I love the quails and wonder if they are going over the river and through the woods to grandmothers house. They are always in such a hurry.

It looks to me as if the lions have eyes only for each other. I imagine they are happily anticipating another shared adventure, and that their love and enthusiasm would make everyone else's voyage a bit cheerier.Thanks for the generous giveaway!wordygirl at earthlink dot net

Mr Frog said to Mrs. Frog lets get out of here before the rain comes. Mrs. Frog says what is rain. Mr. Frog says I don't know but we are going on the 1st cruise in history. So they go and live happly after.

What a fun quilt! The crocodiles are all excited about dressing up in their formal wear.

I love the elephants! Eletants(his pronunciation) are my grandson's favorite animal right now. I would like to think that I could pretend to be "Nana" elephant going to California to see my grandson. Hey, maybe he could pretend to be an elephant too!

The quilt is absolutely amazing! I just love the frog pair, her big smile is just so happy! I imagine Mrs. Frog is just thrilled to be heading out for some special time with Mr. Frog, and she brought her favorite luggage full of her fashionable outfits! Mr. Frog is smiling because it's been a while since he's seen Mrs. Frog this cheery. In his tote, Mr. Frog brought along his favorite comfortable clothes, and in the small handbag, he's brought a special picnic lunch, because who knows if the ship will serve fresh fly sandwiches!

Charming, I grew up in the midwest, this was like a vist from hte past. I am in the south now but gosh your a nice reminder ,,,,{{{{HUGS}}}}

Mr. Mouse is ready to go, he travels light. Mrs. Mouse told him to pack for himself for the trip, so he obliged. He packed his toothbrush, a dinner jacket, and a lump of his favorite stinky cheese. It is vacation, after all. Mrs. Mouse is more of a "pack rat." It's not really her fault. She has never been on a cruise before, and has no idea how to dress. It would be terrible to get on board and not be able to fit in with the other passengers. Now that they are boarding, she is glad she came prepared. Look at how elegant the Rabbits and the Crocs are! If Mr. Mouse would just help her carry the luggage, she would be prepared to mingle with just about everyone. Something tells her that Mr. Mouse and Mr. Frog are cut from the same cloth....

What a fun post. I enjoyed your interview. I just bought one of your kits last week.

It was nice reading a little about your life. Our family spent 3.5 years in Cairo, Egypt in the mid 90's. It's so wonderful to be able to experience a different culture and really learn what it means.

How cute to have you do this pillow talk in person! It's like a double pillow talk, one for Sandy, and then some insight into your friendship! :)

I love, love your darling pillow and quilt. Quails are my favorite birds and we have a covey living in our pine tree. Their little topnotch is so darling the way it bobs up and down as they walk. The male bird always watches from a higher point of vantage to protect the female and their little ones. Here's my story about them. Quida and Qualter Quail were really excited to go on the cruise and they were surprised that they received tickets. It was a dream come true. Quida knew that if it rained long enough to cover the whole earth (40 days and 40 nights) that it would take much longer for all that water to evaporate and dissipate. She didn't want to be without enough fabric to keep her busy during the long months on board so she left all her clothes and toiletries at home so she would have enough room for her quilting supplies. Qualter couldn't believe how much stuff she had so he bought a cart and helped her pack her sewing machine in the bottom and several bolts of fabric on top. He didn't complain because he knew that "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy" and quilting is what makes her happy--and when she's happy--she makes sure Qualter is happy, too.

