tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50660936246312894722024-03-16T11:53:05.370-07:00Wool CrazyThoughts on crazy quilts, stitchery and my otherwise crazy life.JAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.comBlogger178125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-62220696116735692222013-09-03T14:47:00.000-07:002013-09-03T14:47:21.973-07:00Jack's Treats<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gene and I just took the last load of patterns and books to the <a href="http://cloft.com/" target="_blank">Country Loft</a>. They are planning on having a day to introduce all of the stock they have acquired from me....Lots of doll kits and bits and pieces to make dolls......You will want to come....Be sure to follow their blog and find out all about it.<br />
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If you are with a retail shop the Loft has also decided to wholesale my books (not the patterns)......so if you need to restock Wool Crazy; Crazy at Home; or Folk Branches you can contact them at countryloft@cloft.com or call (619) 466-5411....<br />
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We are still having our heat wave in San Diego....I hope it is cooler where you are and that you are having a wonderful day.....Jo AnnJAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com31tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-19765559961361893592013-08-03T12:03:00.000-07:002013-08-03T12:03:43.551-07:00JAM is retiring!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Gene and I just got back from a trip to Big Bear Lake in the San Bernardino Mountains of California. We had a wonderful time. Tomorrow we leave for Lake Nacimiento in Central California. Our son Andy and his family camp there every summer and we are taking our grandson Timothy up to meet them...It has been a relaxing, fun summer with lots of visits with family and friends.....We LOVE retirement and are taking it one more step......<br />
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I have decided to close my pattern company, <a href="http://jampatterns.com/" target="_blank">JAM</a>. I have loved running it for the last 12 years, but it is time to move on. I want to thank all of you who have bought my patterns and books for all of your support. It has been such fun meeting you all...either in person or through the internet and I appreciate all the encouragement you have given me. I so enjoyed seeing what you have done with my designs. It was great having many of you in my classes and sharing ideas with you. So many of you have become good friends and have been through the ups and downs of my life with me. Thank you.<br />
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If you are with a shop, I will be filling orders until the end of August. After that, my remaining books and patterns will be available at <a href="http://www.cloft.com/" target="_blank">The Country Loft </a>. They are acquiring all of my stock and will sell it as long as they have merchandise. My website will be closing down sometime in September. I have not decided if I will still be blogging.....just too many decisions to make!<br />
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My best to you all......Jo Ann <br />
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Sophie loved the new Koala exhibit and here she is in the climbing tree pretending that she is one too!<br />
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....and here is Nick meeting his giraffe namesake..... <br />
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After a family party on Friday night (which we forgot to take photos at) we were off to the beach for 3 days. We stayed at the bay, but were only a short walk to the ocean....<br />
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It was foggy until 9 or 10 and one morning Gene and I took Nick and Sophie out for a walk.... <br />
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Their cousins came down for a few hours after a soccer tournament and they all enjoyed the waves.... <br />
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Monday we headed up to Point Loma and the Cabrillo monument....Nick and Sophie had been there last year and were great tour guides for their dad.... <br />
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Sophie convinced me to go on the Tilt-a-Whirl..... <br />
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The next day Kathy's grandkids, Eddy and Nicole took photos for us....it is always fun to get the 7 together and now we have Sam too (She lives with Lydia and Tim) <br />
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The time flew by.....and I am counting the days until our next visit!JAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-79924699742299968532013-06-13T20:43:00.003-07:002013-06-13T20:43:45.267-07:00Visitors from the North<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tomorrow, John, Nick and Sophie are coming for a visit. We are so excited! We will be having a family get together tomorrow night at our house....40 for tacos.....and then we are off to Mission Bay (just a few miles away in San Diego) for 3 days. We will throw in a visit to the Zoo and swimming at my Mom's pool and much too quickly their 5 1/2 day trip will be over. <br />
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Glenda, my daughter- in- law, came up with the idea of a photo of the 7 kids being taken ......so Tuesday we are working that in too! Now we just have to get them all to look happy at once! <br />
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Gene and I went for a walk on one of the many trails in Balboa Park and came upon this heron just walking around a few feet from us. Guess he thought it was a beautiful morning for a stroll too!JAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-30394750223736924912013-06-01T09:47:00.002-07:002013-06-01T09:47:52.060-07:00A good time was had.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been back from Market for over a week, but just downloaded my photos today! I know you have been looking at all kinds of shots of the show in Portland....but here are a few more. This is Kathy's booth. My sister Kathy and I had such fun helping her set it up....She brought LOTS of cute props to work with...and of course the great pincushions in her book. The book was a BIG hit at market. You can get a copy at the LOFT and be sure to come to the book signing on June 8th.....(if you live far away the shop will have it signed and mail it to you!) <br />
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Kathy Campbell of Heart to Hand was about 20 rows away....but I got over there a few times to say "HI".....You will love what she is doing with burlap! <br />
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....and Joan from Bits and Pieces by Joan.....You can see her great FLAG over the mantel at the Loft.... <br />
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Jeff and Debbie Busby of Wooden Spool....They loved being in their home town for this market. Sample Spree was a family affair with all their adult children and spouses helping out....What Fun!<br />
