What’s on my Design Wall August 15, 2011

| August 14, 2011

I am in CA visiting family – such fun – so my DESIGN WALL for this week isn’t in VA – it is in CA.  Since my DESIGN WALL is VIRTUAL (in my suitcase) I am knitting instead of quilting!  LOL.  August 15 we start our ASSIGNMENT #3 from CAMP LOOPY (see the LOOPY EWE […]

Category: 5 Skein 2011 Afghan, Caden's Green Bay Quilt, Confetti, Design Wall, Knitting, Quilts, SAO's Grandangels | 2 Comments »
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SOMETHING NEW – TIE DYE

| July 10, 2011

This weekend I was helping my grandangels tie dye t-shirts (remember the hippie days of yesteryear?  THEY ARE BACK!)  It was messy but ever so liberating.  I like the tie dye that comes in the little bottles in kits (we got ours at JoAnn’s.)   I got inspired to tie dye some muslin – I […]

Category: Life Comments, NEW THINGS, SAO's Grandangels, Tie Dye | 1 Comment »
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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 […]

Category: Future Quilt Inspiration, Quilt Guild, Quilt Shops, Quilter's Corner, Richmond Modern Quilt Guild, Sit N Stitch QC | No Comments »
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Quilter’s Work Together to Provide Funds to Help Researchers Beat Alzheimer’s Disease

| June 10, 2011

  Here is a message from AMI SIMMS that quilters will be interested in! AAQI Awards $60,000 Research Grant! Dr. Alan Saltiel (Director of the Life Sciences Institute at University of Michigan), Dr. Mi Hee Lim (Principal Investigator), Ami Simms (Founder & Director, AAQI), and Dr. Jung-Suk Choi (Postdoctoral Fellow)   It was quite a […]

Category: Alzheimer's Quilts, Quilts | 2 Comments »
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What is on my DESIGN WALL this week?

| May 30, 2011

This week I am ready to sew all of my 120 log cabin blocks together…..they are made from 1 1/2″ strips for the dark side of the blocks…..and 1″ strips for the light.  YES YOU READ RIGHT – I SAID THE LIGHT STRIPS ARE 1″ WIDE!  This makes it look curvy. YES 120 of these […]

Category: Curved Log Cabin, Quilts, Quilts in Progress | 3 Comments »
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