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 […]

Holiday Happenings – Memorial Day Celebrations – and Quilts

| May 26, 2008

It is amazing how much fun that can be squeezed into a three-day weekend!  Here are some highlights….. Grandangel Vincent had his 8th birthday in California (we sang to him on the telephone.)  He was SUPER-SIZED excited! My Great Nephew and Great Niece celebrated their birthdays in Kansas….Preston is now 3 and Tara Lynn is […]

Raggedy Reverse Applique Heart Heat Buddy

| May 21, 2008

Ever since I saw a featured quilt artist (can’t remember who) on Alex Anderson’s program “SIMPLY QUILTS” I have been wanting to try the technique of REVERSE APPLIQUE.  Last year, I even bought a book on how to do it (where else, at the Quilter’s Corner.) May 22, 2008 is my 20th wedding anniversary so […]

Hawaiian OHANA Log Cabin Quilt

| May 18, 2008

Hawaiian OHANA Log Cabin Quilt Made by sao for brother, Dan, and sister-in-law, Glenda May, 2008   OHANA means family and the pattern for the quilt is LOG CABIN  in the BARN RAISING configuration.   I named it the  Hawaiian OHANA Log Cabin   I will deliver it to Kansas City, Missouri in July!  J   […]