Aughhh....a great vacation!

Thank you for all your kind comments wishing me a great vacation.

A week spent with family and especially this little grand-guy, re-energized me!

It was nice to get up early with him through the week and enjoy some 

slow stitching as he snacked and the others slept in. 

I almost finished an entire block of my wool BOM too:

It's hard to believe it's August 1st. When I read on someone else's blog: "Summer is coming to a close." I wanted to scream: "Nooooo!" But I still have two weeks until I return to school...and right now, this weekend will find me thinking of August goals and oh! preparing a post so Jackson can participate in the Pets on Quilts Show which starts tomorrow! (If you have a cat or dog you should join us!) So until then, I'm off to catch up on that lovely pile of vacation laundry and I also need to stop by the County Fair to see how our Classroom Quilt did!

With smiles,

Val:)

Summer Vacation!

Hey fellow blogging friends...there's a quiet week coming up here at Val's Studio, as we are headed to the mountains for a family vacation. I'm officially unplugging as our internet and phone connections will be very limited.   Tuesday Archives will resume August 5th with Exhibits being our theme. And what better timing with all the County Fairs going on! (I actually just entered my Classroom Animal Quilt in our local county fair.) So be sure to snap pictures and/or dig through your archives for old quilt shows attended. I'm packing and almost ready to go. I have quilts that need binding sewn down, some wool stitching waiting to be be played with and I'm sure there's a hexi or two thrown in. 

(You didn't think I'd take off  without some sewing in hand did you! LOL!)

Wishing everyone a great week!

With smiles,

Val:)

July Happy Mail

Tickled "pink" with my July Fat Quarter delivery:

I especially love the scallop, number and leaf prints!!
If you are curious about the details of any of the prints, just click: here.
No Friday finish for me, but that's okay...simply enjoying the lazy days of summer!
 Hope you are having a great Friday.
With smiles,
Val:)

Scrappy Note Cards

I felt like a kid myself this morning, as I found myself playing with scraps, a glue gun and
some buttons to create these:

One of the things on my summer "To Do" list was to create some cute note cards for my school desk. These will be nice to have on hand for that perfect pick-me-up and/or thank you! Now I'm off to spend the afternoon sewing my Chevron rows together in hopes to have another Friday Finish.

With Smiles!
Val:)

Tuesday Archives #21: EQ Designs & Equilateral Triangles

Welcome to the linky party that let's you rejuvenate your old quilting/sewing posts! 

(Check over in my right margin for the list of July themes)

This week is all about your old EQ (Electric Quilt) Designs and Equilateral Triangle posts.  

EQ (Electric Quilt) DESIGNS:

As I explore all your blogs, I notice many of you make your own patterns. I find myself wondering: "Is this how they do it??" Today's linky is all about sharing your quilting design posts. Have fun and I'm looking forward to learning a lot from you this week, as this is a quilting area I have not yet explored.

EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES:

I know many us were part of  an Equilateral Traingle Quilt-a-long  just a few months back and some of you may even have some older posts that need to be rejuvenated. Today's linky is our chance to reshare your quilts that have any triangle goodness in them.
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