Another SEW SEW DAY July 7, 2011!

| July 8, 2011

What a lot of fun……a whole day of creativity and sewing!!  A SEW SEW DAY IN POWHATAN WITH CATHERINE. I finished another mini-quilt which I named “ENJOY YOURSELF.”  The little stamp on the front says “enjoy yourself, it is later than you think.”  I made this top during a VCQ class on EMBELLISHMENT taught by […]

What’s on my Design Floor June 20, 2011

| June 20, 2011

Remember last week when I had not ONE….not TWO…..but THREE quilts to be bound on my design floor?  Well, I knew (in my heart) that it was NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.  I mean REALISTICALLY!! HOWEVER…..drum roll……TA DA……I did it.  And since I am on a roll……..I am putting another quilt that needs binding on my […]

#1 UFO Challenge for March – Patchwork Times

| April 1, 2011

Thanks to Judy Laquidara’s 2011 UFO Challenge I am moving right along.  Here is my #1 UFO chosen by Patchwork Times……Jared Takes a Wife.  Designed by Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville.com.  Judy said COMPLETED was whatever we decided it to be – so, for me, COMPLETED is the top being finished (and it is at with […]

JARED TAKES A WIFE …. SORT OF

| March 24, 2011

I love Bonnie Hunter (www.quiltville.com) and I love her quilts.  One of my favorites is Jared Takes a Wife and the pattern is on her website. I have a just made a MODIFIED version of Jared Takes a Wife…….it doesn’t have the sashing and cornerstones – but other than that, it is the same. I […]

Quilters Corner Retreat – January 22, 2011

| January 23, 2011

Show and Tell at our SWEET RETREAT at  Quilter’s Corner today was alive and well.  Dawn started with her spectacular Mariner’s Compass creation – it is absolutely gorgeous.  She hand quilted it!!! I love Catherine’s Halloween Quilt – and you will notice that we cannot see her face….that is because SHE IS HIDING….at least she […]