Bright and early Thursday morning we headed for Dallas to see the Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs exhibit. It was fantastic and well worth the long drive there and back. Amazing what they produced with “primitive” tools. There was a gorgeous beaded band bracelet with a large blue scarab closure that I stood and drooled over for quite a while. I did find a brass bookmark in the exhibit shop that has the bracelet stamped and painted on it that will have to satisfy me. I can’t say enough about how interesting this exhibit is, I highly recommend going to see it if it comes to a city close to you. About today’s title for the post, I hadn’t realized that the sandals they wore extended at least 3 or 4 inches beyond their foot. Must have had to walk very carefully to keep from tripping themselves up.
It’s been a week since the Skrappy Ladies Fall Retreat at Canyon Camp and I’m just now getting around to posting about it. Some of the crew started their fun on Thursday, a day earlier than the rest of us. By early Friday evening we were all accounted for and headed to town for dinner. Then back to camp for a game of Quilter’s Craps, a dice game played with fat quarters. Depending on the roll of the dice, you either sit tight, pass a fat quarter to the left, or right or put it in the kitty. Last person with fabric wins all of the fat quarters in the kitty.
After the game we got down to work on our mystery quilts. You should have heard all of the whining and complaining about all of the cutting and pre-sewing for this. Then we began to wonder if anyone would get their top together before the end of the weekend. When it became apparent that no one would finish we begged and pleaded until Cindy unveiled her quilt that inspired the mystery. That’s when we realized that we all had the pattern and it was on our someday lists, only we kept putting it off because of all the piecing.
Below is a picture of my mystery quilt in progress.
And then how it should look when it is all put together.
Above is Cindy with her quilt made from the Faceted Jewels pattern, which was our mystery quilt pattern.
Cindy also brought along two more quilts she made since the last time we saw her.
As always, click on the images to enlarge.
Loved Diane’s t-shirt. It read, “I’m out of estrogen, and I have a gun.”
In Oklahoma the amount of rain received plays a large part in whether the fall leaves turn beautiful colors, or whether they just turn brown and fall to the ground. But you can always depend on the Virginia Creepers to put on a show with their leaves turning bright red. The creeper on the canyon wall was just starting to change colors. Oh and Ann, we thought of you and your natural dyeing when we saw the lichen on the wall.
oooooh pretty! i really like that quilt of a million pieces!
Wow, those are intricate quilt patterns, Carol! I, too, am always impressed by long ago artwork. It’s hard to imagine not having the tools we use now as well as good lighting…..makes me very appreciative.