tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35317993603943397252024-03-05T19:04:31.671-06:00Glenna's GabfestA quick view into Glenna's quilts, fabric and other life matters!Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-74144029028576881592010-10-09T09:43:00.000-05:002010-10-09T09:43:03.297-05:00The Hollyhock Quilts Blog Has Moved!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you haven't visited for the last few days, you may not know that the Hollyhock Quilts blog has a new address! Visit us now at the <a href="http://hollyhockquiltsblog.blogspot.com/">NEW Hollyhock Quilts Blog</a>! We've started out with a BIG Giveaway and a LOT of fun! For more info about the move, go to <a href="http://glennasgabfest.blogspot.com/2010/10/big-changes-and-big-giveaway.html">this post</a>. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can't wait to see you there!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>PLEASE NOTE: If you haven't already entered for the giveaway, please go to the Oct. 4th post of my <a href="http://hollyhockquiltsblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/welcome-to-new-hollyhock-quilts-blog.html">NEW BLOG</a> to find out all the ways you can enter. I don't want you to miss out on anything! If you have already entered, you're covered. Thanks so much!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>PLEASE NOTE: If you haven't already entered for the giveaway, please go to the Oct. 4th post of my <a href="http://hollyhockquiltsblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/welcome-to-new-hollyhock-quilts-blog.html">NEW BLOG</a> to find out all the ways you can enter. I don't want you to miss out on anything! If you have already entered, you're covered. Thanks so much!</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>PLEASE NOTE: If you haven't already entered for the giveaway, please go to the Oct. 4th post of my <a href="http://hollyhockquiltsblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/welcome-to-new-hollyhock-quilts-blog.html">NEW BLOG</a> to find out all the ways you can enter. I don't want you to miss out on anything! If you have already entered, you're covered. Thanks so much!</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We are making a few changes here at Hollyhock Quilts. First of all, <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">I am moving my blog!</span></strong> It is now under the name of <a href="http://hollyhockquiltsblog.blogspot.com/">Hollyhock Quilts</a> instead of Glenna's Gabfest. <span style="color: #cc0000;"><strong>But I need your help!</strong> </span> In order to kick off the new website, I am having a huge <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">5 DAY GIVEAWAY!</span></strong> You'll have several ways to enter so be sure to check it out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Secondly, I am closing my regular website. I only have my book and patterns there anyway and I am in the process of moving all my patterns to my eBay and Etsy stores to sell as PDF Downloads. I can sell them cheaper and of course, there's no shipping fees! A good deal for all and it frees Bill from having to keep the website up to date.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You'll see some other changes coming on the <a href="http://hollyhockquiltsblog.blogspot.com/">new blog</a>, too, but we'll talk more about that after the giveaway. <strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Thanks for including me in your lives here on Glenna's Gabfest and I can't wait to see you on the </span></strong><a href="http://hollyhockquiltsblog.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">Hollyhock Quilts Blog</span></strong></a><strong><span style="color: #cc0000;">!</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"></span>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-1352619975142423372010-09-23T14:40:00.001-05:002010-09-24T15:55:42.434-05:00STAMPEDE!! (And Other Stuff)<span style="font-family: Arial;">Funny thing happened while we were in Michigan. The RV park where we were staying was right next to an Equestrian Club, so we were accustomed to hearing horses whinny occasionally. But one morning Bill and I looked at each other and said, "Did you just hear a cow moo?" We looked out the front window of our motorhome and here's what we saw!</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Also wanted to tell you-- I had a couple of nice surprises while we were gone. Went to an Arts and Crafts show and a vendor there was selling aprons she'd made out of my Hydrangea fabric! She used rickrack (which I LOVED, of course) and they were SO cute! </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was a real treat to see these! So that's it for now, kids. Blessings~</span></div>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-36803447206376426842010-09-16T16:01:00.000-05:002010-09-16T16:01:17.707-05:00Let's Talk About Solids!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I found it rather interesting and surprising that so many of you who entered the last give-away did not have any or had very few solids in your stash. So I thought I'd just talk a bit about my relationship with them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I started quilting almost 30 years ago and Amish quilts were huge at that time. I fell in love with the look and, of course, solids are all they use. So my collecting began. As I became enamored with Vintage Quilts, I noticed that they also used a lot of solids. It became apparent that the solids were what made those wonderful old prints really stand out! So on I went collecting them! Then when I began using feedsacks, I noticed the same thing. Although the colors were bolder than the 30s prints, the solids are what really set them off! AND they even made feedsacks in solid colors! This is a little piece that I did with English Paper Piecing and feedsacks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have my book, look closely at the quilts to see how the solids play a part. In an excerpt from my book (Sugar Sack Quilts) on page 30, I say the following when talking about sewing with feedsacks: "The first thing that comes to mind is solids, solids, solids. The solid fabrics are what really make the feedsack prints sing. You need those areas of solid colors to rest your eye and make the quilt patterns pop."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And now I see that even Modern Quilters (which I absolutely LOVE) are using solids to give their quilts a punch! <a href="http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com/">Tallgrass Studio</a> is a perfect example. Below are a couple of groups of Amy Butler fabrics that I recently purchased. Can't wait to use them! I found it interesting that the solids in her group are very similar to many of those repro colors I've got.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So all this to say... If you haven't tried working with solids, go for it! I dare say when you see how they work with the fabrics you love, you'll enjoy the results.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Blessings~</span>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-78353914701867613902010-09-13T11:02:00.000-05:002010-09-13T11:02:22.290-05:00WINNER and TULIP QUILT NEWS!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Good Monday Morning! The Random Number Generator picked <span style="color: blue;">#22</span> as the winner of the Quilters Dozen Bundle. Congratulations, Colleen! And thanks to all of you for entering. I'll be doing that more often in the future so keep in touch! And thanks for all the purchases you've made! Lots of fabric has left the building, but there's lots more to sell. I'll be adding Bundles of 10 Half Yard Cuts this week. So keep checking! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">In other news--- </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>You know that Tulip quilt that I have been working on FOREVER?? Well, I just got word that it has been picked up for publication in one of your favorite magazines! I'll let you know the details as soon as I get them.....</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Have a great week! Blessings~</span>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-21994186955312493632010-09-08T15:18:00.000-05:002010-09-08T15:18:18.213-05:00SALE and GIVEAWAY!<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we were doing shows, I sold a LOT of Reproduction Solids and really stocked up. And, of course, when we quit, I still had TONS of solids in my inventory! So I have them all listed for $2.95/yd in both my Etsy and eBay Stores and I wanted you to know while there is still a good selection. I've got over 20 colors listed!</span> <br />
