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Quilter’s Home Magazine Comes to Visit!

Back in March of this year, Quilter’s Home Magazine sent out a photo stylist and photographer to take pictures of my home and studio.  Gregory Case and his wife Elena, work together as a team.  I’ve known them for years so it was a fun photo shoot, and of course their pictures are wonderful!

Pick up the current issue (August/September) of “Quilter’s Home” and you’ll see the fabulous job the editors at Quilter’s Home did.  You’ll find out what my favorite cookie is, AND why I have this Goose Feather Farm sign in my studio, along with other tidbits you might not know about me.

I used the photo shoot to get my husband to complete all the projects I’ve had on my list for the past year.  It’s so great to be able to say “Honey, Quilter’s Home is coming in two weeks, do you think you could work on that list”?  He cleaned the front porch, the back yard, washed windows, touched up wall paint, helped me hang new quilts and even polished my silver pencil holders.  Amazing, that man!

You’ll get a tour of my home and studio. The picture below is our family room.  Chelsea and Bitsy are in one of their favorite spots.  Mine is on the day bed with Chelsea.  I usually relax with my Ipad every evening and read a book or play with the Ipad apps.  Mooch claims the vintage garden planter behind the couch as her favorite spot.  The planter is filled with quilts and I keep an old one on top so washing off cat fur is easy.  (Oh the things we do for our pets!)   Hubby gets the couch. 

As for the Bitsy/Huband update:

Husband is doing better.  Some of the redness and swelling is down a bit.  He had his last shot today. He says the shots hurt so much they actually add Novocain to the antibiotic shot!  Oh baby,  I don’t want to ever have those! 

His thumb has so many punctures the Dr. said he may have to have some physical therapy.  He’s supposed to be holding it up and moving it, but of course he can’t really move it because of the swelling.   Reminds me of playing finger puppets. 

Bitsy went back to the vet today.  She hates a visit to the vet, shakes the whole time and of course looks like I’ve beaten her. She wouldn’t walk, not even when I left the room.  She just stood in the corner and shook.  Her leg looks fine in the x-ray and they are running some blood work to rule out other things.  Our Veterinarian mentioned neurological, spinal, thyroid etc.  I’m leaning toward very smart dog who knows how to make me jump.  Hope I’m right. 

I recorded her on my IPhone. She was talking and carrying on like you can’t believe and I played it for the vet.  Oh my gosh that little dog has something to say.  Wish I knew what it was!  We’ll see what the tests tell us.  In the meantime here’s my new motto:

Back soon!

Anne 

23 Comments

  • Nancy C. in Utah

    Well, I’m going to have to pick up the magazine. I’ve drooled over your studio several times…maybe this time I’ll wear a bib so I don’t drool on the pages *grin*. I truly do look at the photos of your studio and dream of even having my own simple sewing room, LOL. You would think at 60 years old I could have a room for my sewing but problem is health issues. Downstairs is the only place with a large enough room for my sewing goodies to be permanently placed but with Scleroderma, Utah winters are too cold down there unless we have a fire in the woodburning stove every day and that’s just not something we can do. So…I move everything downstairs for the few months we have warm weather, then my sewing machine and table, along with a few project baskets come up to the living room for the winter. Everything else stays downstairs. Consequently I do a lot of up and down the stairs for supplies, to go through my stash, books, magazines, etc. But the way I figure this, as long as I can sew, it really doesn’t matter does it? Nope, definitely not. LOL.
    Glad to hear your hubby is recovering. It sound like he really got batter during his heroic rescue! I also love your new motto. Keeping calm is the hardest part! Poor Bitsy, I truly hope she does well, and they can find out what the problem is. Bless all your hearts. My “little people dressed in fur” act exactly the same as Bitsy at the vets. Shaking to the point I worry about them. One of them actually has her temperature go up when she is in the vets office. They said it’s not uncommon! Sure makes it a nerve racking experience for us though. Well, I’m off to pick up the magazine and a nice absorbent bib…

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