What I did on my vacation in El Paso

Imelda & me...one of my dearest chicas! She played hooky from work to spend the day with me while in EP! We had spent the day shopping at the outlet mall, then she took me to an authentic Mexican dive for the most amazing lunch! We also went to the spa and had body massages...that was a different day, but I think we still had the glow going on.

Eli, Karen, Lindsay & I took the Wyler Tram to the top of the Franklin Mountains, behind us is the metropolis of El Paso and beyond that in the distance is Juarez, Mexico! It was 70 degrees that day, but the wind at the top of the mountain made it feel much chillier.

One of the things I really enjoy about my El Paso peeps is that we are a bunch of crafty chicas! Here we are at one of our sewing parties...I like to think they threw this bash just on the occasion of my visit!!!

Here is a project that Lindsay completed...finally! She had bought about 20 different 1/2 yard cuts of some Amy Butler fabric and cut these up months ago, but with a little push, she made it happen into a quilt!!! I'm so proud of her and how it turned out!

Here is my quilt that I completed while in EP...I bought a jelly roll of Simple Abundance by Moda and made the Garden Tellis pattern from The Jelly Roll book. This is the layout of all the blocks before attaching them together...this quilt now has 2 outer borders and is queen sized. I hope to find a long arm quilter to send it to...any suggestions?

So I found this little panel for $6 and decided to quilt it...I wish you could see the backing fabric...soooo cute! Maybe I should think about taking pictures of the front AND the back of things before I post it, but I wanted to show off since it has been over a month since my last post!

I also completed 3 other projects while in El Paso: a baby blanket, a quilted zipper pouch and a quilted Vera Bradley look alike purse for my mom's upcoming 60th birthday...a photo of her sporting the bag will show up here in the future!