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<span style="color: #073763; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have a great week! Blessings~</span></div>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com38tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-24355849385376249332010-09-01T14:06:00.022-05:002010-09-01T15:15:27.679-05:00Michigan Quilt Barns!<span style="font-family:verdana;">So... when I left you last, I was on a Shop Hop and overheard something that put me back on the road for a new adventure! Just as I began looking at the next shop, I overheard one employee telling another that she didn't know there were Quilt Barns on the Old Mission Peninsula. Well, that's all I had to hear! So we grabbed the map and headed for the Peninsula.<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVmewi5zUmGaF-79-7Zi-a-jmwmfaxxhhlzpyDxaxLhzMVwxt1oX6TI34xwHfLf7mhh2TiHUVMfqwlwlIIlCd3W19fgarFY7N_lI2H0_4WnGWw4smxNKwmEAdHwK3CXgtZsrEfXXAJJc/s1600/quiltbarns7.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512027688746530898" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVmewi5zUmGaF-79-7Zi-a-jmwmfaxxhhlzpyDxaxLhzMVwxt1oX6TI34xwHfLf7mhh2TiHUVMfqwlwlIIlCd3W19fgarFY7N_lI2H0_4WnGWw4smxNKwmEAdHwK3CXgtZsrEfXXAJJc/s400/quiltbarns7.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">I saw there was a historic lighthouse at the point so we went there first. Fascinating! They were out of brochures telling us where the barns were, so we decided to wing it. I think we found about half of them, but it's a good representation for you to see. I absolutely loved every one of these! Some of the pics are not great due to the angle of the sun, etc. (and most probably the picture taker and her $40 camera), but you'll get the idea.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrRoFf90FNP4NS6H6FZsX61WRcgFXkckTPfplVPpPax-xNoFNIfoNvN_9aCMKFVU5wlueVpqm2T3nNPnq6qCo42qzIKoI8WgSpdLBxWPLaOm94_pNfIL4_PEHcMw1Ad88Zu0iir8AR4k/s1600/quiltbarns4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 329px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512030236075305810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrRoFf90FNP4NS6H6FZsX61WRcgFXkckTPfplVPpPax-xNoFNIfoNvN_9aCMKFVU5wlueVpqm2T3nNPnq6qCo42qzIKoI8WgSpdLBxWPLaOm94_pNfIL4_PEHcMw1Ad88Zu0iir8AR4k/s400/quiltbarns4.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wMqhCZHP05-ZgVtB7_bak0y9vTZGOcHSRxVVyIQ7SGARmVd_O_vtdOGZCX3-Y8ncX1lnu7Clat5PCF6tguDe8Lymm1WKZSgZa8NBzOCXHr-lGMM4PkS4XBVC_FYVxlIJDRwT_bfiZdM/s1600/quiltbarns2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 330px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512029781682431090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-wMqhCZHP05-ZgVtB7_bak0y9vTZGOcHSRxVVyIQ7SGARmVd_O_vtdOGZCX3-Y8ncX1lnu7Clat5PCF6tguDe8Lymm1WKZSgZa8NBzOCXHr-lGMM4PkS4XBVC_FYVxlIJDRwT_bfiZdM/s400/quiltbarns2.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtMkuKxgC9OZS33jNdxKSy3AoD2HtWUnoJUUz21t_Qz3crhE7B3sD9zKYpEHnHb0jZJewHdmZBDMAUSEIwpPNqdFJf6NFharz96I5iWSuVWiO_qZRexNL_6IbmUKMK_ZAPQaEieF6gUM/s1600/quiltbarns1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 383px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512029355964780594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTtMkuKxgC9OZS33jNdxKSy3AoD2HtWUnoJUUz21t_Qz3crhE7B3sD9zKYpEHnHb0jZJewHdmZBDMAUSEIwpPNqdFJf6NFharz96I5iWSuVWiO_qZRexNL_6IbmUKMK_ZAPQaEieF6gUM/s400/quiltbarns1.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><p></p><br /><br /><p><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZOB9-4ksoMij14hizPtPeoszIEEPUov71X2dI4YgKGB4Dx9yiUnGPOiN3v2q8RAd8wjiJs0gtvFk0RTnzIX-m36CoKGAvULpjFKDcKLz2OCsXxeCoJj8mFX36jKcsTePL9Yl136pE5o/s1600/quiltbarns5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 390px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512030728658856066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZOB9-4ksoMij14hizPtPeoszIEEPUov71X2dI4YgKGB4Dx9yiUnGPOiN3v2q8RAd8wjiJs0gtvFk0RTnzIX-m36CoKGAvULpjFKDcKLz2OCsXxeCoJj8mFX36jKcsTePL9Yl136pE5o/s400/quiltbarns5.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyV4EQ3JNJVz36AZSpU8CYUQE3-i33swqg3ZWUeooQiJxxjqdyz8zdXHLGsBPUZJ_i6UynI-NIyriMMH_2zoXRgkDV_t-VGIoYFXJ5dUrnL8tCqpTH038xsvlyIX_QH64C91pcDIj1F6c/s1600/quiltbarns3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 350px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512031484804854818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyV4EQ3JNJVz36AZSpU8CYUQE3-i33swqg3ZWUeooQiJxxjqdyz8zdXHLGsBPUZJ_i6UynI-NIyriMMH_2zoXRgkDV_t-VGIoYFXJ5dUrnL8tCqpTH038xsvlyIX_QH64C91pcDIj1F6c/s400/quiltbarns3.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">This last one (my favorite) was at an Antique Store which of course, I had to check out. Did a little bit of damage to my cash flow, yessiree!</span> </p><p></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_Vo0tScOipN8Ryh9TBozwhGH1jeHzZpfdigATYgkoto8SAi8rjwVW81Oczp6FKXfdZjTAOGB-hZ_5clp3tLbHo11ezEmP2HXBtB2Ui1qi22VZKyV8KLLbNCYRagwjJvknmGa0zUHAc0/s1600/quiltbarns6.jpg"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 318px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512032282628408978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk_Vo0tScOipN8Ryh9TBozwhGH1jeHzZpfdigATYgkoto8SAi8rjwVW81Oczp6FKXfdZjTAOGB-hZ_5clp3tLbHo11ezEmP2HXBtB2Ui1qi22VZKyV8KLLbNCYRagwjJvknmGa0zUHAc0/s400/quiltbarns6.jpg" /></span></a><br /><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></p><br /><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">While we were driving around, I saw a strange looking bird in the middle of the road. I told Bill to get closer and look what we saw!</span><br /><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YA1EG3TYQ32UNmGHaaCzmZCplQ7hn_h7YYGznmAcEmqcwGJaKZiZ7LyK_nRjwSOVQny04Z4sfCn1G4sqXvsothbAFadprw8UZqgssnzfnLTuvrpo8JRSZuwTBKX0tEgxBtbaz64zhh0/s1600/quiltbarns9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512033155192729746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-YA1EG3TYQ32UNmGHaaCzmZCplQ7hn_h7YYGznmAcEmqcwGJaKZiZ7LyK_nRjwSOVQny04Z4sfCn1G4sqXvsothbAFadprw8UZqgssnzfnLTuvrpo8JRSZuwTBKX0tEgxBtbaz64zhh0/s400/quiltbarns9.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4_i1dcF11WrfBFhhyphenhyphenEUPmQxJjRONUr_SA62ad1DqZVKZFeIBjUaNoUIZ6ROGHZrH6CUenHeu_NqQnKcmvqNCHEJSWKLx31y-jCA0B-fuH1g-zeOs5X3JR_-xg5Cno7YSRBA-i3w-MeQ/s1600/quiltbarns10.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512033351786926562" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio4_i1dcF11WrfBFhhyphenhyphenEUPmQxJjRONUr_SA62ad1DqZVKZFeIBjUaNoUIZ6ROGHZrH6CUenHeu_NqQnKcmvqNCHEJSWKLx31y-jCA0B-fuH1g-zeOs5X3JR_-xg5Cno7YSRBA-i3w-MeQ/s400/quiltbarns10.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">I was hoping he'd open his tail, but no such luck... </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The Old Mission Peninsula is very agricultural and we saw lots of wineries and produce stands. They are famous for their Northern Michingan cherries and when Bill wondered if this next picture depicted an applique block, I knew it was time to leave. So we leisurely drove back to Petoskey with lots of great images in our minds for the day.</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmwxcbqhyhasOb67URkG_mr4UrSOEqnys3OkkKQHewxJYpUTvrzoFEcxVwGeLTqwXh8WxxNH15nbvG-hEtPKIqsNA5o-uYMRTrhnY_PFdStL2MBgqrCphHjT3bwIdWVtuyRgpyE2gPcY/s1600/quiltbarns11.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 281px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512040117989629618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbmwxcbqhyhasOb67URkG_mr4UrSOEqnys3OkkKQHewxJYpUTvrzoFEcxVwGeLTqwXh8WxxNH15nbvG-hEtPKIqsNA5o-uYMRTrhnY_PFdStL2MBgqrCphHjT3bwIdWVtuyRgpyE2gPcY/s400/quiltbarns11.jpg" /></a> <div><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">I've got some more fun things to show you on this trip. Until next time....</span></p><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">Blessings~</span></p></div>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-3409666404101214902010-08-19T11:48:00.035-05:002010-08-27T06:43:03.210-05:00Quilting in Northern Michigan ~ Part 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4M6LQRH0xaw2cZbiMpxkv7Pc8hGq7RVV-S5Pep1B1xITPNld0sotqkMX6Hcexrx_GUw0QuM1aUOsPSlgV-zaWDPOhUXEj26DPKpDaJbnZ7jMJM-D9ZBD3KVTeopcMX99fQXa0LFM_Jeo/s1600/MIshophop1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509894715163306066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4M6LQRH0xaw2cZbiMpxkv7Pc8hGq7RVV-S5Pep1B1xITPNld0sotqkMX6Hcexrx_GUw0QuM1aUOsPSlgV-zaWDPOhUXEj26DPKpDaJbnZ7jMJM-D9ZBD3KVTeopcMX99fQXa0LFM_Jeo/s400/MIshophop1.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Can you believe it? When I went to the first quilt shop in this area I found out that a Shop Hop was going on! How lucky is that?? This darling quilt shop, </span><a href="http://www.heartstoholly.com/"><span style="font-size:130%;">Hearts to Holly</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;">, is in Charlevoix, one of the </span></span><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">most charming towns I've ever seen. It is owned by Sue (2nd from left) and her daughters, sweet granddaughter and a good friend were there helping out on that busy day.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCBf09fsxOxLov83xdabV7JkUKBiqlpCkHjbOgbopAvgHppcRL9IlIYsk4Ye7q3aqKwwbwLnujY9KXVTowe3jI-rvZe4JIQ6Onf3S5nnNDpBh9sywa9GIn4TsArXOpbtYTMYyh_lhSUQ/s1600/MIshophop6.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509895155708841250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCBf09fsxOxLov83xdabV7JkUKBiqlpCkHjbOgbopAvgHppcRL9IlIYsk4Ye7q3aqKwwbwLnujY9KXVTowe3jI-rvZe4JIQ6Onf3S5nnNDpBh9sywa9GIn4TsArXOpbtYTMYyh_lhSUQ/s400/MIshophop6.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWGfSO5BTJWI0hKRP2phFfBtzjpSXAXiG-0Q1ytv6Xh5fIt8iIZPBqai-_bMp-jmN6KxqvXlZwnn3seelD1lXSpUb0vv_mrDAmm4tln92D0E7oTqKhxFu6i_cYNO2jSk0zZ1A7m5pkMKQ/s1600/MIshophop6.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Sue carries TONS of great fabrics and everything else a quilter needs, all arranged beautifully throughout several rooms. Instead of having 'door' prizes, she gave away 'FLOOR' prizes! They tell everyone to stand on a number and then have a drawing to see who wins. It looked like great fun!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHgz56PZc22riVNWxQOoPLhzjYtFj2ce3H-plp0-zWgS1ukSLMclhmtuM9SI0eqv6OhHe16grynMplPmKh-c3rY0Glukg9WebhSRnUIFQ-GVAcLYCTlZEFdx1pZJ1hQ09JxBm8Iet0aw/s1600/MIshophop2.