
Pine Needlers Quilt Guild
Between Feb 19 and 21, I was invited to beautiful Groveland, CA near magnificent Yosemite to give lecture and workshop to the members of Pine Needlers Quilt Guild. Boy, it SNOWED! In the morning, we found our car buried under almost a foot of snow. Warm welcome and hospitality of the Pine Needlers Quilt Guild members made the snow melt away quickly. The beauty of the scenery was absolutely breathtaking and we took many pictures. The winding driving course up and down th

Invasion of Haute Couture Societe
On Feb 16, my house was pleasantly "invaded" by 48 friends from the Haute Couture Societe of Stockton, CA. This was their third field trip to my home (my previous two houses each had visit by the Societe in 1997 and 2007). My studio and each room in my house including the newly decorated Cottage Cafe (converted from our former "tech center" generously given up by my husband Ken for my-younger-daughter's room-turned-mancave) were photographed, inspected and analyzed. After a