kro designs

Baring client and class purchases I vowed not to buy any fabric for personal use or Etsy products for a year. It wasn't written in stone, didn't sign a contract but I really wanted to use down the "small" stash I have. Compared to other quilters I have nothing... But last week I needed to make a bunch of crayon bags and was totally uninspired with what fabric I had. I spent more time trying to put combinations together than actually making them. I had to go to Blue Bamboo for a client and just happened to purchase $40 dollars worth of fabric to get inspired again. I've only used a couple prints so far but they are on the cut ting table waiting to be used. Modern florals were the order of the day. Westminster Fabrics ....Love Kaffe Fawcett! Here is one of the bags now on sale in my etsy shop !

It's almost harvesting time in my garden which got me thinking about my friend Emily who made a fairy garden with her mother this year. Such imagination! In the fairy house there was a bed and a bathtub all ready for moving in! And of course a few last pictures from last weeks quilting class. Everyone went home with a button for fun!

I've been on "vacation" for exactly a week but it's not quite over yet. From Minnesota you'd think that Wyoming is crazy far away, well after a 13 hour drive it's not! The drive across South Dakota in it's flat, boring, nothingness leads way to a wonderful and enchanting wilderness. It never ceases to amaze me the majestic beauty. Yes, I'm a little heavy on the adjectives but really...The West rocks! I've been touring a bunch of historic houses in the area all of which I've been too before. Can't get enough of them. The craftsmanship and the amount of money needed to build them at that time is astounding. Plus they had to ship everything from either the East Coast or over the Rocky Mountains from CA. One of these "summer homes" is Trails End Historic Site in Sheridan WY. This arctitectually Flemish Revival home is beautiful! Carriage house with a bright red modern day horseless carriage . This reminds me of a magnolia tre...