Booty! (no, not that kind)

This isn't the best picture of the thread that I won, but I like Scout's toes in the picture. 

A weekend's worth of damage - bought by me, given to me by the Sewing Summit and its sponsors, and some won by me.

Greens

Purples

Orange and yellow, featuring scraps I won from Fabricworm.

Black, grey, and circus animals.  

Fat quarters, solid charm squares, and small Christmas fabric from Moda.

112 charm squares from the charm square swap?  Yes, yes they are. 

Blues, baby. 

A hint of brown.

Pinks and reds.

See what I mean by too much stuff?  I won a lot of this which is pretty sweet.  Honestly, I could have left after the Shop Hop and been happy. I'm glad that I didn't because the classes and instructors were pretty awesome and inspiring.

Many thanks to the lovely Scout for providing her modeling services.

A discussion of a trip to Utah with some pictures of Wisconsin

Turkeys

This is a disturbing sight when it's the first thing you see in the morning. 

Brewing beer at the New Glarus Brewery

Laverne and Shirley's new home. 

Two weeks ago I said I'd be back with some pictures of Wisconsin.  Honestly when I got back last week, I had so much to do that I just didn't get around to posting these. I was in a bit of a time constraint because I was back for three days and then I headed out to Salt Lake City for the Sewing Summit.  The Sewing Summit was great - a weekend of sewing classes and a shop hop to some of the local stores.  I bought an insane amount of fabric, won an insane amount of fabric, was given another insane amount of fabric, and won other great stuff like 20 spools of 50 # weight Egyptian cotton thread and a really cute book on doll quilts.  I'm inspired and ready to do some more quilting.

Oh, and Wisconsin with the family was exhausting and wonderful.  My parents' house attracts the local wildlife (as you can see above) and is a pretty nice place to go walking around and to just relax in.  My niece and nephew are really amazing kids and I was lucky enough to see my niece run in a cross country meet and I got to attend the homecoming parade which featured a float that my nephew worked on.  We all toured the New Glarus brewery because it wouldn't be Wisconsin without beer (and I managed to avoid eating a bratwurst).   All in all, a pleasant vacation.  Now I'm ready to do some serious quilting.  

I'm going to Utah in October!  I've kind of wanted to try a sewing getaway for awhile.  But, I've wanted to make sure that if the conference wasn't working for me that I would be in a place where I could be distracted by my new environment.  Salt Lake City fits the bill.  But, to be fair, the Sewing Summit looks like it will be fabulous and I won't need to be distracted by the city.  The schedule looks great and I really can't wait to spend three days learning from some very talented people.  Plus, Utah has loosened up its liquor code so there's that.