The excitement just keeps building as we get closer to the 35th Annual Outdoor Quilt Show and Quilters Affair week, put on by The Stitching Post in Sisters, Oregon.

One of the many events is the “Wish Upon a Card” fundraiser for the Wendy’s Wish Foundation. With over $30,000 raised in the three previous Wish Upon a Card silent auction and buy-it-now card sales, this year could be even bigger.

Yesterday I donated 13 of my postcards for the fundraiser. You can donate your own fiber art postcards too- check it out, make your cards and get them in by the first of July.

stitchinpost.com  From this website, check out the store, events, and more.

http://www.sistersoutdoorquiltshow.org/WishPostcards09.htm   See some of the fiber art postcards from 2009.

www.wendyswish.org    For more information about the Wendy’s Wish Foundation and the late Wendy Huntley.

The next best thing to fabric shopping is eating a good lunch while lingering over the fabric finds. In the last week, Pat and I went to Sisters. After shopping at the Stitching Post and seeing an art quilt exhibit, we went to Angeline’s for lunch. Happy Birthday Pat! She is now nine months older than I am.

This week we went to lunch at Soba Noodle in downtown Bend before browsing quilts at an annual festival of quilts at the Aspen Ridge Retirement Community in Bend, Oregon. This photo shows Pat and I with our favorite (wait)person. He remembers our favorite food items and is always smiling: thank you, Phil- you make the world a little better place.