Birth of a Sampler – Bargello Border in Process!

| June 27, 2008

Our nine months are almost up for our BIRTH OF A SAMPLER QUILT (class taught by Sherry Whitfield at “The Quilter’s Corner.”   Sherry designed this – and I am pretty impressed.   I must say that I was a bit apprehensive about making a 20 inch bargello border…..but I plunged right in.   It takes eleven 2 1/2 inch strips […]

Locks of Love – Dance Awards – VA Museum – Cooper is 5 – Orange Crush Mystery Back

| June 10, 2008

LOCKS OF LOVE GOT 22 INCHES OF BLONDE HAIR TODAY Today was a big day.  Grandangels Leanna (12) and Sarah (8) gave their beautiful long blonde hair to LOCKS OF LOVE.  Some little girl with cancer or some other disease that results in hair loss will get some beautiful locks.  I am proud of the […]

The Dance Recital and LILIES and QUILTY STUFF

| June 7, 2008

The DANCE RECITALS (one at 3 and a second at 7 pm)  today were wonderful (and as one might have already surmised, I MIGHT not be the most objective person in the world to have an opinion!)  In fact I am such a SAP that I cry every time my grandangels dance (yes at tech rehearsal, […]

GRANDMA’S DAY OUT WITH COOPER and the PINEAPPLE CRUSH TOP

| June 6, 2008

It has been a LONG STANDING TRADITION that when one of my grandangels has a birthday they get a GRANDMA’S DAY OUT.  They get to do whatever they choose and we usually eat somewhere and shop for a birthday present. Cooper will be 5 on June 9th and we were left HOME ALONE today – so […]

Tech Rehearsal and the ORANGE CRUSH TOP

| June 5, 2008

I am such a sap – I cried at tech. rehearsal tonight because I was so overwhelmed with JOY at my grandangels’ dances…..go figure. Here is Sarah standing at the top of the stairs ready to go on stage and the blonde with the pony tail in the middle doing her CHINA TOWN BALLET….     ….and […]