Happy Birthday Grandangels Lacy and James – Sept. 18 and 19, 2011

| September 18, 2011

Today is my grandangel Lacy’s birthday……September 18th in 1989 she came into our lives and we have been giggling over her I LOVE LUCY/LACY antics ever since .  How would I describe her?  ADORABLE, FUNNY, SMART and a recent college grad…. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LACY!       Tomorrow, September 19th,  is the 9th birthday of […]

Richmond Modern Quilt Guild Meeting September 16, 2011

| September 16, 2011

The Richmond Modern Quilt Guild met tonight  in Midlothian, VA  and I can’t even find words to describe the creativity that I observed during SHOW AND TELL…..really amazing.  I am SO OUT OF MY LEAGUE with this group – I enjoy it, but I will never share anything that I have done…..LOL.   We also […]

What’s on my Design Floor September 12, 2011

| September 11, 2011

My SPIDER WEB quilt is growing and is still on my DESIGN FLOOR (I have a feeling it will be here for another couple of weeks!)  The pieces aren’t sewn together, but at least you can see the spider webs forming! I also have a Richmond Modern Quilt Guild round robin to work on – […]

THE HELP – great movie

| September 5, 2011

I recommend that you go see the movie THE HELP!  It was so well done and deeply moving is the best description that I can imagine.  I didn’t just cry (like we all do at movies sometimes) – I had a deep feeling of nausea and a sobbing reaction that comes with the realization of […]

What’s on my Design Wall Monday, September 5, 2011

| September 4, 2011

My UFO assignment for September (according to my lucky number drawn by Judy Laquidara of Patchworktimes.com) is my Spiderweb Quilt.  This quilt was designed by Bonnie K. Hunter (and I took a workshop from her recently – well, sort of recently!) So today I pulled out my big bag of scraps and started string piecing! […]