Lowell Mills -- new quilting book

I just bought "Quilt Sampler" magazine (Spring/Summer 2012) with the pink and chocolate 9-patch quilt on the cover.  On page11 is an advertisement for Marcus Fabrics, but mentions a new book  "Away from Home:  Quilts inspired by the Story of the Lowell Mill Girls"  by Nancy Rink.  Marcus Fabrics will have a fabric line called "The Mill Girls 1830-1850"  I hope the book has stories about some of these women, not just quilt designs!  Now, I need to go to Amazon to see if the book is available yet. 

Our latest member Sabrina

Sabrina is working hard cutting strips the right way. She is under Yuki's tutelage.

Snowflake ready to roll out in the backpack

Celebrating April birthdays to Jenny and Li 

on Saturday, April 7, 2012 S&B. 

Delicious Chocolate Birthday Cake made by Lori. Thank you!!!
The moment of birthday wishes...

Clara's yummy Carmelized Ginger Pear Upside Down Cake!

Ready to eat!!!
Thank you everyone for such a wonderful birthday!!!   We had such great weather too!

Jackie's wild animal quilt

I love this quilt that Jackie has made!  It has a lot of different prints with African animals, like elephant, rhinos, lions.  It includes some partially made "wonky" log cabins that I had started years ago and gave to Jackie.  I love the "lightening bolt" and the fabrics with the tiger stripes.  I especially like the stripes with the grey circles.  I think it is so dynamic because of the angles.

Declan being very helpful

I should have included this picture of Declan helping his granma bind a quilt in the last post but didn't remember it until today. He's being a very helpful boy making sure neither granma or the quilt get away!

Four-footed helpers

Another set of pictures I've been meaning to post for a while of furry helpers (some more helpful than others!):

Declan making sure my Garden View shawl doesn't get away before I can block it.

Simba keeping Kim's scraps in line.

Snowflake and Simba making sure there are no monsters in Clara's machine cover - they hide, you know.