QG 2010

Welcome to the 10th annual Linn Family Quilt Gatherin' folks! While normally a visit to Eastern WA would fry your heart soul when you live in AK, this year it just got soggier. That's right, I came all this way and all the weather y'all had for me was muggy and rainy and hail and torrential rain. No project pictures for you, just the send off at the end. I think this is the first year that I left this early. Last year I was the last to leave. It was awesome to see everyone, never long enough and super good food. I brought a whole action packer of stuff to Mom and picked up a bag full of goodies from a collection of people. Next year I'm going to twist the arms of a couple more girlfriends and get them to come join in the fun too. Next year I'm going to take a whole week off and have myself a shop hop in addition to the family hop. And I'll use that canoe I had the fun of bringing up from Portland. See you all then, with a slew of completed projects to hand out. Maybe I'll just move my Christmas giving to then......

Necklace Extravaganza

I will admit that the overcast days and rain is starting to get to me. How much can a person ride their bike, run, hike, and boat in the rain before they declare themselves soaked? I think I have webs growing between my toes. It doesn't help that I'm training Tatonka a ton this summer and it usually rains on us on our 2+ hour sessions. So I've been a little more active inside than usual for an Alaskan summer. I'm finally tackling some projects that have been sitting around way too long. If I have moved it twice (or more) I aim to move it no more. This mantra drove me last Sunday (not yesterday) to finish listening to a history lecture series loaned to me by my uncle (I needed to return it last weekend) and tackle the growing pile of necklace projects on my craft table.

I bought the supplies for these three necklaces a couple years ago. My intention was to make them and take them as prizes for my family's annual Quilt Gathering, but somehow they never got done. I have moved them twice, so...... it was time. I got all three done in time to package up and take with me last weekend to this year's 10th Annual Quilt Gathering. They must have been a hit because the matrons who got them wore them all weekend. Of course they also wore everything else they got, but I'm telling myself they were a hit.

I also attached the chain and clasp and added the blue bead to the nest for a new necklace for myself. I bought the supplies for this one about a year and a half ago, but have moved it twice too. I poached the chain from one of my repair projects, three necklaces on a theme that I found I didn't wear often because I didn't like the length. So I shortened them and repurposed the extra chain. I repaired a couple other necklaces and am happy to have them back in circulation. And very motivated to hang up my necklace rack in my new place so I can stop untangling what I want to wear in the morning off the doorknob.