My Family Reunion in Kansas City, MO July, 2008

| August 4, 2008

Family Reunion – Birthday Party in Disguise My mother celebrated her 87th birthday in Kansas City, MO on July 30……and many family members made it – and as always with my family we had lots of laughs.  Here is a picture of me with my three brothers and parents…..at one of the many birthday parties […]

EGG MONEY QUILT CLASS – SINGER FEATHERWEIGHT – PINEAPPLE CRUSH – AND TTFN

| July 20, 2008

SINGER  221 FEATHERWEIGHT I GOT MY SINGER 221 FEATHERWEIGHT TODAY….YEAH…..it is just TOO CUTE. I will give her a name – but I haven’t decided what it will be yet.  I do know that I am retiring my “COOPER” – my first WAL-MART Brother sewing machine that I have totally worn out – it makes an extremely […]

Dear Jane – Turkey Tracks – OC – and LOST NO MORE

| July 17, 2008

Dear Jane Quilt (Progress Report) I am really having fun making these Dear Jane blocks and I love the names that have been given to them.  Here is my A8  Florence Nightingale – one more done and 50,000 more to go.  🙂  Not really, it just seems like it! First – my red and white […]

Country Piecemakers – Melons and Curves – and Antiques

| July 12, 2008

Today I attended my first Country Piecemakers Quilt Guild Meeting – in fact it was my first GUILD MEETING EVER….a milestone event.  I had a wonderful time and everyone was so nice. I made it to Powhatan without getting lost – so right away I knew it was going to be a great day.  And […]

LUNCH WITH FRIENDS IN MIDLOTHIAN SHANGRI LA

| July 11, 2008

I enjoyed a fabulous day today with quilty friends, Marla and Ginger, in Shangri La (AKA Midlothian, VA.)  Marla is not only an accomplished quilter, but she is also a talented gardener and decorator.  LOOK AT MARLA’S FLOWERS – they remind me of an English Garden!  And isn’t the little white picket fence sweet!?     Just as […]