A Comfort Quilt Emerged During the Snow Storm

| March 27, 2011

Since we were ENJOYING a spring snowstorm today,  I decided it was a good time to be inside sewing.  A year or so ago, Susan (of Quilters Corner)  was cleaning out her sewing room and she gifted me with some of her unwanted scraps ….and in the bag I found a beautiful unfinished quilt top. […]

VA Scrappers March 2011

| March 27, 2011

I just love the VA Scrappers group – it seems like we spend half of our time sewing and half of our  time laughing.  Catherine was particularly witty at our March meeting on Saturday and every time anyone said ANYTHING she had a funny follow up – don’t know how she does it.  She was […]

JARED TAKES A WIFE …. SORT OF

| March 24, 2011

I love Bonnie Hunter (www.quiltville.com) and I love her quilts.  One of my favorites is Jared Takes a Wife and the pattern is on her website. I have a just made a MODIFIED version of Jared Takes a Wife…….it doesn’t have the sashing and cornerstones – but other than that, it is the same. I […]

Quilts for Japan

| March 24, 2011

I have been trying to get some quilts ready to send to Japan….but oh how I dread doing the actual quilting part……I have quilted 3 or 4 now and each looks worse than the others…..I am just NOT GOOD AT IT and I am embarrassed to put my name on something that I am ashamed […]

Socks, Facecloths AND REDWORK WHOO HOOO

| March 10, 2011

Now that I am able to stay awake more than a few hours a day my idle hands have been having fun……..JUST LOOK.  I am posting on my laptop and am not able to distribute my pictures to go with my descriptions – but maybe you can figure it all out.  🙂 ONE OF MY  […]