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...and I got to meet Leah from Primitive Quilts and Projects....This was her first market with her Mom and her aunts who are the inspiration behind the magazine. <br />
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Hope you all are having a wonderful weekend. Gene and I are off to Los Angeles this afternoon to spend some time with his sister Sue. Bye for now.....Jo AnnJAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-47615554109628923862013-05-14T19:34:00.000-07:002013-05-14T19:34:06.788-07:00Off to Quilt Market<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am off to Portland tomorrow morning with my sister Kathy. She and Sharon will be shopping for The Country Loft....but I will be helping in our good friend, Kathy Cardiff's booth. Here she is at an earlier market with some of her great projects. She is introducing a book chock full of pincushions at this Market....You won't want to miss it! Her company is The Cottage at Cardiff Farms. The Loft is having a book signing in the next few weeks and can send you an autographed copy......<br />
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If you are going to market stop by and see us in booth 930.<br />
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Of course since it is in Portland Kathy and I will get to see our family....Tomorrow our sister Marlene will pick us up at the airport; then we will spend the night at our niece Margaret's home.....and of course I will see Megan's family. I plan on spending several days with them after the show. Bye for now....Jo AnnJAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-24277780428157116212013-05-10T14:30:00.000-07:002013-05-10T14:30:14.645-07:00Happy Mother's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Happy Mother's Day to all....I hope that you get to spend it with a Mom who is special to you! Here I am with my Mom who at 94 has celebrated many!<br />
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Last Sunday was a BIG day in our family. Timothy had his first Communion in the morning....Here he is all dress up with his baby sister, Lianna. Lianna is totally convinced that her big brother walks on water....Let's see how long that lasts!!!! <br />
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....and then it was off to another party. This one was for Alana, our 10 year old granddaughter. It was her birthday. Here she is with her mom and dad (our son Andy) She had a rollerskating party in the afternoon with her friends and got an unexpected gift...a broken wrist! She hasn't let it get her down. <br />
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Gene and I just got back last week from our road trip to Cambria, California. We spent our first day out at Huntington Gardens....a wonderful spot in the San Marino area of Los Angeles. The buildings house a research library and several museums and the gardens are bursting with blooms right now. <br />
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.....One of Gene's favorites....Calla Lilies! <br />
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.....a shot of some of the shops in Cambria. We had beautiful weather throughout the trip....<br />
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We hiked out of a town called Harmony (pop. 18) in a state preserve.....it ends at the coast and we spotted lots of seals playing! <br />
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Have a great week.....Jo AnnJAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-7772654936584700352013-04-16T09:26:00.000-07:002013-04-16T09:26:19.771-07:00Happy Birthday Lianna!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Tomorrow is Lianna's first birthday.....but on Sunday we had a party to celebrate! Like all one year olds her favorite part of the present was the tissue paper.... <br />
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Sunday Gene and I took a walk on the grounds of the Marston House near Balboa Park in San Diego. The Marston's owned a department store in downtown....and their home is an historical site now.... <br />
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Lianna's Quilt if FINALLY done and just in time, because she turns ONE on April 17th. Who would of thought it would take so long to finish. I think Gene being home all of the time isn't good for the creative process....:))))) (Sorry it is a bit blurry)<br />
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Kathy just put it on the schedule at the Country Loft. I will be teaching it in July during one of the "Summer Night" classes. <br />
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..and here is Lianna with her Mom....she is getting ready for her first Easter egg hunt....She really doesn't like the grass too much so it was slow crawling over to her eggs!<br />
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Here is my grandniece Emmy and granddaughter Alana wishing all of you a very Happy Spring! It has been beautiful in San Diego the last few weeks and everything is in bloom. Hope you are enjoying spring weather too!JAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-34550301266550964952013-03-18T18:32:00.000-07:002013-03-18T18:32:24.457-07:00St. Patrick's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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You would think with the last name of Mullaly that Gene and I would go all out for St. Patrick's Day.....but it almost went by without any fanfare at all.....Actually, I even forgot to wear GREEN until Gene threatened to pinch me!<br />
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....and here is my niece Margaret and her husband Michael in the Northwest Portland St Paddy's Day parade....They were the Grand Marshalls this year! (This is a neighborhood parade....every year I say I will not miss it....but I never have made it to Portland for it!) <br />
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John took Nick and Sophie to a great celebration for families put on by an Irish Pub on the 16th....I hear that it was a HUGE success.....<br />
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I finally decided to take down the Valentine decorations today.....Easter is so early this year that I wanted to have them up for a few week at least! As Gene says, "Thank God for company" because it always motivates me to do a big house cleaning!!!! Gene is busy in the kitchen cooking for our guest....and that gave me a few minutes to finally write a quick note. </div>
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I have been meaning to post some of the photos Gene took of Nick and Sophie when we were in Portland. Here Sophie is with "Henry" from the Beverley Cleary books....There are some great statues of her characters in Grant Park.... <br />
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...at The World Forestry Center.....What a FUN place! We all loved it! (Their "trip" was taped and they could watch it on TV.) <br />
