Magnolia Grange – an 1822 Virginia Plantation Home Jewel

| February 10, 2009

Today Marla and I got a PRIVATE TOUR of Magnolia Grange – a beautiful Virginian plantation home  built in 1822.  The house is fantastic……when you look at the pictures notice the elaborate woodwork, the plaster motifs on the ceilings, the china, the antique furniture, the toys, the clothing, the dolls, the knitting needles and the old […]

sao’s Quilty Stuff Report for the Week

| February 8, 2009

I worked here and there on several UFO projects – my token obligatory salute to maintaining my progress toward completion!  🙂 I did take a picture of a few things that I worked on…..Moda Selvages February blocks and fillers I did first!     I am going to be in California and will be missing […]

Marla and sao Visit Yankee Candles

| February 8, 2009

After the February Colonial Piecemaker’s Meeting, Marla and I toured Yankee Candles.  This was beyond my expectations.  I expected to be amidst one of my FAVORITE THINGS IN THE WHOLE WORLD – candles!  We were luxuriated in the wonderful smells (even though I just threw grammatical correctness out the window – you get the picture!)  […]

Colonial Piecemakers – Williamsburg, VA February 7, 2009

| February 8, 2009

Marla and Daniel (her British tour guide on her GPS) took us all over the place Saturday!  First we went to our monthly Colonial Piecemaker’s Meeting.  We really enjoyed ourselves and Marla even won a raffle prize – several pieces of pretty Batik fabric.  🙂 Of course we OOHED and AAHED over all of the […]

Go Look at Kariepatch.com for some WONDERFUL QUILT PATTERNS by Karen DuMont

| February 2, 2009

My friend, Karen DuMont, has some of the CUTEST PATTERNS ever.  In fact it seems that you can see her and one of her darling quilts in almost every quilting magazine that you pick up these days! Go check out her website – www.Kariepatch.com to see some of the TO DIE FOR applique and pieced […]