I have loved the whole blog hop over this Pillow Talk but this has to be my favorite stop yet!! Your pillow is very pretty but I LOVE your quilt!!!My hubby and I collect North Carolina pottery from the western part of the state. We are trying to collect a pig or set of pigs from every potter that we collect from.Pigs are very dear to my hubby's heart so we eat very very little pork. If I didn't like bacon so well, we wouldn't eat it at all...but we limit bacon to 2-3 times a month. sometimes less than that...We have always said we would love to have a pair of miniature pot bellied pigs as pets...They would be named Porky and Petunia...so with that in mind...and I know you can guess which of the animals is my favorite...The pigs!!! and their story would go like this...Porky is pulling Petunia along telling her to hurry up!! You are late everywhere we go and I don't want to miss our cruise!! Pick those feet up Petunia! One in front of the other...Come along now... I smell homemade rolls and I am hungry!! oink oink!!! :)

Hi, loved your blog, fun to find out about Moda designers (favorite fabric). All I can think of is nursery rhymes or songs when I look at the pix. Elephants: Christopher Columbus now what do you think of that, a big fat elephant sat upon my hat, my hat she broke, now what's the joke? Christopher Columbus now what do you think of that? Something I remember singing as a kid. Don't know where this came from?

Love the whole quilt. It looks like Mr and Mrs Mouse are talking about their luggage. Mrs Mouse says: Are you going to help me with the bags. Mr Mouse replies: If you need to take all this quilting stuff and fabric with you, you can hold them yourself, I have my cheese right here in my tote. Thank you for sharing.Alda, Fl

I love the elephants. They look like they are going on a big adventure. She has the winning ticket! They have their luggage and they are off for parts unknown! Thanks for creating and sharing.

Hi Sandy, thanks for sharing such a wonderful quilt. the frog couple caught my eye right away. They are off on a fun adventure to some tropical location with the added advantage to dip into a pool now and then.

Hey! People! We just flew over land. Go a little more starboard. People! Can you hear us cooing? Don't make us drop the olive branch to get your attention.

I'm such an American Jane fan. I'm working on a Recess yoyo quilt at the moment and am so sad that it's now so hard to come by an yardage in that line.Clever and detailed animal quilt. Pigs ..."This little piggie went to market. This little piggie stayed home. This little piggie had roast beef and this little piggie and the last little piggie packed up their best vacation clothes and skipped off to a cruise ship and then they laughed and reminisced ... allllllllll the way home - and brought home souvenir quilts for their hapless family who were stuck at home ."

I think the frogs are going fishing and of corse they brought along a picnic lunch to share and their sun screen.

Great Quilt!!!!! Rabbits are always mt favorite but I think Mr and Mrs Pig have one thing on their mind...PARTY!!!!!

A cruise? Facinating to meet Jane, without a blog, that must save alot of time every day. I am Catholic & your wee Noahs ark is so adorable :>) reminds me of many bible stories I created in my mind.Such creative work.

so cute,reminds me of so many night of reading books with my children. I see sooo much in every look..\Lok this blog so much to read..great idea a sales rep blog? a sire with all thats new and what to do! I lvoe what I have just browsed thru

Mr and Mrs Yak received their invitation and Mrs. Yak began the conversation we all know as yakking. She was concerned that she not have the perfect clothes so she picked her favorite dress with matching coat. Mr Yak would wear the very best jacket he owned. The more nervous she got the more she yakked. She asked Mr Yak repeatedly if he had the invitation, did he remember to pack everything, were they on time, did she look all right. She yakked and yakked and yakked until Mr. Yak finally said that he loved the way she yakked, he loved the way she looked and most of all that she was perfect for him in every way and she didn't need to worry what anyone else thought about her. They headed off with new found confidence for a wonderful trip with Noah on his ark. I bet you always wondered why that constant stream of chatter was called yakking - well now you know.

Oh Gosh!!! I adore this quilt, it is just wonderful. I wrote a lengthy story about the two little mice Abigale (she didn't like to be called Abby) and Phineas (who like to go by Phin). I'll try once more as the first version disappeared when I hit the preview button *sigh*. So here goes...Two mice on Noah's Ark, Abigale and Phin (short for Phineas) had three dear friends who were blind and had lost their tails in an unpleasant incident with a 'farmers wife with a carving knife'. They had known these friends for years, and taken care of them while they recovered from the loss of their tails. They found out their friends Tom, Dick and Harriet were not going to be on the Ark, but due Abigale's tears of grief, Noah told Phin that he and Mrs. Noah would be way from their look out post for lunch. Well, the two little mice ran to find their dear friends, waiting at the end of the ramp, hoping against hope they would be saved. Abigale and Phin took their hands and carried all three of the "seeing eye beetles" to allow them to run as fast s they could. While hiding the three blind friends and their seeing eye beetles, Abigail and Phin were attacked from behind and their tails were cut off. Tom, Dick and Harriet of course couldn't see who the attacker was ... but other witnesses, the giraffes, the rhinoceros and platypus all said they had seen a middle aged woman in an apron, running way with what appeared to be a carving knife in her hand. Though she was never found, there were no more attacks. BUT, after the Ark was afloat, every Sunday, each creature on the Ark, often saw five little mice, three, blind, with no tails, dressed in clean but worn clothes, walking with the aide of seeing eye beetles (named Pop, Pip, and Fritz)...and the other two dressed in their Sunday best with bulky bandages on their bottoms where once their tails had been. In spite of their problems, they were always smiling because they were with the friends they loved so much. Noah, and Mrs. Noah both knew there were three too many mice on board but the smiles on the little faces of the mice made it all worth while. That's my story and I'm stickin to it! LOL

I love the pigs. She has a bag full of cookies and quilting books with her. I have been known to travel with cookies and quilting books myself...so I relate to her.

Cute quilt! My daughter would want me to write about the giraffes, but the mice remind me of myself. I've NEVER been know to be a light packer and I'm very organized... so, I can just hear Mrs. Mouse saying, "Hold on! Did we get everything? Do we have the tickets? Rain jackets? Umbrellas? What about sunscreen? Eventually the sun will come out! Now, who's going to help me with all this luggage?!" Mr. Mouse just has the bare essentials and is telling his wife to hurry or they'll miss the boat. She's trying but no one seems to understand that she has packed for EVERYONE! Toothpaste, shampoo, flashlights, and on and on. They all take for granted that momma mouse is watching out for them. Sure she could pack light if it was just her... okay, maybe not! But would someone please just help with the suitcases?!

I went to the animal fair. The birds and the beasts were there. The big baboon, by the light of the moon, was combing his auburn hair. The monkey, he got drunk, and sat on the elephant's trunk. The elephant sneezed and fell on his knees. Now what became of the monk?

Love the animal quilt!The first thing that caught my eye were the quail. Mr. Quail does not know that she has sneaked into their luggage several fat quarters, her scissors, fancy threads, etc as someone needs to keep up the quilting tradition!I also loved he walruses as my guess is she's fussing did they forget everything. He's going yes dear as he's trying to carry the heavy bags. She's also worried if they brought enough sun screen!The elephants are a hoot as they are obviously rushing to the boat so that they can be the first at Karaoke! Can't you just see them being first in line for all of the fun activities?The giraffes are very dignified and are looking forward to having dinner with the captain of the ship. Mr. Rabbit is planning on putting on a magic show later that night and Ms. Rabbit is making sure that she has her costume ready as she is going to have to jump out of that dang hat again. I think I'll stop for now though it's been a lot of fun telling their stories. :-)Cynthia

Hi Sandy - great post (thanks Moda Lissa for hosting) - my story follows:Mr and Mrs Zebra are going on the cruise to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary. Mrs Zebra wanted to go on a cruise for their honeymoon but unfortunately the money didn’t stretch that far so Mr Zebra decided to surprise his wife with this cruise for their anniversary.They are still so much in love and intend to do as little as possible and spend some quality lovin’ time together – which with six kids is always a bit hard to do !They are a little concerned about spending time on the water as they really are land lovers but figure as long as they have each other they will be fine. Mr Zebra is giving last minute instructions to the babysitter while Mrs Zebra is checking out Mrs Alligator’s gorgeous coat and hat and wondering if she has remembered to bring her hat!thanks for that little "challenge" it was fun !