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509896959696519762" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWHgz56PZc22riVNWxQOoPLhzjYtFj2ce3H-plp0-zWgS1ukSLMclhmtuM9SI0eqv6OhHe16grynMplPmKh-c3rY0Glukg9WebhSRnUIFQ-GVAcLYCTlZEFdx1pZJ1hQ09JxBm8Iet0aw/s400/MIshophop2.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLC7Kx_8qGJkse3LQ0XI-QWuuqkNXQY3kVtwNn6pceSaIWgDo-IBzzTPKdBtOOxtiEoBuz3pcgGXSiF2xvcc5dvO41mEOVArPE6AY4bwSPxk11_tHJ44_y0VE0pKyhSGbjX1BAVfbZdo/s1600/MIshophop4.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509898284667796994" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBLC7Kx_8qGJkse3LQ0XI-QWuuqkNXQY3kVtwNn6pceSaIWgDo-IBzzTPKdBtOOxtiEoBuz3pcgGXSiF2xvcc5dvO41mEOVArPE6AY4bwSPxk11_tHJ44_y0VE0pKyhSGbjX1BAVfbZdo/s400/MIshophop4.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyBeTNYyg3t4bB5vb0xwqqXfoJpuY_7wKki1sqdqT-lS2CzHYo9E_Zc32f4tgj8LN1NM4ugZa1lFFf-fEuT97P_VoUb-88nxlgfnGzuGpb_OhmQBv4sKcFs3yeeSEkTb26rJd0Hp7UUy8/s1600/MIshophop2.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOLpuTxZ10kVn2FsSaGwKM4grOZErwl1sqUD1JPYwJcDzTZPNG5EdizhlMZEP8VyGmy12cJSy4R1_FzX8llNwiF7iarv6Nfd255gqxnvUaoq-L8OazkkbxOX2dykL1xJx4evJXW0l4NM/s1600/MIshophop4.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Now, get this..... I'm browsing the books, and lo and behold! My eyes land on 'Sugar Sack Quilts'!! Well, being the <em>dork</em> that I am, I shout out, "Oh! You have my book!!". Immediately, several people look at me thinking that I am awfully weird to get so excited to see a book that I have already purchased, available in another quilt shop! Then of course, I have to explain. They were very nice to Miss Blabbermouth and sisters Sharon and Judy even bought themselves a copy since I was there to sign it. Maybe that made up for my outburst. </span><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZueH2HWv32mYHYgEh2aamfEBXPaJFlwjN4ziAjS008hsSikMiiuej9PODH6FJF_Pb8AD3LNafUqxK5tnwLnHutAMiixisassrijb4GX0aGgIm1NdKwTmxR6NyldGsTil6PgrMUqdIY0g/s1600/MIshophop5.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509797646472545266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZueH2HWv32mYHYgEh2aamfEBXPaJFlwjN4ziAjS008hsSikMiiuej9PODH6FJF_Pb8AD3LNafUqxK5tnwLnHutAMiixisassrijb4GX0aGgIm1NdKwTmxR6NyldGsTil6PgrMUqdIY0g/s400/MIshophop5.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Anyhow, everyone was delightful and the experience was a perfect way to start my day. After bidding Adieu, I was off to the next shop. A few miles down the road to Bellaire and I entered another wonderful shop, <a href="http://www.cousinsquiltshop.com/">Cousins Quilt Shop</a></span><span style="font-size:130%;">. </span></span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9ZHDXBb8pR-IhG49_BFgLB1yNsgjJvcx7uie8kUldLdOpAGTkT7TG26CEogK7RZOy7XKN1mfTp3f9oVvBzjZV1BkXO-jX5-vPSRG_sMqUlggwyqZOjg1u55F5TIBxfC9l203-tpJm9Q/s1600/MIshophop7.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509802746168425746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt9ZHDXBb8pR-IhG49_BFgLB1yNsgjJvcx7uie8kUldLdOpAGTkT7TG26CEogK7RZOy7XKN1mfTp3f9oVvBzjZV1BkXO-jX5-vPSRG_sMqUlggwyqZOjg1u55F5TIBxfC9l203-tpJm9Q/s400/MIshophop7.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I found very little in common with the 2 shops which is what you hope for. This shop carried LOTS of Batiks and Wool. I especially liked the vintage pieces that were used for display. </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPkiwk6ROiwUSGlDN7ldz84tt7OlH-YN5aXZyKlpT1TjIPUpdtaBxT1zMHWkYl9MAxYF5CRJSPoNLln5pPB0d7E2TqU4DZOlBfMl0wt8mv5wneMCoFyS9BNlwvYWaXmGvkwyFT9ZB9Rg/s1600/MIshophop11.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509899049694886466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPkiwk6ROiwUSGlDN7ldz84tt7OlH-YN5aXZyKlpT1TjIPUpdtaBxT1zMHWkYl9MAxYF5CRJSPoNLln5pPB0d7E2TqU4DZOlBfMl0wt8mv5wneMCoFyS9BNlwvYWaXmGvkwyFT9ZB9Rg/s400/MIshophop11.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjMPUMyaiTjPt_69kEP54bi-Uu5hZbFNi6upLYsst1hNki9iQ1VMQ9QJZaHE-bhsSyj9EsHJ4a_lxPioOMf7OlmKjlpfZlQMI7nv3qtK-mOKtfBWOFzmccqjl1B2NiBOT8tMSX3e3J54/s1600/MIshophop8.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509899528088316466" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjMPUMyaiTjPt_69kEP54bi-Uu5hZbFNi6upLYsst1hNki9iQ1VMQ9QJZaHE-bhsSyj9EsHJ4a_lxPioOMf7OlmKjlpfZlQMI7nv3qtK-mOKtfBWOFzmccqjl1B2NiBOT8tMSX3e3J54/s400/MIshophop8.jpg" /></a> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiitMPzK0A7FppXcYOTSp-euDWwIfZ8kP182TYcDNe3TMOoL4IeXbz8nv7uZP7DHKSJQKy7h8itWoTYP4fGJ6CMKkni9sGBa38Sp26pcLqI9agDlX4OmJhFLe8GjmMEg88WaML_Z2IF5QI/s1600/MIshophop11.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40MBNX2TqDzA4z_oJlTGSkrYxog0nJTVqF-Gt-kuV2zMwxGGxPrC7m7VywU70h1_F1b5ruD36gEuUuiq9d84BHG4-pkRCB4n5Cyy2kMtnaNr5l_cnaKaHdmPyZGJbeEMQfDw6F8k3ejw/s1600/MIshophop9.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibvNqY-ees4fPHD0TJUwSYoZ-qIG3uxjFVvRD1NOz3ulcj722Tbjz6dVlwuZew313SpQF4T4ZQdRj28TcsaPi-ut6UoBRqRL2TN7UoV4JNuwlCOaXFF24EFxqbbh1IANsgVdsTqk6P-gY/s1600/MIshophop8.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMqa4t0gJxseRKcj8Dv-pieLD_qVXRICA184eTPX-fv7u8YDhrxCxYEX48TWrbEhpb2uBrSwb3wLFfWss_uYxuTj_xnUUTzU3n59j_MSE3CwfCSIOYdmP52wrGvlqWQOagC32OiZiPrPg/s1600/MIshophop10.jpg"></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWH6VpldnKm4wjbk8nvSzVSfpPCW60XLbChelqgTTJ8y92zw5qL6xOaM5NdMtMtYlp7P0k2OeFAzxRf8idxCB_NYH-Ixxyxo6gHhNX9xcS3Bd8GctZyMIGdXaz1LVjt2WU2OXqmvwBjGs/s1600/MIshophop10.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509811735413484802" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWH6VpldnKm4wjbk8nvSzVSfpPCW60XLbChelqgTTJ8y92zw5qL6xOaM5NdMtMtYlp7P0k2OeFAzxRf8idxCB_NYH-Ixxyxo6gHhNX9xcS3Bd8GctZyMIGdXaz1LVjt2WU2OXqmvwBjGs/s400/MIshophop10.jpg" /></span></a> <p></p><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">So after a good amount of time, I was off to the next shop to look for more treasures. Shortly after I arrived, though, I heard something that made me abandon the Shop Hop altogether and head for parts unknown! Stay tuned for the next installment to see what it was that got me back on the road.....</span></div><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Blessings~</span></p>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-53676434530932803172010-08-15T14:26:00.019-05:002010-08-15T15:49:14.529-05:00Greetings from Petoskey, MI!!<span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Well, when they tell me that we're going to have a string of 100-105 degree days, I say it's time to get the heck out of Dodge! So we hopped in the motorhome and took off for Michigan! I've never been here before and it is wonderful! I thought you might enjoy some photos of where we are and what we've seen. <span style="color:#990000;">If any of you are familiar with this area and have ideas for food or things to see, please leave a comment and let me know!<br /></span><br />We're in a gorgeous RV Resort. Here's our front view [Pardon the SUPER BLUE HUE on these photos!!-- Don't know where that's coming from.... Ummm--Do ya think it could be because I forgot my camera and had to buy a $40 cheapo???] :-( </span></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgRctDM7Uok7P0lPn1MMUQa3PnuOCwT9LwBTBCjoLkxqCr5bCFe3A48O_-tS2yLUJeNOQW97uDBlVuUCSjHAwMKsZxL2etG5uk0jycWwiSV_kIzeS9ZXpfCBobyufpptt6Ugow60X8Q0/s1600/michigan1.jpg"><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 322px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505721209769043602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgRctDM7Uok7P0lPn1MMUQa3PnuOCwT9LwBTBCjoLkxqCr5bCFe3A48O_-tS2yLUJeNOQW97uDBlVuUCSjHAwMKsZxL2etG5uk0jycWwiSV_kIzeS9ZXpfCBobyufpptt6Ugow60X8Q0/s400/michigan1.jpg" /></a></p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> These Lake Michigan towns are some of the most charming I've ever seen. I had no idea. You almost feel like you're back in the 50's with the laid back and carefree attitude of the area. Of course, many of these folks are summer only and will head back to real life when the fall comes, I'm sure. Here's a view of Lake Charlevoix. There are some amazing boats to be seen around here!</span><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzmIq721bmV1fvqQZpFWMHB-IF8okNVFR7YkdFx-Su_YEOhFJozzFcUrBnX1XaH9LAiUCaHGjAKwwyZvPwDeotOdbNQ_tWtvEseEDxjuBAcKDgdHrQfke0clu00J_TjqsqjaqGKponjE/s1600/michigan2.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505732490765911490" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzmIq721bmV1fvqQZpFWMHB-IF8okNVFR7YkdFx-Su_YEOhFJozzFcUrBnX1XaH9LAiUCaHGjAKwwyZvPwDeotOdbNQ_tWtvEseEDxjuBAcKDgdHrQfke0clu00J_TjqsqjaqGKponjE/s400/michigan2.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Also in Charlevoix is an area of homes that were built by a famous architect named Earl Young. I guess people come from all over to see them. They are referred to as "mushroom houses". Very charming! Here's a pic of one of them: </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFb0WzMLkj-yyT-ABkZmJNdroSBcCrFSq9l_as0XpwzO4AcWqeFXJHxhxtMwoG_lMPRLz8K9wtl4yjoPe_QhLAhP37AKYRYan2Xb03215hi3rBWyrWV_dUsu447gaimf4BnhyphenhyphenjEDJr7Do/s1600/michigan3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505726925039930770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFb0WzMLkj-yyT-ABkZmJNdroSBcCrFSq9l_as0XpwzO4AcWqeFXJHxhxtMwoG_lMPRLz8K9wtl4yjoPe_QhLAhP37AKYRYan2Xb03215hi3rBWyrWV_dUsu447gaimf4BnhyphenhyphenjEDJr7Do/s400/michigan3.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> Yesterday we took a 20 mile trip along Lake Michigan through the Tunnel of Trees....</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvDD0bhc-o7Yxp7EhF9crWy-PcUVzoeSEXB8qI1lEuW1VKVE5dp_hi5P5H_nBvNNow6SImygOGmvltXzP5U-xK7pWsXNCtFXtPqNcENY-J2tx3GgmAqTZ3S1BZx0SpHGt5G1s4gVBV6o/s1600/michigan5.