I JOINED ANOTHER ONLINE QUILT BLOCK SWAP

| March 8, 2008

It appears that I have another quilt in progress! I decided to join another quilt block online exchange from my BLOCK SWAPPERS GROUP………here is the deal.  I  make as many sets (one set = 12 blocks) of a SPLIT NINE-PATCH BLOCK as I want. Then I mail them to the hostess of the SPLIT NINE-PATCH BLOCK SWAP (Beth in Maryland)…..and I […]

ALL THE RAGE Quilt Top Completed

| March 6, 2008

Last April (2007) I decided to participate in an ALL THE RAGE QUILT BLOCK OF THE MONTH bit of fun.  Quilter’s Corner – still my favorite quilt store in Midlothian, VA – promised a beautiful ALL THE RAGE quilt at the end of one year of participation (how hard could that be, self, I asked?)  I had […]

What to do with quilt strings?

| March 2, 2008

There are many things that one can do with strings of material. Thanks to my friend’s, (Sheddy) recommendation, I was inspired by the many creative scrappy quilts designed by Bonnie Hunter (shown on her QUILTVILLE.COM site) so I decided that I would just have to make a few heart string blocks with some of my left over scraps […]

Decentralized Log Cabin ONLINE Exchange – March

| March 2, 2008

It is March – and I have already happily put my log cabin (actually court house step)  blocks into the mail for my online block exchange group members.  Now I can happily await getting those squishy envelopes (stuffed with quilt blocks) in the mail from the others who are participating.  I wonder what I will do with […]

Birth of a Sampler

| February 24, 2008

I did it, I finished the February assignment (and there are still five days left in February) for the Birth of a Sampler Quilt class that I am taking at The Quilter’s Corner in Midlothian, VA.  I started this in November, 2007 – and will be completing another ROUND at each monthly class.  The quilt was designed by Sherry […]