.quilt class.

I've been on the hunt for a machine quilting class for awhile now. Finally one became available at the local quilt shop here in town. I signed up for it in early December and it was held on February 19th. I signed Amy up for it as well and her sister-in-law Heidi came too! Josh ended up traveling home from Alamosa Colorado all day that Saturday so I had to scramble a little bit to find someone to watch the kids, thankfully it worked out.

We had to get a darning foot to free hand machine quilt.
We learned the basics and away we went!

Here's a picture of my sample quilt sandwich.

We got a huge sampler quilt top with lots and lots of different stitch patterns. I hopefully will get some time here to finish that before I attempt to quilt the one I finished forever ago!

.ME.

A fellow photographer friend of mine Mandi Nuttall posted about a photography campaign she's starting with her business. Its all about the beauty of women. She posted a contest on her blog and I commented telling her what a great idea I thought it was. Well, a few days later she contacted me and told me I won a free session!

My sister Katie hooked me up with a new haircut/color/style and she even did my make-up for me! Yay! I met Mandi near Pleasant Grove to do the photoshoot.

It was fun. Kinda weird having pictures of just myself, but neat too. I surprised Josh with the pictures for his Birthday...the timing was perfect. Here's a sampling of what we got.