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505726391153940210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPvDD0bhc-o7Yxp7EhF9crWy-PcUVzoeSEXB8qI1lEuW1VKVE5dp_hi5P5H_nBvNNow6SImygOGmvltXzP5U-xK7pWsXNCtFXtPqNcENY-J2tx3GgmAqTZ3S1BZx0SpHGt5G1s4gVBV6o/s400/michigan5.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">We got to an area called Good Hart absolutely in the middle of nothing, but you could buy crepes from a trailer if you wanted to! How cool is that??<br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcojmyUvjI8RGDZS427TIgQPDYHgdUIjYUpg0XRHGyyNqKUD9edXqpeY43kRPBIfk4SZYBS8jhjWzm2kPZ5uMxJG6rlIGuVNVg7eB54alswjuzqlD9dZoUIhF7ZFxJAapDKvJak01Fxw/s1600/michigan4.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505727592180765746" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcojmyUvjI8RGDZS427TIgQPDYHgdUIjYUpg0XRHGyyNqKUD9edXqpeY43kRPBIfk4SZYBS8jhjWzm2kPZ5uMxJG6rlIGuVNVg7eB54alswjuzqlD9dZoUIhF7ZFxJAapDKvJak01Fxw/s400/michigan4.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Then we went to a Polish restaurant that has been around for over 80 years! Again, in the middle of nowhere and with people standing in lines to get in! It's called Legs because the entire top of the roof is lined with old kitchen stove legs! We ate in the garden... </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C6VefXQrkgZFBf8BF9z3rK7h2dvZsb31VfLjezgdZilCvqIkAxp2ojHuRlckR0szBKTglVJFIa-X4OvwZaVJ80WcqFep4yxajW8ahNkUZtiSTke5LbGQc14TvLcEYsf5Iy6TI2rkzHg/s1600/michigan7.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505733115229195634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_C6VefXQrkgZFBf8BF9z3rK7h2dvZsb31VfLjezgdZilCvqIkAxp2ojHuRlckR0szBKTglVJFIa-X4OvwZaVJ80WcqFep4yxajW8ahNkUZtiSTke5LbGQc14TvLcEYsf5Iy6TI2rkzHg/s400/michigan7.jpg" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYfFI6xd0ZF0njMqeRPWvnkNm3FdUdO9oSmXpmkE_rxrcowNSNBahG4BjM1B-nVaIHSpT2tNKmPFvudDDYgHxRYz6YIuzBraDKuxytnegF62MyGKwdSmXRsio6VavGEtXU6o-wAsSLIU/s1600/michigan8.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 340px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505730347389525554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjYfFI6xd0ZF0njMqeRPWvnkNm3FdUdO9oSmXpmkE_rxrcowNSNBahG4BjM1B-nVaIHSpT2tNKmPFvudDDYgHxRYz6YIuzBraDKuxytnegF62MyGKwdSmXRsio6VavGEtXU6o-wAsSLIU/s400/michigan8.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Across the street was this wonderful old Presbyterian Church:</span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSu4GT7R9E7wGhhrrt-3St6OuZuRFecPBTFkVfV3OLahtIRlbJMJ91epshR6ojUrOuXZExDG0BRiTDNvKOUufatfgbnYl7f_vakCnCFB9QSmsYqCjvy1yKEfsayOz3srxyYt6MeAFDnQ/s1600/michigan6.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505735856750512162" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuSu4GT7R9E7wGhhrrt-3St6OuZuRFecPBTFkVfV3OLahtIRlbJMJ91epshR6ojUrOuXZExDG0BRiTDNvKOUufatfgbnYl7f_vakCnCFB9QSmsYqCjvy1yKEfsayOz3srxyYt6MeAFDnQ/s400/michigan6.jpg" /></a> <p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Then returning home, this was our view of the sunset.....</span> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw6UcNaBp00Z6d1fIhE3E7aRcNohvcC0YqpEFs4vr8c50ssdz1qHhrgkxGYL2x0xMx29f15qNP0RH6ILZxZjeSNgqGFrdZdoHjgdVKm_7uTNxLorCcvGWQ964HY3Zh1u9j9mpdc5AGZyg/s1600/michigan9.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhce8b7f_zfbrehq5qbOTr9Dis1DiFWH68sd7MwHeyTW06vJVuWnJVkMbkEHFZT9JcT_o4cz-AqfJRqizx9VuOrW_PJ2CuTQlu0AQMebOhQOvSvF6bmnCpXIBhwkHwX-ZkMtwuXonhkt5A/s1600/michigan9.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505733704124039650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhce8b7f_zfbrehq5qbOTr9Dis1DiFWH68sd7MwHeyTW06vJVuWnJVkMbkEHFZT9JcT_o4cz-AqfJRqizx9VuOrW_PJ2CuTQlu0AQMebOhQOvSvF6bmnCpXIBhwkHwX-ZkMtwuXonhkt5A/s400/michigan9.jpg" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It has been great to see things we've never seen before. I've never spent time this far east and it is such a wonderful part of the country. Tuesday we're off to Mackinac Island for the day. I'm hoping to see some quilt shops in Northern Michigan and give you an idea of what's going on around here quilt-wise. I find it interesting that there have been no quilt artists in the galleries we've been in. Any thought as to why? </span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Blessings~</span></p>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-36926496730267511242010-07-27T10:40:00.005-05:002010-07-27T11:06:43.182-05:00How Nice!<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">If you haven't visited the </span><a href="http://quiltinspiration.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Quilt Inspirations </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">blog, take a minute and check it out. They feature several quilts by theme in their posts. Not long ago they talked a bit about my </span><a href="http://quiltinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/07/basket-quilts-part-i-and-july-giveaway.html"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Rickrack Baskets </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">pattern which is now part of "Sugar Sack Quilts".</span><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjqzmhlLU_xW3Y9xlK60dHkk0_bM0rcBxO0RvL3v4lRANMLBgJ616o_CUakO5b_Qm3bmBFf1d6jTdI699yLETwlFFT4B9m-K6H5DSiEERf9SFKn11UZcfXpS65rkaXHMBtGJHb7Z9jsA/s1600/RickRackBaskets.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498615874995725826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 315px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJjqzmhlLU_xW3Y9xlK60dHkk0_bM0rcBxO0RvL3v4lRANMLBgJ616o_CUakO5b_Qm3bmBFf1d6jTdI699yLETwlFFT4B9m-K6H5DSiEERf9SFKn11UZcfXpS65rkaXHMBtGJHb7Z9jsA/s400/RickRackBaskets.jpg" border="0" /></a> This week they're featuring Nautical Quilts and included my </span><a href="http://quiltinspiration.blogspot.com/2010/07/nautical-quilts.html"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Sailing Sailing </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">quilt that I recently told you about in a blog post. I think they do a great job. Enjoy!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMT4sV3h_XjG0OMh44J3SxOLn-b7ER8LSIR2P2gm_l_at5RH7zu-6Dst7rgiG8qUVOOwl86jH5U8XXte1XX4TpbiEWhb2AR7mqo9PQyK_Tu9kU9JSoVY4KsuWy9T8MOO7aKYoVTSCK7KI/s1600/Sailing1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498617546956670834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 356px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMT4sV3h_XjG0OMh44J3SxOLn-b7ER8LSIR2P2gm_l_at5RH7zu-6Dst7rgiG8qUVOOwl86jH5U8XXte1XX4TpbiEWhb2AR7mqo9PQyK_Tu9kU9JSoVY4KsuWy9T8MOO7aKYoVTSCK7KI/s400/Sailing1.JPG" border="0" /></a> Hope you're having a great week! Blessings~</span></p>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-5054864638425837372010-07-05T11:25:00.010-05:002010-07-05T11:51:33.995-05:00Took a Little Break!<span style="font-family:arial;">Happy belated 4th of July!! We just got back from a month in Santa Fe. Decided to head out there and enjoy some cooler, drier weather at the end of May. Well, the air was drier for sure, but we were there to witness Santa Fe's FIRST EVER 100 degree day! Great!! At least it felt like 100 instead of 112 with Tulsa's humidity!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">We had a wonderful time visiting old friends and making new ones in the RV park. That's the greatest thing about RVing. You make instant friends and keep some of them forever! I don't know about you, but I've never stayed in a motel and made friends with someone who I went to dinner with later that day! It is a nice lifestyle for sure.....</span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I actually did a little sewing while there. Believe me, LITTLE is the operative word! I wanted to show you my set up, though. I had bought one of those little portable tables that has a cutout for your machine some time ago. We also purchased a couple of small adjustable chairs on rollers from IKEA to use instead of the regular dining chairs. It all worked out great! I guess I don't need all that space upstairs after all :-) Please excuse the mess in the pictures---</span><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490461363644232658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGREBXPxH0l27NRL6e4hhP3_2uc__YETjmMBsA8p62df8Frw2r-szmX7Kx9XSuPyuBS92Dj5w1HFL6oZRcGm1o4bg3fPJifODKz8bU4NNHZYQBP1zuouwnwq-BdjM6Le5nfa5vCBdNOlU/s400/rvsew1.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490461725766435682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbpEXm_BK3ujak4b2X9LW2-0RVDB9xP8dl3Rqgij1GdhdFIGn0zqueLkT083ZdYI9N5K9ZRYDeqHSlXg3mKkQas_TiNioMuAQt9WIrjXKtkcqAvQTCp9QlAu9MAp5BqtxWU8uESW6vrbE/s400/rvsew2.JPG" border="0" /> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcbTRsrYgVHMYfG6Go93hXkmvDSA_l2jvShf13fGKbj0IFGmalddZCqkEqpokQCqNS6C3hAfN-7biqVldhqolYW71W840JyzFQqjaMgwynb2WGkyX348M7mcJfMBKWjGtrXI074B44xI/s1600/rvsew3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490462067201501282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCcbTRsrYgVHMYfG6Go93hXkmvDSA_l2jvShf13fGKbj0IFGmalddZCqkEqpokQCqNS6C3hAfN-7biqVldhqolYW71W840JyzFQqjaMgwynb2WGkyX348M7mcJfMBKWjGtrXI074B44xI/s400/rvsew3.JPG" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUhHA1siwaU6rvP-Mr5i1az9mRqNx61vsQg2WphySARdINr9gyNWqMW1D_i2DIRWKQp79itFayje9mJ-6_vdoX3MVI9RQ6gUYwcWIbQsLzHO6lfViGZwbDSyQe5gd_EawkV43zGp4wss/s1600/rvsew4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490464493253327330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikUhHA1siwaU6rvP-Mr5i1az9mRqNx61vsQg2WphySARdINr9gyNWqMW1D_i2DIRWKQp79itFayje9mJ-6_vdoX3MVI9RQ6gUYwcWIbQsLzHO6lfViGZwbDSyQe5gd_EawkV43zGp4wss/s400/rvsew4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So back to work for me at least until next trip! Have a great week---</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Blessings~</span></p>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-50827174627254534052010-05-26T10:05:00.014-05:002010-05-27T06:38:41.213-05:00My Dad<span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">This email has been around for awhile. Snopes says it was written by Wisconsin resident Michael T. Powers after he videotaped James Bradley at the Memorial. I've tried to remove the items that weren't in the original essay. <span style="color:#000000;">(NOTE: I just heard directly from the author of this wonderful story below. He has sent me his copyrighted version just as he wrote it. Thanks so much, Michael!)