Posted on January 03, 2009 by sonjabarrie

I really do have to apologize for mouthing off in my last post. The HQ16 longarm quilting machine I have is actually a wonderful piece of engineering, I have since finished the quilt, put some practice material on the machine changed the thread and hey presto it sews like a genie! The moral: don’t buy […]

Posted on December 29, 2008 by sonjabarrie

My quilting machine and I have a love / hate relationship. I love her when she works right but when she doesn’t I want her to pick a window cos she’s leaving!!! She reminds me of a poem I learnt when I was a child (XXX years ago LOL) There once was a girlWho had […]

Posted on December 26, 2008 by sonjabarrie

Dear Hubby clearing the driveway and no that’s not a white hat it’s a red ear muffler with frozen hair on top! This is all I could see out of my kitchen window on Christmas morning! It doesn’t really show here but that is a ridge of snow about 5 foot high out there! Had […]

Posted on December 24, 2008 by sonjabarrie

Ah Christmas, don’t we love it? Christmas trees, presents, guests, snow. Sounds great doesn’t it unless you are the one decorating the tree, buying the presents, running around after the guests and shoveling the bloody snow for the umpteenth time. Jeez, I’ve been in Utah for 8 years and I really used to enjoy the […]

Posted on December 20, 2008 by sonjabarrie

If you decide to look at the Slide Presentation to the right make sure you go to the first slide, you can tell you are there because it say’s ‘Slide One’ along with some inane comment! We did have wonderful week there this time (no snow – see last post) but I did get withdrawal […]