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The kids still had TONS of energy after the four days, but Grandma and Grandpa were feeling their age.<br />
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Happy Valentine's Day to all of you!<br />
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Gene and I fly up to Portland on Wednesday to stay with Nick and Sophie for a few days while John has a well deserved break off golfing with college friends. We have some fun things planned and there will be LOTS of time for hugs!<br />
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Last weekend John took them up to Mt. Hood.....They both had lessons for beginning skiers and it looks like they had a wonderful time!<br />
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Last October when I "retired" from The Country Loft my friends there presented me with a very special quilt. It is an antique one that Sharon found in her journeys and she had all the people who shop, take classes and work at the Loft sign it for me....for my very own signature quilt. When I took down all my Christmas decorations I had Gene hang it for me in our dining room.....and I thought you would like to see it. I love the log cabin blocks....but as you could probably guess, the crazy quilt border is my favorite part!<br />
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Happy Monday everyone!JAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-7785811703180325902013-01-17T11:06:00.000-08:002013-01-17T11:06:43.763-08:00A Beautiful Baby Shower<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Last Saturday I went to a baby shower for Natalie (my friend Peggy's daughter) and it was done so beautifully I just had to share!<br />
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Here are the party favors displayed on an cupboard in the entry.... <br />
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......and a framed piece announcing the baby's nickname, COCO.....her brother plans on calling her Coconut! <br />
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Our friend Raffael made this "wish tree" where we could all write messages to the mom and baby... <br />
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......the table ready for all of us....the baby's room is going to be in gold, cream and pink and they carried that theme through on the shower.... <br />
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....even the coffee had it's own display.....This is the mudroom .....Don't you love it? <br />
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....the rocking chair was all set up for Natalie and I loved how the little girl clothes were hung in the window. This will be one well dressed baby girl! <br />
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They painted Natalie's changing table gold and used it for the presents .....the scarf hanging on the left was a prize for the one game we played.....<br />
It was a FUN day and everything was PERFECT! Hope you enjoyed seeing it and getting a peek at Peggy's home. <br />
All my best....Jo AnnJAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-7708704623716163492013-01-14T12:14:00.000-08:002013-01-14T12:14:38.858-08:00Heartfelt Thanks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am so thankful for all the warm wishes and virtual hugs you all sent this last week. Megan was a beautiful person, inside and out and it is still hard to believe that I can't just see her or call her when I want....Here she is with Sophie in the summer of 2011 at a family party. <br />
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I will try to keep you updated on the garden. We will be planting some hydrangeas because she loved them...and some daffodils around the birdbath....Luckily I have a sister in law with a GREEN thumb who has some great ideas, because I am not a gardener. <br />
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Hugs to you all.....Jo Ann<br />
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A year ago today we lost our daughter Megan to cancer. We have a garden area that has needed to be planted all during this last year....and in her memory today we made a start. Here are Gene and Andy centering the first plant.... <br />
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I decided to have them plant these purple coral peas along the fence.....They will grow up to cover it and twine into the trellises they placed behind them.... <br />
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...and here is what the fence looks like with the trellises and the 5 plants. I wanted to show you the birdbath my friends gave me to honor her will be the center of this garden......<br />
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We all miss Megan so much. She is always on our minds.....and in our hearts....<br />
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Happy New Year everyone! Sorry I haven't written in awhile. Life has just gotten in the way!<br />
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We have been busy......it is true what they say about retirement....."When did I find time to work!"<br />
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I have finished one project though....Meet Mr. Jack Rabbit....He is my class project for my "visiting teacher" class at The Country Loft on March 1st. He is all ready to meet Cara T. Rabbit (my bunny from last year)....He has flowers galore for her! They make a cute couple don't you think?<br />
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If you are in La Mesa next Saturday stop by The Loft and see all the new fun things they have planned for this year. Great blocks of the month and cute classes....plus kits galore for you....<br />
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Hope your year is starting out GREAT! Jo Ann<br />
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Merry Christmas everyone! I got this sweet photo from Megan's kids yesterday....they are all ready for the day! Hope you all have a wonderful day with people you love.....JAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5066093624631289472.post-44775092597584401642012-12-21T12:28:00.000-08:002012-12-21T12:28:41.319-08:00Santa Bags<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Santa Bags I posted about before are all filled and waiting for Christmas morning....the ones to Portland were delivered during my trip up there in early December. It is so nice to be done so early! One of the benefits of retirement I guess....:))))<br />
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Today is the LAST day of the Primitive Blog Hop....and <a href="http://buttermilkbasin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Stacy</a> Of Buttermilk Basin...the creative mind behind this HOP has a great post for you....with a fun giveaway. Be sure to visit her soon. <br />
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I hope that your weekend before Christmas is wonderful....and you get to visit LOTS with people you love......Merry Friday....Jo AnnJAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01577764326167146308noreply@blogger.com11