For Thanksgiving this year, L-man and I decided to do something a little different.
We went on a 3 day float trip down the San Juan River in Utah. It was a bit chilly at night, but nothing a fire didn't cure!
We took a few side hikes and saw several Anasazi ruins, petroglyphs and pictographs
And we even saw a wild horse!
and of course, the general scenery was breathtaking and inspiring.
I hope your weekend was filled with family, friendship and memory making times!
xo,
Penny
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Happy Monday to you! Did you all have a good weekend?
L-man and I had a really fun and productive weekend. Saturday we spent the day on the river and I photographed him and a few friends kayaking a Class V section of the Poudre river called the Narrows. It was a really fun day!
And then today, we did some clean-up stuff around the house which included clearing some dead trees off our land. Boy I'm tired.
On Friday, Kerry and I got a couple of new patterns up on Sew-Ichigo. My Latte to Go
And Kerry's Strawberry Ichigo
We have them listed on Sew-Ichigo and craftsy.
Both these patterns are super simple and great for beginning paper piecers!
Make sure you check Sew-Ichigo on Wednesday for a brief tutorial/how-to make this Latte to Go mug rug and gift certificate sleeve
And just a bit more eye candy, here's what I'm working on for Elizabeth's quilt in the Traveling Quilts bee.
She sent along neon fabrics and her quilt is coming along so nicely!
I hope you all have a great week and see you on Wednesday at Sew-Ichigo!
hugs,
Penny
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It was a remarkable weekend for L-man and I here in Colorado.
We packed up our tent and gear into a friends truck and headed down near Gunnison for the weekend. We camped out and on Saturday morning, shuttled our gear to the Gunny Gorge trailhead and hiked it all a little over a mile, down to the river.
Here is the raft roll, which L-Man, Curt, Matt, and I carried.
Down at the river, it was a sight to behold:
This trip is definitely my favorite one we took this summer!
The canyon was amazing (although I wasn't able to get any pics until the rapids were done),
and spending time with friends was priceless. I'm so regretful that I didn't get a group shot of all 12 of us together though..... I AM however, so very thankful that L-man took the time to put the trip together, that Curt allowed us to carpool with him and his daughter Arwen, that Lance and Heather graced us with their presence and allowed us to use their raft, that I finally got to meet John and Alex (two of L-man's kayaking friends) and for the donuts that Lance and Heather brought (boy did they taste good after a long day on the river!) And last but not least, I'm thankful that Arwen took an interest in sewing and sewed several yoyo's for me while we were in the car (the drive was about 6-7 hours one way!!).
So enough about my weekend, lets get on with the giveaway!
As you have probably guessed, the fine people at Accuquilt are offering up a go! Baby and your choice of 3 dies to one sewtakeahike reader!
All you have to do to enter is leave one comment on this post telling me what your favorite thing was that you did this summer. And if you didn't have a chance to do much this summer, tell me what your dream summer trip would be.
I'll leave the comments open until the afternoon of this Thursday, Sept. 15.
Good luck to you!
~Penny
The giveaway is now closed!!
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First of all, thank-you, thank-you everyone for playing along with my silly "down the road a'piece" game for the giveaway. I giggled over and over again, and had such a good time reading all your comments. So fun! Thank-you for the smiles!!
Wendy in "Don't mess with mama"
And just to share a little bit about our weekend, we had an absolute blast camping and kayaking with some friends! At one point, we were all making dinner and I turned around to find Wendy standing by the dinner area holding a spatula and a pistol. I grabbed my vintage apron that Tara gave me and took the opportunity for a photo-shoot (pun intended). She totally rocks this look, wouldn't you say?
Next, I must apologize! I made a mistake on what Amy is giving away today. I posted that she is giving a tea towel, but she is actually giving away a piece of her screenprinted fabric, not a towel, so you can make whatever you like with it (I bought a piece of this from her and it's the exact image that's on the towel, but without the fabric border like the tea towel has and can hardly wait to use it. It'll take a special project though!)
So without any further delay, the lucky ducky winner of the screenprinted fabric and teapot paper piecing pattern from Amy is #27, Debra, who said, "When I lived in Georgia that was standard directions. Go over yonder and down the road a'piece. I bought a map!"
Go ahead and get your info down the road a'piece to me, Debra! Your color preference for the fabric and your address, and I'll send it over to Amy!
Happy Monday everyone!!
~Penny
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Wasn't the moon just awesome this weekend??? I didn't actually get any pics of it, but it was so bright, the image is burned into my mind.
This weekend, we took the pop up down to Buena Vista and camped on the Ark River. Lenny kayaked with some friends, and I got a few new blocks prepared for my workshop in a couple of weeks.
My L-man
Here's the gang at the put in, and on the river.
It was kind of eerie seeing the river without ice or snow this early, but the powers that be decided to do an early release of water from the dams since they're expecting the water levels to be high this year due to the level of snow pack in the mountains. This is going to be an awesome year for kayaking in the Rockies!
And would you look at this fab furniture at the take out? It's all tiles, and the floor lamp even has bulbs in it! Pretty cool!
And would you look at this?? Lauree made this doll quilt top out of the asterisk in the funky peppermint table runner pattern!
Isn't it awesome?? I'm in love with her gray background and linen combo!!
I hope you all had a fab weekend, and make sure to check back on Wednesday for the Saral Project tutorial and giveaway!!
~Penny
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