Antelope Island

I took Heather out to the Island and we noticed the very low level of the Great Salt Lake. But we had fun putting our feet in the water, hiking up the Buffalo Point trail and looking for buffalo. We also went to the Garr Ranch where this quilt was on a bed.

Finished Maverick Stars

Here is the finished top, now I need to quilt it. I think it turned out quite pretty. Since most of the squares were made in Texas, it is called "Texas Maverick Stars"

Trip to Texas

While visiting in Texas this time I took a look at houses for sale. There were some cute ones and I got really excited over one in particular. Unfortunately it was just out of reach of my budget. But my sister and I had fun making Bonnie's Maverick Stars http://quiltville.com/maverickstars.shtml. We incorporated her idea of framing the squares that she used in Scrappy Happy Houses and applied to our stars. http://quiltville.com/happyscrappyhouses.shtml

Now we will each work on putting the squares together and see what we each come up with! Here are my stars so far, some are not yet trimmed square.

Tom's finished kitchen

this is a beautiful remodeling job, I'm really proud of their hard work. After refinishing the cupboards and installing tile floor in the kitchen, they removed that junk on ceilings, painted ceiling and walls, installed new lights in kitchen and dining room. Then installed Pergo flooring in dining room, new baseboard trim, new window covering in both rooms. Also new dishwasher. Really gorgeous.

Tom's new kitchen

Here are some pictures taken today showing the cabinets that Tom and Kim refinished. They took them down and sanded them, then varnished. They had someone come and put down the tile floor, but Tom watched the process so he can feel comfortable doing other rooms that he wants tiled. And now he can do my bathroom floor! The put in a new dishwasher (you can't see it) and will get a new smooth-top stove. They painted the walls a soft gray color, and installed a new overhead light (you can't see it either). They removed that awful cottage cheese ceiling and painted it white. The whole room looks very very nice. Next weekend they are installing a Pergo floor themselves to the dining room, which adjoins the kitchen and you can't see that in this shot, but I'll take more pictures when they are finished!

Yasmeen is off to Barnard College

Yasmeen leaves tonight, flying to New York City to begin her freshman year at Barnard College http://www.barnard.edu/ . We are all so happy for her and she is really excited. We got together to eat and wish her success.

Maverick Stars

Gee it has been fun making these stars from scraps. I may never to Tri-Recs again! I wonder what kind of a layout I can come up with. I don't have a lot of scraps so I think I'll just make the various points and as more scraps become available can make more blocks...don't want them all out of just what's on hand now.

Here is a picture of my sister's stars: