Shirley Anne’s Heart

PJ Quilting Party – Powhatan Library – March 28, 2009

Posted By drsao on March 29, 2009

We had a COZY Pajama Quilting Party at the Powhatan Library Saturday night (yes, you read this right – a bunch of grown up women lounged around in the Powhatan Library quilting while wearing pajamas.) It was really a lot of fun…..and just for the record, the library was closed.

We sewed and laughed and shared show and tells – and we ate pizza and chips and brownies and dip and cookies and cookies and cookies – it is the GIRL SCOUT COOKIE time of the year. 🙂 It really was delightful and cozy and I can’t think of many things better than the sound of sewing machines humming, women laughing (we had some good children stories circulating – I am still laughing about Colleen’s story – ask her the next time you see her), cookies crunching and the pitter patter of raindrops on the library windows.

Colleen was busy sewing the binding on her Moda Piece and Plenty Blue and White Quilt and I am so impressed – she scalloped the edges……I am seriously thinking about attempting to do this – it really looks fantastic!

I was so excited to learn some new things too. I found out that I have been sewing my quilt bindings on in an inverted position – hence explaining why I probably stab myself so much. With the help of my friends, after careful analytical observations, we determined that if I took off some of my thimbles (I was wearing four to protect myself from the needle stabbings) and wore only ONE that things would go better. And VOILA – it worked. I almost finished a very large Thimbleberries quilt binding with no further bleeding incidents.

AND…Colleen taught me how to make a French knot on the end of my thread too. I love learning new things.

Catherine made me laugh ALL DAY LONG. She definitely has the gift of humor in addition to her creativity!

We missed Sara, but it is probably a good idea that she chose to spend her wedding anniversary with her husband instead of us! I am wondering if our quilting buddy Merci is out of the Rain Forest Jungle with her husband! Yes, we lead exciting lives.

It was a lot of fun…..hope you enjoy the pictures! Check out Catherine’s DOGGIE FABRIC ROBE!