Summer - Movin' On

Whoa! I just looked out the window and saw Summer flyin' by. Seems like we've packed about 3 months into 3 days!

We had a great time with Quilts of the Plains in June, largely because of our good friend Sally Parker, who brought her friend Earlene Fowler to town for the day. Lots of fabulous quilts on display, a fantastic trunk show and book signing with Earlene, good food, and lots of great people.

We barely got the quilts put away, and Melissa Stramel came to town, bringing her fabulous trunk show and a presentation on Fabric Design. Everyone in attendance had a great time: Melissa is a great presenter and very sweet to boot, there was plenty of good food at the salad luncheon, and fun shopping at Granma's after!

Hardly drew a breath and time for Wray Days, our annual celebration of Super Sidewalk Sales, Fun Night (more good food), the Parade and dozens of activities for everyone! The rubber duck race is a great benefit for the WRAC, but I have a real hard time with the idea of Mud Volleyball - to squishy for my toes!

Every year for the last fourteen, Granma's has given away hundreds of balloons at the parade. This year it was 700+, and a bittersweet year, as it will be the last one I do. My hands just can't take it anymore.

So Wray Days is a distant memory, and this week is the County Fair! We're busy making gift baskets for prize winners, and more baskets for Jr Market Buyers! And then school starts! What happened to Summer?

The girls are staying busy with Grab Bags - every year we make a 150 or so and have a big Grab Bag Sale in August. The goal is to have them all gone by September 1st, so if you're in town or passing thru, stop by, they're loaded for fun!

And we're finishing up our dresses for HOPE 4Women. Nineteen done, and they will ship next week.

So now we better get busy on a Fall project, a quilt for Breast Cancer Awareness. Last year I furnished fabric to the Fair Queen's Luncheon so that all the queens, princesses, and attendants could sign a block for Breast Cancer.  Now I have incorporated the blocks into a quilt, which I hope to have finished next week. Then we will draw one of the names from the quilt, and that lucky person will take home a quilt full of memories.

Hope you have all had a great Summer.  And I hope you did one something special for yourself, and  one for someone else.