</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">It was really hard for me to read knowing my Dad was at the bottom of that hill watching them put up the flag. He was like James Bradley's Dad. Never talked about it. What little I knew was from what he told my Mom right after the war. He was a Corporal and older like the sergeant. The guys looked to him as their dad or older brother. He told Mom that as they came on shore, men were dropping around him like flies and he had no idea why he wasn't shot. Only by the Grace of God. He died on Memorial Day weekend 13 years ago and I still miss him every day. Just wanted to share....</span><br /></span></span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi070KqRKE3gcVg1Oo8MrpFhEgqhHNQDrmsIirAmQj20q8vvmiOdD4h35ZX232QZ0APswuZWuk5nyYISXQo5zHcmDhDQQh_yQoLGP27X0zp8cYNtrbIk9-lcQb2OE8sugIhwE_pRFddw54/s1600/Dad+in+Uniform.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475604618449302082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi070KqRKE3gcVg1Oo8MrpFhEgqhHNQDrmsIirAmQj20q8vvmiOdD4h35ZX232QZ0APswuZWuk5nyYISXQo5zHcmDhDQQh_yQoLGP27X0zp8cYNtrbIk9-lcQb2OE8sugIhwE_pRFddw54/s400/Dad+in+Uniform.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">Each year my video production company is hired to go to Washington, D.C. with the eighth grade class from Clinton, Wisconsin where I grew up, to videotape their trip. I greatly enjoy visiting our nation's capitol, and each year I take some special memories back with me. This fall's trip was especially memorable.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">On the last night of our trip, we stopped at the Iwo Jima memorial. This memorial is the largest bronze statue in the world and depicts one of the most famous photographs in history -- that of the six brave men raising the American flag at the top of Mount Surabachi on the Island of Iwo Jima, Japan during WW II. Over one hundred students and chaperones piled off the buses and headed towards the memorial. I noticed a solitary figure at the base of the statue, and as I got closer he asked, "What's your name and where are you guys from?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">I told him that my name was Michael Powers and that we were from Clinton, Wisconsin.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">"Hey, I'm a Cheesehead, too! Come gather around Cheeseheads, and I will tell you a story."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">James Bradley just happened to be in Washington, D.C. to speak at the memorial the following day. He was there that night to say good-night to his dad, who had previously passed away, but whose image is part of the statue. He was just about to leave when he saw the buses pull up. I videotaped him as he spoke to us, and received his permission to share what he said from my videotape. It is one thing to tour the incredible monuments filled with history in Washington, D.C. but it is quite another to get the kind of insight we received that night. When all had gathered around he reverently began to speak. Here are his words from that night:</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">"My name is James Bradley and I'm from Antigo, Wisconsin. My dad is on that statue, and I just wrote a book called Flags of Our Fathers which is #5 on the New York Times Best Seller list right now. It is the story of the six boys you see behind me. Six boys raised the flag. The first guy putting the pole in the ground is Harlon Block. Harlon was an all-state football player. He enlisted in the Marine Corps with all the senior members of his football team. They were off to play another type of game, a game called "War." But it didn't turn out to be a game.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">Harlon, at the age of twenty-one, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out; I say that because there are generals who stand in front of this statue and talk about the glory of war. You guys need to know that most of the boys in Iwo Jima were seventeen, eighteen, and nineteen years old.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">(He pointed to the statue)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">You see this next guy? That's Rene Gagnon from New Hampshire. If you took Rene's helmet off at the moment this photo was taken, and looked in the webbing of that helmet, you would find a photograph. A photograph of his girlfriend. Rene put that in there for protection, because he was scared. He was eighteen years old. Boys won the battle of Iwo Jima. Boys. Not old men.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">The next guy here, the third guy in this tableau, was Sergeant Mike Strank. Mike is my hero. He was the hero of all these guys. They called him the "old man" because he was so old. He was already twenty-four. When Mike would motivate his boys in training camp, he didn't say, "Let's go kill the enemy" or "Let's die for our country." He knew he was talking to little boys. Instead he would say, "You do what I say, and I'll get you home to your mothers.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">"The last guy on this side of the statue is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona. Ira Hayes walked off Iwo Jima. He went into the White House with my dad. President Truman told him, "You're a hero." He told reporters, "How can I feel like a hero when 250 of my buddies hit the island with me and only twenty-seven of us walked off alive?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">"So you take your class at school. 250 of you spending a year together having fun, doing everything together. Then all 250 of you hit the beach, but only twenty-seven of your classmates walk off alive. That was Ira Hayes. He had images of horror in his mind. Ira Hayes died dead drunk, face down at the age of thirty-two, ten years after this picture was taken.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">The next guy, going around the statue, is Franklin Sousley from Hilltop, Kentucky, a fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. His best friend, who is now 70, told me, "Yeah, you know, we took two cows up on the porch of the Hilltop General Store. Then we strung wire across the stairs so the cows couldn't get down. Then we fed them Epson salts. Those cows crapped all night.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">"Yes, he was a fun-lovin' hillbilly boy. Franklin died on Iwo Jima at the age of nineteen. When the telegram came to tell his mother that he was dead, it went to the Hilltop General Store. A barefoot boy ran that telegram up to his mother's farm. The neighbors could hear her scream all night and into the morning. The neighbors lived a quarter of a mile away.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">The next guy, as we continue to go around the statue, is my dad, John Bradley from Antigo, Wisconsin, where I was raised. My dad lived until 1994, but he would never give interviews. When Walter Kronkite's producers, or the New York Times would call, we were trained as little kids to say, "No, I'm sorry sir, my dad's not here. He is in Canada fishing. No, there is no phone there, sir. No, we don't know when he is coming back.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">"My dad never fished or even went to Canada. Usually he was sitting right there at the table eating his Campbell's soup, but we had to tell the press that he was out fishing. He didn't want to talk to the press. You see, my dad didn't see himself as a hero. Everyone thinks these guys are heroes, 'cause they are in a photo and a monument. My dad knew better. He was a medic. John Bradley from Wisconsin was a caregiver. In Iwo Jima he probably held over 200 boys as they died, and when boys died in Iwo Jima, they writhed and screamed in pain.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">When I was a little boy, my third grade teacher told me that my dad was a hero. When I went home and told my dad that, he looked at me and said, "I want you always to remember that the heroes of Iwo Jima are the guys who did not come back. DID NOT come back.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">"So that's the story about six nice young boys. Three died on Iwo Jima, and three came back as national heroes. Overall, 7000 boys died on Iwo Jima in the worst battle in the history of the Marine Corps. My voice is giving out, so I will end here. Thank you for your time."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">Suddenly the monument wasn't just a big old piece of metal with a flag sticking out of the top. It came to life before our eyes with the heartfelt words of a son who did indeed have a father who was a hero. Maybe not a hero in his own eyes, but a hero nonetheless.