Faux Cami Winners

I'm here to announce the 3 winners of the Faux Cami Giveaway that ended at midnight last night. . .

Each winner will receive (1) Faux Cami and (1) Tool Bracelet.




The winners are...

1. Marcia (no blog)


2. Shari from Mumsyblossom World in Australia


3. yts mom (no blog)


Congratulations to the winners of this giveaway!

Winner's if you would please contact me by email at kimberlywalus (at) gmail (dot) com and let me know what color cami you'd like and what color crystals and shrink plastic you'd like on your tool bracelet that would be great. I will also need your T-Zone measurements. Thanks.

Thank you to everyone for your comments and for entering my giveaway. It was fun reading your comments here and on Moda's Bake Shop. I really appreciate your time. Hugs. Kim.

The Primitive Thimble

After the Fabric World debacle in Portland (I will post about the experience soon) we headed toward Vancouver, Washington to spend the night with a promise that in the morning we could visit another quilt shop before we drove to Seattle to visit the University at Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington.

Since we had a few computers with us I made sure to investigate a few quilt shops online before we got in the car. Lesson learned...

We stopped at a lovely quilt shop called The Primitive Thimble in Vancouver, Washington.

Notice the front door. . .


Come to find out that their shop was broken into on the weekend. The thieves stole the cash register and a few other random things but the QUILTS were not touched. They must not have known the REAL VALUE of the quilts in the store. Just the hand appliqued quilts behind the counter are worth over a $1000 dollars not to mention several antiques that they had around the shop. Luckily they were clueless!!

Moving on. . . Let me introduce you to Lynn.


What a wonderful lady. I felt like a dear friend that she hadn't seen in a while. She made us feel right at home. Lynn is one of the staff there at The Primitive Thimble. We had such a fun time visiting and learning and talking quilts.

I looked over while we were talking and noticed this curved looking box sitting on the counter and it was covered with a white cloth. I asked her what it was and she revealed this really wonderful lace making pillow. Can you see it? Click on the pictures to have a good look. It's marvelous.

Click on the pictures to look at the detail on the heart lace and the 3 other pieces of lace on the right side of the pillow bed. The lace pattern is on the blue paper and it's attached to the drum in the middle of the lace pillow.

I've done a bit of research on lacemaking and here is a great website to visit. It's a beginner's guide to Bobbin Lacemaking.

Here's a look at the quilt shop. . .

Look at the yummy over dyed wool on the table next to the doll. I wish I could have bought some of it and I'm probably going to regret it but I do have the phone number so, I'm good.








I really fell in love with one of the quilts in the store but, I can't believe I forgot to take a picture of it, I guess I was really excited about it. You can see the store's version of the quilt here on their website. This is the book and the fabric I bought to add to the collection of Civil War Prints that I have in my stash.

Here's a picture of the quilt in the book.

Now this was my kind of Quilt Shop. I Loved it!!!

The Quilted Forest

Saturday morning while the girl's were still sleeping in the hotel and before the Family Reunion in the afternoon my husband and I snuck off to visit The Quilted Forest located in downtown Salem, Oregon.

The Quilted Forest was chosen in 2007 as one of the
Top 20 Quilt Shops in the United States & Canada.

They're also celebrating their 110th year anniversary.

Don't you love the Singer Featherweight in the store window?

We only had a small window of time so I rushed in and started looking around. This antique cash register was the first thing I saw.

I saw great quilts hanging all around me. . .

Here you get a feel for the shop as
you look down the aisle to the cutting area.

Here's the great book & pattern section. . .

Have a look at all of the great Kaffe Fabrics,
I thought of Nedra when I saw them.

Here's what I purchased. . .

These are two Kaffe's that I liked.


These are for Kenna.


I saw these cute scissors as we were leaving the store.

More to come. . .

Oregon Trip- Day 1: Westside Drive-In

Before we left on our trip we decided that it would be fun to visit at least one restaurant that Guy Fieri has featured on his show "Diner's, Drive-In's and Dives" so I looked up the website and looked for places in Boise Idaho since that would be a good stopping spot for lunch. We arrived around 2pm after a bit of a drive through town to find it but it was definitely worth the effort to eat there.

The Drive-In. . .

The Menu. . .

The Decisions. . .

What should we try? . . .

Waiting for the food. . .

The Food arrives. . . YUM!

My husband tried the Meatloaf dinner. . .
and he LOVED it!

Ariel got the Cajun Chicken Sandwich.

I thought we'd try something Westside Drive-in is known for. . .

Any Guesses?

They are . . .

FINGER STEAKS!

I also got a side of Shrimp to go with it.
Yum-Yummy-Yum!

Kenna was happy with her Corn Dog and Curly Fries.

This is another specialty of the Chef. . .

It's their Famous Idaho Baked Potato made out of Ice Cream.
It looked so realistic, too!

Kenna with the Car Hop Waitress.

Cute Pinwheel.

Flowers around the eating area.

Painted Mural on the side of the building with Guy's Picture.

This is Guy Fieri's Stamp on the Refrigerator Door.

If you ever pass by Boise, Idaho make sure and stop in at Westside Drive-In. You won't regret the experience. It was definitely one of the highlights of our trip.

Here's the video clip from Diner's, Drive-in's and Dives. . .