Blog Blessings

This world of blogging is an intriguing phenomenon!! I've made pals from all over the world! For example:


Ulla from Finland sent me this!! For some reason unbeknown to me, Ulla thought she didn't send me enough gifts during our Tea Time Swap. So she sent me more!! Thank you, Ulla!! I love everything!! The bag will be used often and the chocolate...yummo!!

And then if you post a nice comment to people they send you things like this:

Anne-Lise from Norway had a giveaway to celebrate the launch of Sewn. (Go check it out...it's pretty cool.) I was the lucky winner and this is what she sent me!! I should have taken a close up picture of the fabric. It's made in Norway! I tried not to hyperventilate! Thank you Anne-Lise!!



Now for all my blogie friends...Helen is having a giveaway! Now just look don't comment...cause I really want to win!!

Piece & love,
Dawn

Quilting Bee

I am participating in Old Red Barn's quilt along. I'm a bit behind, but I hope to catch up this week!! I know...I know...I need to hurry!!



Here are the fabrics I chose. I do love them! It is Flights of Fancy by Paula Prass for Michael Miller. I'm also counting on those extra points to give me a better chance to win!! he he!!


Love them all stacked up looking so pretty!! This is what I brought to work on at our quilting get-together.

I sewed and sewed and ate and ate at our get-together! I didn't take any pictures of the great food we ate. But I did take pictures of show-and-tell.


Here is Nancy's(no blog)row quilt!! It is beautiful!!


Robin(no blog)shared two of hers! This one is her panel quilt.


And here is her crazy quilt...love them!!

It was a great day for sewing!!
Piece & love,
Dawn

PS. Check out my new banner!! I love it! Thanks, Lauren!!

Girls Camp

This post is the 'Love' part of Piece & Love!

There was no quilting this week due to me being away at girls camp!!

Girls camp started out with a tragic accident and two of our valiant girls were killed in a car accident. We weren't sure if we were even going to attend girls camp this year because of the accident. Late Tuesday evening our Bishop met with all the girls and leaders to make a decision to go or not. Our Bishop followed the council of our Stake leaders and the answer was 'yes', we would attend camp.


The mountain is beautiful!


I get giddy every time I look at this picture! It's a never-ending convoy of cars headed up the mountain packed with girls age 12-18. The trailers are packed to the ceiling with tents, food and everything else needed to make camp a success.


Our theme was "Eternity University"! We took the theme and added a sorority. We were Omega Delta Phi which means...Logandale 5th Ward has the most awesome girls in the Stake!! We grouped the girls as big sisters and little sisters. Each big sister was responsible for two little sisters to make sure they certified in camp along with making sure they were included in activities and having a good time.


Here is Dancer (in black)sitting next to her big sister(the one on the right with the look of, "why are you taking my picture?")!! We are making inspirational journals.


The journals turned out so cute!! Our girls are so creative!!



We played "Robin Hood"! I even got a bulls eye!! I can't show you the picture because the battery died on my camera...so you will just have to take my word for it!!
EDIT: Dancer got a bulls eye too!! Sorry, Dancer!!


Here we all are!! Camp was a success!!
Here are a few more things we did...
We laughed
We cried
We ate
We screamed
We certified
We shot arrows with bows
We hiked
We asked "Why?"
We sang
We learned
We stuffed marshmallows in our mouths
We created
We prayed

We did all this to become closer to our Heavenly Father!

Piece & love,
Dawn

Mystery Solved

I finished my 2008 Mystery Quilt from Fat Quarter Shop!! Can I get a Hallelujah!?!...


I can't give enough praise to FQS!! They gave generous amounts of luscious Moda fabrics for each block and each block arrived without a hitch. It was so fun to get a block each month and look to see who designed it. The patterns were perfect. Joy to the world! Thanks FQS!!


Take a look at this bad boy!! Every time I lay out fabric on the floor one of my cats must lay on it. I guess they love fabric too! Meet Jazz. He is our 10 year old Hemingway cat. Check out his toes!

In my last post I told you I won a kit using the Inklingo method to make hexagons. Here are the results...

The fabric came with the design printed on the back.....


Here it is all cut out...


And here is what i did. The website has a video to show how it's done. I need to practice a little more, but it was fun!!

Piece & love,
Dawn

PS. I won Lauren's giveaway!! Yipee!! Look for a new banner on my bog. Thanks Lauren!