...would you just look at the time!!!!

I know.

I have been absent...but it IS...

Thanksgiving.

whether or not you are participating in the day

I hope you'll take some time

to just be still for a moment and count your blessings

 

I am thankful for my 'sisters' (see above) who you all know as

quilt show fabric cutters, fabric walkers, register girls

and so much more!

I am thankful for all quilters

for donating quilts all year long

and for digging deep during times like StormSandy

 and when I stop for a moment to be thankful,

I will think of all of you

my beyond the reef family of friends

that enjoy the blog, facebook, twitter, pinterest

and quilt shows and quilt lectures and classes

and that shop at our online shop site

I am thankful for you.

please, take just a moment and leave a comment

about being thankful

one of you will be selected to receive the Martingale & Co. book 

501 Quilting Motifs 

random number generator will select a comment this Sunday

Natalie.

Be.do.create

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com

photos:  Kenna Ogg, Madison Cottage Design; Roberta, beyond the reef & cash register girl; Joanie W, Quilters by the Sea lecture & class; Jill Marie Landis, Author & fabric walker; Lisa, fabric cutter.

dog photos:  Guide Dogs for the Blind; Guide Dogs of America, Buddy.

Market, Market, Market Part Two

"Market"

it seems that only at a "Market"

can you start with this empty space

and end up with sparkling white carpet

and elephants in Michael Miller fabrics jumpsuits

  

only at Market can you see Amy and David Butler

pushing their own carts up the ramp to the cc

(but of course!)

or walk by a half completed Amy Butler booth

my favorite part of the completed booth was the table with

two tea glasses and a butterfly

and of course, Alexander Henry won an award

for this booth sculpture

I do think, however, my favorite part of Market
was seeing the Madison Cottage Design quilt
beyond the reef fabric bundles for this quilt still available
in the Marcia Derse booth!!!!

 it was great to see the denyse schmidt booth too
I loved that design wall!!!!

the other person I thot did a tremendous job

Anna Maria Horner

...if you like her butterflies

we do have a pattern for that.....

Madison Cottage Design
had a booth in which everything seemed to 
float on a sea of black
(look for the pattern "Sugar" at the beyond the reef booth at Quilt Festival, Long Beach)

 sarah jane won best booth for creativity
we ordered a few of her prints
out to sea

 and one of my favorite ads right now
is
valori wells
cocoon
(more butterflies - we have a pattern for that!)

 but I must say the most fun I had was in the
beyond the reef
booth
it was 50 s.f. of a
teenagers room after a day of surfing and homework
complete with candy on the bed
and clothes on the floor

by now, I think you see, for me, it's about the people

the soul and sweat and love

they put into everything they do

not just the 'next' thing they do

but where they are in that very moment

Market.Market.Market

not what.

who.

not next.

but now.

natalie.

beyond the reef

be.do.create