BIBLE BABUSHKAS & CHINGGIS KHAN VODKA

Here are two of my Bible study sisters getting ready to go out into the frozen UB tundra (-31 F)--do they not look like Russian babushkas

? Neither is Russian--one is German and the other Scot! I really should have gotten the boots in for full effect. My friend in the purple, Evelyn,

has boots that a Siberian general would envy. Serious boots. Irene, on the other hand, is seriously furred up. Then I took a shot of the Chinggis (vodka) sculpture outside of the Grand Irish Pub (I do not make this stuff up). This is the building that my salon, Charming Beauty, is in. Nope, didn't make that up either (the whole salon is done in pink & white, too). I took the picture last week and when I came out from a salon appointment, the tree was all but dissembled! The Mongolians do a good job of trying to accommodate Western Christmas, Russian Orthodox Christmas (Jan 12 I think) and calendar new year plus Chinese new year which is close to their Tsagaan Sar holiday. Whew! A marketing blitz.

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Bloggers' Quilt Festival!

I'm so tickled to be a part of this year's Bloggers' Quilt Festival ! My entry was done in Outer Mongolia (literally! --read on). This quilt is one of my favorite recent projects that I named "Renegade Geisha's" --renegade because two of the geisha's don't conform to the rest (mainly because I ran out of coordinating fabrics!). Can you find the two renegades? ;) The quilt incorporates fabric origami and the quilt itself is from Fantastic Fabric Folding --many projects from this book were a big hit with the Mongolian class pictured below. Due to my husband's work, we live in Mongolia; and I was privileged to teach classes at a local quilting studio. I've included a picture of the class where we were working on the geisha blocks. The students spoke almost no English and I speak what I call Monglish--a lot of English sprinkled with Mongolian. Regardless, we all had a blast! ...and, I'm very pleased with this quilt of mine!

Much Needed New Winter Robe - Vogue 9232

Last spring I chucked my 20-year-old bathrobe, giving me no choice but to replace it come winter. Granted, I never took it to Mongolia, so it only got worn when I was home in the US. But still. For summer I made several light weight robes, but I knew I liked the style of my old RTW one. When I saw reviews for Vogue 9232--on PR (all 3 of them), I knew I'd found my pattern. Interestingly enough, the pattern is actually for a caftan-type dress; but all 3 reviews were done up as a robe. Sham's review in particular had great tips. On a trip to Colorado Fabrics in early summer I spotted a beeeuuutiful pink sweatshirt type fabric. The outside is more like a thick knit and inside is dreamy soft. And it's baby pink! Which is hard to tell in the pics as we in Colorado have had lots of rain and no sunshine. And OK, I'm no photographer. But seriously, this is like stepping into a pink cloud. I made a small through the neck, shoulders and sleeves

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