Featherweight – Antiques – TOO MUCH FUN!

| July 3, 2008

Singer Featherweight 221 I am really excited – on July 20 – I am getting a Singer Featherweight 221 – all the way from England from Graham Forsdyke (who I understand is the King of the FW and of the antique world – thank you, Peggy, for that insight!)  I have been wanting a little […]

Latest Happenings – Trip to KC – Missouri Quilts

| June 24, 2008

A lot has happened since my last post.  If you aren’t family, you may want to scroll down quickly – past all of the family events – to see the beautiful MISSOURI QUILTS that I saw on my trip! TRIP TO MISSOURI If you are family – then you might like to see some highlights of […]

BIRTH OF A SAMPLER QUILT – Crafty Grandangels – Flowers – Birds – Dancing Fun – and OC MYSTERY SOLVED

| June 4, 2008

  Sarah (8) was so excited when she saw me making YO YO flowers for my BIRTH OF A SAMPLE QUILT (pictured above)…….that she wanted to make one too…..and so she did (and she wore it in her hair to school today.)  I had a PINK CAT BUTTON that we pinned in the middle of the […]

Sweetheart – Hawaiian OHANA Log Cabin Quilt – Birth of a Sampler – Thimbleberries – School Events and the Sports Bar

| June 1, 2008

I just finished testing a pattern for the second quilt in the COZY QUILT SERIES designed by Susan at The QUILTER’S CORNER.  (The first one was the BEACH RETREAT – the beautiful blue and yellow one that I wrote about previously.)  This one is called the SWEETHEART QUILT and it is a combination of appliqued […]

Max and SAO, May 22, 2008, 20th Anniversary and UFOs

| May 22, 2008

Here is my follow up report on the fate of my HEART HEAT BUDDY anniversary gift to Max. Max loved it……he even CREATED a fake need for using it.  It smelled so good warming in the microwave and it stayed warm for quite awhile.  Now I need to make myself one, my daughter wants one, and […]