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">Michael T. Powers <a href="mailto:PowersHeartTouchers@aol.com">HeartTouchers@aol.com</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">Copyright © 2000 by Michael T. Powers</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">Write Michael and let him know your thoughts on this story!Michael T. Powers, the founder of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/bdb3f;HeartTouchers.com">http://www.facebook.com/l/bdb3f;HeartTouchers.com</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/bdb3f;Heart4Teens.com">http://www.facebook.com/l/bdb3f;Heart4Teens.com</a>, is the youth minister at Faith Community Church in Janesville, Wisconsin. He is happily married to his high school sweetheart Kristi and proud father of three young rambunctious boys.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#000000;">He is also an author with stories in 29 inspirational books including many in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and his own entitled: Heart Touchers "Life-Changing Stories of Faith, Love, and Laughter." To preview his book or to join the thousands of world wide readers on his inspirational e-mail list, visit: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l/bdb3f;HeartTouchers.com">http://www.facebook.com/l/bdb3f;HeartTouchers.com</a><br /></p></span></span><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">Have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend. Blessings~</span></p>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-56059445082111231272010-05-10T13:55:00.004-05:002010-05-10T14:20:44.896-05:00Mothers Day & Cameron's Quilt<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">As you may know, this was the first Mother's Day I spent without my Mom. It seemed very odd not to be thinking about what I could do for her to make her day a little special. It's been 9 months now since she's been gone. I think so often about your kind notes during that difficult time. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><p><span style="font-size:130%;">But there's always a bright spot. My daughter, Kim, is a mother now, only by the Grace of God. Because you are so tenderhearted I thought you might like to read the blog post she wrote about her son. It's at </span><a href="http://sportsmomcooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">sportsmomcooks.blogspot.com</span></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">. While reading it I was reminded of a story that I tell often when I'm doing trunk shows. It's about Cameron's Quilt.</span> </span><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469720689222325330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 356px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgavHUVcSZoa9bPAnIfGv-rsV374GzlfPrNK9taYtAM65ypKaxikxo2-ifqhE8AK9wqAySuYxbm_WRDIwjZiRobV79VxF2q7HQB7_KzTGYMWCZRYNZ37ApWoiJtkgHMaTzF-cuxYuikQQk/s400/Sailing1.JPG" border="0" /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">Not long after I started designing patterns, I had this idea to do a little Sail Boat quilt. Now, mind you, I've never ever been around little boys and had no idea where this idea came from at the time. But I made it and it's been one of my best selling patterns. I remember thinking that I wish I had some little boy I could give it to.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Time passed and Cameron came into our lives. When we had a shower for Kim to welcome him as their son I realized that this quilt was made for Cameron. I had actually made it about the time that he had been born! I knew then that God had been preparing us all for him to join us. What a wonderful gift we've been given. Now Bill and I are Mimi and Poppy to a sweet boy that we love as we never could have imagined. And we are ever thankful.... </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;">I hope your Mothers Day was special and perfect. Blessings~</span> </span></p><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-70000057269432867232010-05-05T15:17:00.010-05:002010-05-05T15:45:24.472-05:00Home Again!!<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Hi Everyone! I've missed you! It was exactly 4 weeks that we were gone. That's a LONG time! This was the first extended trip that we took in our motorhome since Mom died last August and we had a great time.<br /><br />We had a chance to "see how the other half lived" when we stayed at a Motorcoach Resort in Las Vegas. It was beautiful! The lots there are owned by others and can be rented by peons like us. Some of them were so elaborate it was amazing! Here's a few pics to get the idea.... </span><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvMIOxuzzntmxDfcHKOkVm5YfDDLjRFVFh_tD8YDFcQtdJg7AJIvKBXm6QFW6T99Xp5fNgH6Rs0TM1JBLtzfLD2EMgZPymRmVraV9PP91T1V0bt9cV_q2A3sODXWkG6nAornaI9MlrGc/s1600/lasvegas3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467883706822393634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvMIOxuzzntmxDfcHKOkVm5YfDDLjRFVFh_tD8YDFcQtdJg7AJIvKBXm6QFW6T99Xp5fNgH6Rs0TM1JBLtzfLD2EMgZPymRmVraV9PP91T1V0bt9cV_q2A3sODXWkG6nAornaI9MlrGc/s400/lasvegas3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVjfw9D7sqWZ_cBjJl11wFWFa4PKNJ1YbfmSRvCqWIronREyIxIVkOIDOPpL8ZxQf8ASrtoiV9FkpitT04SNZvCtStSxZeF6GgjizNQedvXS84mScsV5cXNyXhoTYjOqrZueFb19X9zg/s1600/lasvegas2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467883927171253890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVjfw9D7sqWZ_cBjJl11wFWFa4PKNJ1YbfmSRvCqWIronREyIxIVkOIDOPpL8ZxQf8ASrtoiV9FkpitT04SNZvCtStSxZeF6GgjizNQedvXS84mScsV5cXNyXhoTYjOqrZueFb19X9zg/s400/lasvegas2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLErGk7TPDMM7e7QbY7t6FQdOLJwAooVVRZjGUY5Ak5znyA86ruu3zile_ReMCFeIrgFAYO6xY6bKabTHlH_iedWe4AH2iG7Ublc1PYxFj6oxk2tPfMs8NicxG8tglAnJAbYIJUgeDoFM/s1600/lasvegas1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467884129081896226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLErGk7TPDMM7e7QbY7t6FQdOLJwAooVVRZjGUY5Ak5znyA86ruu3zile_ReMCFeIrgFAYO6xY6bKabTHlH_iedWe4AH2iG7Ublc1PYxFj6oxk2tPfMs8NicxG8tglAnJAbYIJUgeDoFM/s400/lasvegas1.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Then on to St. George where I got to see all my blogger friends that I talked about in the last posting. While I was having fun with them, Bill thought he'd died and gone to heaven at the golf course where our friends Nick and Mary took him to play. Nothing like a desert golf course....</span><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRxow-89eV2taq0z4QIZSOtAOagnSw06kqfbao1E09W-nYXgMFNKaYdFFk2Xc3mMaI9HbFJL3Yg84amKg8mi3uWZteRTQ9ftnW-Mau_0juErQoifR3JNQ-cyYSSnlPk_Ic9urpHJdWv0/s1600/stgeorge4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467884797897948738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaRxow-89eV2taq0z4QIZSOtAOagnSw06kqfbao1E09W-nYXgMFNKaYdFFk2Xc3mMaI9HbFJL3Yg84amKg8mi3uWZteRTQ9ftnW-Mau_0juErQoifR3JNQ-cyYSSnlPk_Ic9urpHJdWv0/s400/stgeorge4.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">We'd never been to Zion National Park and enjoyed a day there. On our way home we drove up to a meadow at the top of a mountain and saw these: </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2YKImV4xUkxFu9NC-SCZpA7n43bK67ZET8oxn3uiRMAwrJCM-qJ4AXWDp4By0Ymsns1-NbDVSX-3wvZXk-e9Ic7tIfr4PHgxt-iVix9oQmqbvNUQfrielJ1izzh0QzOFUVEeLYHbygU/s1600/stgeorge2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467885531125037538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM2YKImV4xUkxFu9NC-SCZpA7n43bK67ZET8oxn3uiRMAwrJCM-qJ4AXWDp4By0Ymsns1-NbDVSX-3wvZXk-e9Ic7tIfr4PHgxt-iVix9oQmqbvNUQfrielJ1izzh0QzOFUVEeLYHbygU/s400/stgeorge2.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> And on our way back down these cuties were waiting for us in the middle of the road.... </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGrZmbQxq-n6ZWQLsqkWPqIAwQk7iiiNr8LZgojMlsxCqIUh8BB7SzWxWthC5_jvRIxWBEGlhpT2SSYnigZeYgLDgyQ0agnzrso3uEXuINuciq5FxxWRwBTOYYEQ2CoaMmpKI4mEsCpM/s1600/stgeorge3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467885866843541442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGrZmbQxq-n6ZWQLsqkWPqIAwQk7iiiNr8LZgojMlsxCqIUh8BB7SzWxWthC5_jvRIxWBEGlhpT2SSYnigZeYgLDgyQ0agnzrso3uEXuINuciq5FxxWRwBTOYYEQ2CoaMmpKI4mEsCpM/s400/stgeorge3.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> On our way home, we got stuck in Williams, AZ waiting for weather to pass. They had wind gusts up to 70 mph and closed I-40! Here's what it looked like... </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7108eSxXAfJD0OCbbPO5ywpBzEU9BCMpqbVektkYrslwGsenREsnN0ye3dn04aWNMVyIOLK0WwUZp_ePEhL_mk7vGkrSKKqi3MHhZlL36ZnraXP339qwbOjEF7nH5Oby48HgqRSOXP8/s1600/williams.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467886397764419794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP7108eSxXAfJD0OCbbPO5ywpBzEU9BCMpqbVektkYrslwGsenREsnN0ye3dn04aWNMVyIOLK0WwUZp_ePEhL_mk7vGkrSKKqi3MHhZlL36ZnraXP339qwbOjEF7nH5Oby48HgqRSOXP8/s400/williams.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> So that's the trip in a nutshell! Now back to work and get something done. I think some of the girls showed you a sneak peek of my new quilt, but here's a quick look if you didn't see it. Obviously it's not sewn together yet... </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLx4J-Lgk76or2sDiFh2LewdV925XpJ9Sr8YQVwu_YSTg_t62kP-Ju-7MdCuj_kAagGLrhSosa6dU_HEjAO47tm-UOnelSPgdrEYzxkRoU4KsKRWDkIwYh6Q21m4I-ty0peeDZI3cOsHY/s1600/tulipblock2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467888410842699858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 386px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLx4J-Lgk76or2sDiFh2LewdV925XpJ9Sr8YQVwu_YSTg_t62kP-Ju-7MdCuj_kAagGLrhSosa6dU_HEjAO47tm-UOnelSPgdrEYzxkRoU4KsKRWDkIwYh6Q21m4I-ty0peeDZI3cOsHY/s400/tulipblock2.