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Four Oakland, Ca policemen were murdered by an ex convict on 3-21-2009. Please say a prayer for them & their families. Those of us in the "law enforcement family" all feel their pain. Trust funds for their families have been set up. See information below.
These brave men are Sgt. Ervin Romans, 43; Sgt. Daniel Sakai, 35; Sgt. Mark Dunakin 40; and Officer John Hege, 41.
I Photoshop designed the blue ticking/grain sack fabric & had it printed on Spoonflower. What fun to make your own fabric! I'm off to do more. The red ticking was just done with Photoshop & photo transfer paper for immediate gratification while I waited for my Spoonflower order.
The design is in an 8" format & repeats all over the fabric. Perfect size for cute mini pillows : )
...........Giveaway............
Maija won the giveaway! Contact me with your info so I can mail the pattern to you : ) Congrats!
.............Fabric Love............
I just LOVE this fabric! It's by Waverly. I bought 2 yds on sale. I've already recovered a 20" pillow & even may incorporate it into a quilt.
Look at it with these big floor pillows that I found. Yummy colors.
Oopps. Forgot to rotate this one.
Love these colors too.
and these ...
Quilt sneak peaks ...
More fabric love : )
Pincushion Love ...
Fun collections ...
Spending most of the cold months inside I was itching to go somewhere. Don & I had some errands to do in the Berkeley/Oakland area. On our way home we headed up Ashby & passed by the Claremont Hotel. The White House of the area. I took a few pics. People were sitting out in the balcony with umbrellas & playing tennis.
It was a beautiful day for a drive. We passed by Tail of the Yak so quick I couldn't even get a pic there. Hubby wanted to get home before commute traffic started.
Then we got on 24 & headed for the Caldecott Tunnel.
Ewww, dark & spooky in there.
The next day Linda & the girls (our granddaughters) came over for the day to celebrate their b-days. All three of them within one month. I had heard the previous day that the Black Diamond Mines near us was opening that day for the season & that Doug McConnell was going to be there. Some of you might remember him from Bay Area Backroads. We used to love to watch his show & his excursions all around the Calif bay area in his little red Jeep. The mine is no longer functional but they have tours. It produced coal & sand for glass between the mid 1800's to the 1940's.
Here's Christina & I in the mine with Doug. He was very nice & friendly & gave us an autographed picture. Brrrr, it was cold in there. Next they gave us hard hats & a flashlight & we went further into the dungeon.
Here we go....
What's that up there? Is it going to fall on me?
It looks dark over there. I think I've seen enough. Let's go home & eat cake!
It's almost Spring! 1 I can hardly wait to take more adventures. This rain & cold is getting old. To celebrate "Almost Spring" I'm having a give away of my latest pattern "Daydreams of Paris". Just leave a comment on this post & be sure I have a way of contacting you (if no blog link).
Yesterday I had an outing but today the rain is back. My high school was torn down a couple of years ago as it was not earthquake friendly. The new school had it's grand reopening celebration yesterday. The new school is so nice & open with lots of large windows. The saved lots of memorabilia from the old school & even had alumni incribed bricks in the front of the school which was so cool. The Archiving Committee did a wonderful job of setting up the Museum in the main hall for us. The old school was built in the early 1940's. It was sad to see it go.
