A few pretty things to shake off the Winter slump.

I needed something ... anything ... to help me get away from the end of Winter funk I have going so I headed to Stillwater to look around and be inspired. First thing inside the door I found a CrazyAnn quilt ... they called it double pinwheel or something but I knew it was a Crazy Ann because I have one of my own in blue and white.

 
Isn't this a scream? What kind of tune is the guy on the left strumming that's making the girl do a hula dance? And it looks like the guy by the strummer is getting ready to break into it as well.

 
A cute wool quilt. At first I thought it was a crazy quilt ... because I'm into those right now with Wool Crazy at the top of my brain ... but then I saw it wasn't ... but still interesting. 

 
 
Saw this and immediately thought of my friend Heidi's little boy.

 
This display was sort of a mish mash of themes but that quilt in the background with the square flowers was quite pretty ... I wanted to remember it.

 
Found a darling print of a cottage. I'm sure this is what everyone thinks Rosebud's looks like and I sort of wish it did. All those pretty flowers ... so peaceful and relaxing. I bet someone is sitting out on a bench doing something creative and inspiring. 

 
Turquoise is the 2010 color of the year. Must have been picked previously in the thirty's or so, too! Doesn't that look like Summer?

 
Dreaming of the days when bunnies are hopping through the yard again and the feed mill begins to advertise baby chicks. And when we can pull out the water cans and hoses.

 
Desperate to make something ... anything ... that remotely makes me think Spring might actually come, I hauled out the wool and made this for my coffee cup plug. Then I made a couple other flower projects ... we're inviting everyone to the Cottage on March 6 for a Spring project day to celebrate the beginning of National Craft Month. Circle your calendar!

 

Comments

[Sandi]

Love the wool fan quilt and the turgoise fan quilt! You could always add your CQ stitches to that wool quilt. I also like that blue and white Crazy Ann quilt. I made one Crazy Ann block about ten years ago and ..... it just about drove me crazy! Triangles often confound me. :-) You always find the neatest stuff for photo ops!

[Mary Ellen]

Do you remember in which store you found that Crazy Ann quilt? I have a crazy niece Ann. Thanks

[Roseann]

It was right at the entrance of Staples Mills ... in that entry space between the outside door and the inside one. They had a lot of quilts in the store on Sunday ... so did a lot of the others, too. The prices at the Mill were the best in town ... Midtown Antiques prices were almost double on similar items.

[Pam]

That all looks fun. I really like Stillwater! AND YOU!

[Roseann]

Pam ... there were a ton of quilts ... I betchya a bunch of them will still be there when you come in May. I'm sure they'd love a new home in a warmer climate!