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Hope you're having a great week! Blessings~</span></p>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-16764111617833450492010-04-20T14:44:00.006-05:002010-04-20T15:20:16.222-05:00An Afternoon With Some of Your Favorite Blog Stars!!<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I had the most wonderful day on Friday. Bill and I are in St. George, UT and just happened to be here at the same time that </span><a href="http://fredashive.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Nanette</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">, </span><a href="http://aquiltinglife.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Sherri</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">, </span><a href="http://piece-and-love.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Dawn</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">, </span><a href="http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Lori</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">, </span><a href="http://cutiepinwheel.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">RaeAnn</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">, and </span><a href="http://cactus-needle.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Nedra</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> were getting together for a retreat! Nanette's sisters Michelle and Paula also joined them. Nanette and I stayed in touch and I was able to visit them at the cutest quilt shop while they sewed. I was just STAR STRUCK at getting to meet all these fabulous bloggers all at once!! Lori was teaching her new pattern "Eat Cake" and she is a great teacher! These gals are so talented and have so much to offer. They are also some of the most generous and sweetest people I've ever met. I'll treasure it always. Here are a few pics showing the good time that was had by everyone, me especially!</span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxhf5HSXqs7Xa0f-zlSLZ1xcKI7YoXHI_tKd1RIM1ANY3xKuby2jqHSTsIy-M1sWXaAxrO_FqRt9ytinKOsc_rZDhxUNxCsAEB59K8Lg9sFnGsazQNHBKzWx5IU15XTIJy4qQrSLx1pI/s1600/retreat1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462312774660147250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxhf5HSXqs7Xa0f-zlSLZ1xcKI7YoXHI_tKd1RIM1ANY3xKuby2jqHSTsIy-M1sWXaAxrO_FqRt9ytinKOsc_rZDhxUNxCsAEB59K8Lg9sFnGsazQNHBKzWx5IU15XTIJy4qQrSLx1pI/s400/retreat1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrodT47_niYO5n37VO8fxTO8Vp1mgIZUIildHUY0gyVC7p3Hz5nSzTYdjxrYswI9cZeqlrsb4Cvll-Tuu63c6_BI8NuMeP_6d7lDEcaoMedRkSduQf70S4EAX5620pMuYkvrnH7wTGTg/s1600/retreat3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462313186882959442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrodT47_niYO5n37VO8fxTO8Vp1mgIZUIildHUY0gyVC7p3Hz5nSzTYdjxrYswI9cZeqlrsb4Cvll-Tuu63c6_BI8NuMeP_6d7lDEcaoMedRkSduQf70S4EAX5620pMuYkvrnH7wTGTg/s400/retreat3.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Here is a pic of everyone there..... from left to right Paula, Michelle, Rae Ann, Me, Dawn, Sherri, Nanette, Nedra, and Lori. </span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtq6nKoKmpIKLQaQlalSIDGNpfoRzDMq482kkYNpJglzHflnS7nxu7QH80EAqfASyVsiwX6cTDcCX6qbB6JOv8u0kUJUyZwigSRJ5XcFtsS_Z1BJzKSzNEsYKVk30f8a-0KeC_oxr17k/s1600/retreat5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462314511227719794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 165px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZtq6nKoKmpIKLQaQlalSIDGNpfoRzDMq482kkYNpJglzHflnS7nxu7QH80EAqfASyVsiwX6cTDcCX6qbB6JOv8u0kUJUyZwigSRJ5XcFtsS_Z1BJzKSzNEsYKVk30f8a-0KeC_oxr17k/s400/retreat5.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I no more than got in the door and they started showering me with gifts! I told you they were generous! I love them all!!</span> </p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocEUWK3kxe6RsYgyrnzQC-DU-yHeLd7WW8OmrQkdntqNFpc6aBwp8wgaEJ8yQ_vBR8YDIpLf3jPRuZEt2FVHw3J81lWkGOQ6859BmC7sGaTIoawhO2k4hjq-7x-I-WNeQoQMVTqkG4fM/s1600/retreat7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462315610066652514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 286px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiocEUWK3kxe6RsYgyrnzQC-DU-yHeLd7WW8OmrQkdntqNFpc6aBwp8wgaEJ8yQ_vBR8YDIpLf3jPRuZEt2FVHw3J81lWkGOQ6859BmC7sGaTIoawhO2k4hjq-7x-I-WNeQoQMVTqkG4fM/s400/retreat7.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Needless to say, it was a fabulous afternoon and I was thrilled to get to meet these gals in person after having visited through blogs for so long. I consider myself very, very blessed~</span></p>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-31900087792095670572010-03-26T09:00:00.006-05:002010-03-26T09:07:23.638-05:00Vintage Quilt Top #3<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">This is the next quilt top I have to show you. A vintage 1930's Double Wedding Ring with "That Green" in the background. It is just wonderful! Enjoy!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlU78FFTnWIur7MD3P-HCkgLQdCMs_4CCic97cU2LNRJqHa3IwJIUdWmswUqTlhmbV5DLvF8ZgshL_1-zIs8b8P_H_blvrrRWnZ5j8vqLeyVTjSAATQtN-2VlJzLCojioFaEPMISsivz4/s1600/quilt4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452942683739476050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 395px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlU78FFTnWIur7MD3P-HCkgLQdCMs_4CCic97cU2LNRJqHa3IwJIUdWmswUqTlhmbV5DLvF8ZgshL_1-zIs8b8P_H_blvrrRWnZ5j8vqLeyVTjSAATQtN-2VlJzLCojioFaEPMISsivz4/s400/quilt4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AgRCVOVMzdTUVXUtZPC-lBybuZCvpXB-nj3faIveXeTyz3rzaJXGKvhMH7jI7TIYtq3t8LPuo6il6F0BIMlWRf-ikqsEo9qatrY3P5qzBbEsKE6Xg-oout6SkMGXcP2FfDBTbppd7TQ/s1600/quilt4b.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452942952559547794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7AgRCVOVMzdTUVXUtZPC-lBybuZCvpXB-nj3faIveXeTyz3rzaJXGKvhMH7jI7TIYtq3t8LPuo6il6F0BIMlWRf-ikqsEo9qatrY3P5qzBbEsKE6Xg-oout6SkMGXcP2FfDBTbppd7TQ/s400/quilt4b.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqsAE3ng0X9hEL5MVy-YuQBdYvpEdKwWm_Bp9hB8g1KMxxSJo3fOos7NDQW5-b7zDzZySA6KGRtca-GlvUUp8R2aF6iLFiEzimYGgCnbEpUbvebDS3IjzlOe_haMTcmCxFuZ046UKWAg/s1600/quilt4c.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452943529910387826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXqsAE3ng0X9hEL5MVy-YuQBdYvpEdKwWm_Bp9hB8g1KMxxSJo3fOos7NDQW5-b7zDzZySA6KGRtca-GlvUUp8R2aF6iLFiEzimYGgCnbEpUbvebDS3IjzlOe_haMTcmCxFuZ046UKWAg/s400/quilt4c.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Blessings~<br /></span>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-50571494243014415012010-03-24T17:17:00.004-05:002010-03-24T17:25:00.298-05:00Another Wonderful Old Quilt Top!<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Well, I've listed another top on eBay that I thought you might enjoy seeing! It's pretty hard to part with these, but I know I have to eventually! This one is a Log Cabin from the mid to late 1800's. Gorgeous graphics! It's about 60" square which would be perfect for hanging! I know someone will give it a good home.</span><br /><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLg3wYZyT_70Cy9iltlINESWliUtQ6U-RkUo9vEqwgQaxCGUKgRo2Nz8d8flTQXjPJKVvVv8AgV2jVEhC9cqaWpOqYRLNsld6CA3xUS0zSRPVDJPQEWPO1op-MI0SqmGT9q3Aig9H4wI/s1600/quilt3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452328708422265330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtLg3wYZyT_70Cy9iltlINESWliUtQ6U-RkUo9vEqwgQaxCGUKgRo2Nz8d8flTQXjPJKVvVv8AgV2jVEhC9cqaWpOqYRLNsld6CA3xUS0zSRPVDJPQEWPO1op-MI0SqmGT9q3Aig9H4wI/s400/quilt3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOaQMlNN2GZE3Xe0tSpRqNnDPaCib1XDjsZvwi5SwNmrxjuM2wmPvsJDPLIeb1Fa9P6ZxmeV1aemLrV33tn4idGmmSQsK5RWidIpzWwMF4Z3uudQBHR0oxHMJZdyVLaLz2tQXXd0GR5s/s1600/quilt3b.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452329012884193602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOaQMlNN2GZE3Xe0tSpRqNnDPaCib1XDjsZvwi5SwNmrxjuM2wmPvsJDPLIeb1Fa9P6ZxmeV1aemLrV33tn4idGmmSQsK5RWidIpzWwMF4Z3uudQBHR0oxHMJZdyVLaLz2tQXXd0GR5s/s400/quilt3b.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">OK-- I'm such a dweeb! I just now noticed that I had several followers on my profile so I've added it to my sidebar. So please add yourself if you're interested!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Blessings~</span></p>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-24244796230947938142010-03-15T07:24:00.005-05:002010-03-15T07:31:49.860-05:00Another Stunner!<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor! You know that feedsack I previously posted about that sold for $162.50? Well, another one just like it sold yesterday for <span style="color:#cc0000;">$213.39</span>!! Can you believe it??</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">This one just sold for $164.49! Dang! Don't have any of these, either!</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzJ3MD_-emrEf78l7N7Pym6enueQTJ-LWS0_V6i2BDUkjrX9dR0Q0sTC-SuwLkIfdE5FXYh5SyD9RD_kzzCQ3fNjwaLUYIqjMzYLBCNO9_ljmjWEqcd0KjJh262xxypy5q-SI9wOs16s/s1600-h/fs164.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448836275203953842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzJ3MD_-emrEf78l7N7Pym6enueQTJ-LWS0_V6i2BDUkjrX9dR0Q0sTC-SuwLkIfdE5FXYh5SyD9RD_kzzCQ3fNjwaLUYIqjMzYLBCNO9_ljmjWEqcd0KjJh262xxypy5q-SI9wOs16s/s400/fs164.