Collection but it's what greeted us right inside the door - it's totally made from fabric - and it's all pieced - the details on it are incredible! It's a Meter Maid Mobile - hilarious, no?
After the quilts we popped into a very small exhibit of books...disturbing in a way...old encyclopedia's that had been sculpted into faces, etc., the desecrating of books is not something I'm a fan of, even though all of the books used were found in trash bins...still...
Pictured above are the fabrics I purchased...I have something special in mind for both of these "sets" of fabrics...and I can't wait to get going on them - but first I'm still trying to finish up the halloween quilts! I'd much rather start something new than finish what I've already started! We had lunch at Cheesecake Factory where I had my usual - Thai Lettuce Wraps. My sister always orders these and then picks through the lettuce until she finds a bug - which she always does - and then she points out the bug to the waiter, and he calls the manager, and she usually ends up with a slice of FREE cheesecake...it's quite fascinating to watch. No bugs yesterday. And just when I thought my day couldn't get any better, I came home to find a package on my front porch...I do so love that! I opened it up and this is what fell out...
My first thought was, "I don't remember ordering a Donut book!" But then, I have no memory. I quickly sat down and started to thumb through it - still trying to remember why I ordered it...and then I picked up the packaging and a card fell out...duh. My friend Joyce and her sister, who never met a donut they didn't like, sent me the book - they found it in a shop in Philadelphia and it's great...no make that GREAT! I read it last night while the mister watched back to back episodes of House -at every commercial - when I'm allowed to talk - I would read him bits from the book about donuts - and we both wished we'd had some to EAT!!! Thanks Joyce...there are MANY recipes to try...I'll have the best narrowed down by the time you get home...another Donut-Off is in our future!
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"As you ramble on thru life Brother, Whatever be your goal, Keep your eye upon the Doughnut and not upon the Hole!" ~ Anonymous Doughnut Lover
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One year ago today: Grandbaby Goodies
