October - Postcard Challenge and Family

I have made a committment to post something at least every other day in october to try to focus on my blog.
I just finished the first part of my postcard challenge.  Each of us are doing a national park - mine is Mt. Rainier.  Interesting that today the parks are all closed because of the government shut down - a topic for another day.  Anyway I am happy with my first part.  I need to add highlights - either in paint or in thread.
The back will be my mom's writing since she sent the original postcard in 1998 from Rainier.

Tom and I took a drive to Illinois Sunday to have lunch.  We thought pavilion behind us in Alton was really a striking park.  The bridge there is pretty neat too. 

What Tickles my Fancy?

Hmmm I know what you might be thinking but...  Our guild is using this as a challenge.  After going thru many ideas I kept coming back to what is something I love to do, will go out in all sorts of weather to do, will be competitive doing, will go to odd places and put my hand into or under rocks and such - you guessed it (or maybe not) - Geocaching.  If you don't know what this is - stay tuned and see how I turn this into a quilt. 
If you really want to know more go to www.geocaching.com to learn about it.  See you thought I was going to do something related to sewing or fabric - too predicatable.

Solids Only challenge - Modern

I wanted to give you an idea of what all the different challenges looked like.  We voted for the top three so all were laid out on the floor to look at.  Aren't they wonderful?