Holiday Happenings – Memorial Day Celebrations – and Quilts

| May 26, 2008

It is amazing how much fun that can be squeezed into a three-day weekend!  Here are some highlights….. Grandangel Vincent had his 8th birthday in California (we sang to him on the telephone.)  He was SUPER-SIZED excited! My Great Nephew and Great Niece celebrated their birthdays in Kansas….Preston is now 3 and Tara Lynn is […]

Orange and Pineapple Crush Step 4

| May 10, 2008

The saga of Bonnie K. Hunter’s 2nd Mystery Quilt continues…….step 4 was 120 3 1/2″ triangle blocks combined with our step 1 2″ four patches to make 30 SPINNING STAR blocks. This is what my step 4 SPINNING STAR for the PINEAPPLE CRUSH MYSTERY  QUILT (my controlled scrappy quilt) looks like.  I went back to my […]

Orange and Pineapple Crush – Step 3

| April 29, 2008

TA DA…..My Step 3 of Bonnie K. Hunter’s (quiltville.com) second online ORANGE CRUSH mystery quilt is accomplished.  Hip Hip Hooray!  I am seriously cheering because getting all of these triangles sewn on the correct side was not easy for me (I am a bit directionally challenged and hopelessly spatially misguided!)  In fact, I made an entire extra […]

Orange Crush – Pineapple Crush – Decisions Decisions Decisions

| April 20, 2008

Many quilters from all over the world are at this very moment happily completing Step Two of the Orange Crush Mystery Quilt designed by Bonnie K. Hunter (if anyone is interested in joining in on the fun – go to www.quiltville.com.)  Weeks ago, while waiting for our Step 1 instructions, many of us (including yours truly) selected our […]

TA DA Step 2 of the Orange Crush Mystery Quilt

| April 18, 2008

Oh what a stretch it was to go TOTALLY SCRAPPY on this!  I was feeling more brave about mixing “EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK” with each block that I pieced.  My grandma used to make quilts like this – and so I am trying to give up control and fight against my “CONTROLLED AND ORGANIZED GENE” […]