Colonial Piecemaker’s Guild Meeting September, 2011

| September 3, 2011

Today, at our Colonial Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild Meeting in Williamsburg, we had our TWO COLOR  CRAYON QUILT CHALLENGE reveal.  It was really inspiring and fun to see the talent and creativity of the quilts. This year everyone stood up and told their quilt story – the techniques they used and what inspired them to do […]

Where were you when the EARTHQUAKE HIT VIRGINIA?

| August 26, 2011

Catherine and I were in a quilt store in Gloucester, VA………and the earth shook……where were you when the earthquake hit Mineral, VA?  If you have to be in an earthquake, this was a good place to be.  The good thing is that we didn’t see any damage in Gloucester. Catherine and I had a wonderful […]

Play Days in Williamsburg – June 24 – 25, 2011

| June 27, 2011

Some of us from the Colonial Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild in Williamsburg met at Sherry’s house for a couple of GLORIOUS SEWING PLAY DAYS.  Sherry graciously opened her sewing room and shared her “toys”  – we had fabric paint, stamps,  paint sticks, stencils, shaving cream and inks, water color pens, fabric galore – you name it, […]

Sit and Stitch and Richmond Modern Quilt Guild

| June 19, 2011

Friday was packed with LOTS of GIGGLES…I don’t know what got into us…..but it felt good.  First we had SIT AND STITCH and then we had a RICHMOND MODERN QUILT GUILD meeting.   Here are some highlights of our creativity.  This is Catherine’s postcard……she cut out “A NEW SONG” from the pages of a Jan […]

Country Piecemaker’s June 2011

| June 11, 2011

I did it – I finally made it to Powhatan for the Country Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild meeting.  I am so glad that I did too.  It was fun – inspiring – impressive – entertaining – gratitfying – productive – and the food was wonderful!  Today, for the program, Bonnie and Sandie shared tips on making […]