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> Have a great week~</span>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-67458383614439162332010-03-09T08:21:00.004-06:002010-03-09T08:25:18.129-06:00Got Any of These???<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I usually look at what feedsacks have sold for the day before just to keep up to date. Sometimes I am STUNNED!! This one sold for...... Are you ready???? Look for the price below the picture--</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiwXZek7A-FS6IZmjWssAjyKfNh0pfcxrRTZzrgteRIV1Cnf_jSUQ53D_QvXGepxO8xS3IfSfy284sz84QvbV5orwaduyVVW59pWfg7Yc20LOMcdI5fDQLlp_RemCTJnFOjSsVbEOzCE/s1600-h/fs162.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446639501716444002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaiwXZek7A-FS6IZmjWssAjyKfNh0pfcxrRTZzrgteRIV1Cnf_jSUQ53D_QvXGepxO8xS3IfSfy284sz84QvbV5orwaduyVVW59pWfg7Yc20LOMcdI5fDQLlp_RemCTJnFOjSsVbEOzCE/s400/fs162.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;">$162.50!!!</span></p><p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Wish I had a few to sell!! Blessings~</span></p>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-53468779919809729072010-03-04T08:36:00.008-06:002010-03-04T09:31:22.937-06:00Wonderful Quilt Top and My Kid's New Blog!<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Good Morning! I have decided to go through my vintage quilts and tops, etc. to see what I can part with. You've seen my room. You know I HAVE to do this!<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Anyway, here's the first one I decided to sell. It is amazing! I'm actually selling it because there's not a lot that has to be done to it. I'm yearning to get back to rescuing and giving re-life to those old things that can't be used at all as they are. This is what I first did when I started this business and the thing that most feeds my soul. I'll share some of those with you later. Today I just want you to enjoy this wonderful piece while you can.....</span><br /><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEU9VojRyMbQb6sikPG7JvboJnO8NmKSBLkf0w9yN7c4avI_SyHQVAkwtTCLfbb1J9u55rWn2Lp92SbO0umJUbXeqJsvu74H7CbpxwKzAswiPbLGr5qnYVJtyb3SciQoLiO90a7buvWq0/s1600-h/quilt2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444788655323159522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEU9VojRyMbQb6sikPG7JvboJnO8NmKSBLkf0w9yN7c4avI_SyHQVAkwtTCLfbb1J9u55rWn2Lp92SbO0umJUbXeqJsvu74H7CbpxwKzAswiPbLGr5qnYVJtyb3SciQoLiO90a7buvWq0/s400/quilt2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3Vqmd48qY0DzrFG5Vr4TDVttD8KxF70OaJkEOtka2o-25yXG-6yqwXIyxt2Oo0OmtJkNm6vhaL1In3RzbwRLh7sN2WcaNOhfIDAQooryEPH3jxX7rjuhL1wYlp5PFGBpZAMMG4odj5Y/s1600-h/quilt2c.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444788927390004722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie3Vqmd48qY0DzrFG5Vr4TDVttD8KxF70OaJkEOtka2o-25yXG-6yqwXIyxt2Oo0OmtJkNm6vhaL1In3RzbwRLh7sN2WcaNOhfIDAQooryEPH3jxX7rjuhL1wYlp5PFGBpZAMMG4odj5Y/s400/quilt2c.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKiPVTQg4dO9oyDRTZSbphNPPNwL9F7RYs9zup-Sf7zHzChmFvh9KoHejxRaSq3f0D3Tr0S-C8PE__Z3rhtl1o0fNGIEa36NVeC5NtIPbixVuRbPBJAGPbvv_cXA7gO1UzwV27pTU47I/s1600-h/quilt2a.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444789271328805666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKiPVTQg4dO9oyDRTZSbphNPPNwL9F7RYs9zup-Sf7zHzChmFvh9KoHejxRaSq3f0D3Tr0S-C8PE__Z3rhtl1o0fNGIEa36NVeC5NtIPbixVuRbPBJAGPbvv_cXA7gO1UzwV27pTU47I/s400/quilt2a.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hyphenhyphen2iN5F-k1w3Q-Flyi_UlVX5Q5Ikl1OtgSJYwwD57DqLsLKFrOi14Ala-bXEOAXGMDAEU9cvYNgNST35RBw4MdSDB-z4PqEWt_hv-3JQjcv5591WimqcYSw_6pJkfk28ONe7bG9nqrI/s1600-h/quilt2g.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444789571819786514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 368px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9hyphenhyphen2iN5F-k1w3Q-Flyi_UlVX5Q5Ikl1OtgSJYwwD57DqLsLKFrOi14Ala-bXEOAXGMDAEU9cvYNgNST35RBw4MdSDB-z4PqEWt_hv-3JQjcv5591WimqcYSw_6pJkfk28ONe7bG9nqrI/s400/quilt2g.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">In other news--- My kid is now a blogger! If you knew anything about my wonderful child, you would be as stunned as I am. Anyway, she has a recipe blog. She was a highly successful Pampered Chef consultant for 5 years (which is another shock in itself! Not the successful part, but the cooking part!) and had to give it up to spend more time with Cameron and his sporting endeavors. OK-- they're partly his Mom and Dad's sporting endeavors, too. She has tons of quick and easy excellent Pampered Chef type recipes. Check out </span><a href="http://sportsmomcooks.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">sportsmomcooks </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">and see what you think! I just looked at it right now and she has a memorial to my Mom out there. Makes me want to cry......</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Blessings~</span></p><p></p>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3531799360394339725.post-11913691844557778292010-02-13T15:00:00.010-06:002010-02-13T15:22:08.224-06:00Happy Valentines Day!!<span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Hi Everyone! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend filled with lots of enjoyment with those you love! I listed some Heart Feedsacks on eBay this week and thought you might like to see them and a few others I dug out. I guess hearts were a pretty big theme back then! </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">This first one is very unique! The red hearts are actually FLOCKED! I have a green one like it, too. Only flocked sacks I've ever seen!</span><br /><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktnVqshNc6TdldxtRgXiLzMNEzuf_wR5i8JxSzBWLd4xS9A5wE2Y-2dtlnBV5e8Tjh98x6QmFOIoRlGo2u3egLD20F9RK8wKpJJHUC5Gd22pYKUKMIneim6RQRapKP3IgR3SEraA1a5E/s1600-h/heartsack4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437837322120799026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhktnVqshNc6TdldxtRgXiLzMNEzuf_wR5i8JxSzBWLd4xS9A5wE2Y-2dtlnBV5e8Tjh98x6QmFOIoRlGo2u3egLD20F9RK8wKpJJHUC5Gd22pYKUKMIneim6RQRapKP3IgR3SEraA1a5E/s400/heartsack4.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The thing that makes this sack unique (other than the fact that it is very cute!) is the black background! Did you know that black backgrounds are the rarest color in feedsacks?</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLuTd-HZ46vfkuCd631bkCVORDtYghuILM0KRE31XA8gWo04DFXfxn7UFhH3lIVnm4tTpZ2b9W28_yWxfIMeA8D7Q4BLpYCn6yx2mvHFkuldWSuBzH23QtBM08n3zhFpJiVyrSmI1R5Y/s1600-h/heartsack1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437837218772484882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLuTd-HZ46vfkuCd631bkCVORDtYghuILM0KRE31XA8gWo04DFXfxn7UFhH3lIVnm4tTpZ2b9W28_yWxfIMeA8D7Q4BLpYCn6yx2mvHFkuldWSuBzH23QtBM08n3zhFpJiVyrSmI1R5Y/s400/heartsack1.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> This one looks more like bridge cards, yes?</span></p><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Sw57Gs4oz2u3wGj297HeikeU_bDjMbbihUnaw1Expi_2bUGo-MraXN-czfj-mhsLfDeN_1lscz0Y-QiPwG4T8HEH7bqLLE3S47ZnLr78xqxhiyzKsTeXHEjh4W49MsAHCEit4f2xaaU/s1600-h/heartsack2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437837100131911442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Sw57Gs4oz2u3wGj297HeikeU_bDjMbbihUnaw1Expi_2bUGo-MraXN-czfj-mhsLfDeN_1lscz0Y-QiPwG4T8HEH7bqLLE3S47ZnLr78xqxhiyzKsTeXHEjh4W49MsAHCEit4f2xaaU/s400/heartsack2.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;"> One of the cutest!!</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-DWUSnKjLGDDckoQ1lsuR9sS1bNKDA2l3RaUQr73oXo4ZNIEYQ4wO2xwCjXE6iE-n-DvZEHqtVyReBF8x2QO4cvq5DU5BD68AEfoX7sQKyNrEBScoXkB5Mhf04oaOIA0LlM2jghVrvQ/s1600-h/heartsack3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437836975520050322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-DWUSnKjLGDDckoQ1lsuR9sS1bNKDA2l3RaUQr73oXo4ZNIEYQ4wO2xwCjXE6iE-n-DvZEHqtVyReBF8x2QO4cvq5DU5BD68AEfoX7sQKyNrEBScoXkB5Mhf04oaOIA0LlM2jghVrvQ/s400/heartsack3.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I like this one alot....</span><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC2VUptLMpx9RsShMDKkVefIQamqPVZZgBXMATS2JtQN38w44jfNzF_5F0lwsY-pmmwkWmwu62jzGilrVFnpxS-XZOKwoQDgM0rdMnkYodfSa_VTSH2XIeGlpIINNf9lpxGBxEuS43aI/s1600-h/ebay-fs106.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437836795731347570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEC2VUptLMpx9RsShMDKkVefIQamqPVZZgBXMATS2JtQN38w44jfNzF_5F0lwsY-pmmwkWmwu62jzGilrVFnpxS-XZOKwoQDgM0rdMnkYodfSa_VTSH2XIeGlpIINNf9lpxGBxEuS43aI/s400/ebay-fs106.JPG" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Polka Dot Heart Flowers! Too fun!!</span></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyicUqbilXFv7NAkx099MRpwKmO8vNEb-zVgPVOIrj5wg9lN8BwxNUZDgAI0YQaXuC4QVDjLyHZleNRwaFTLFAATIwH9paARnWZ4mB-rpPhr6VIisyNh17Gzd0p5XFN1j4PCL4lZ2yI3k/s1600-h/ebay-fs107a.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437839443802143186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyicUqbilXFv7NAkx099MRpwKmO8vNEb-zVgPVOIrj5wg9lN8BwxNUZDgAI0YQaXuC4QVDjLyHZleNRwaFTLFAATIwH9paARnWZ4mB-rpPhr6VIisyNh17Gzd0p5XFN1j4PCL4lZ2yI3k/s400/ebay-fs107a.JPG" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">That's it for me! Our snow is long gone and in the 50s today. Know that those of you on the East Coast are in our thoughts and prayers. It's been an interesting winter for sure! </span><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Blessings~</span></div></div></div>Glenna @ Hollyhock Quiltshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00518906823692738484noreply@blogger.com4