What is on my DESIGN WALL?

| May 23, 2011

I don’t ACTUALLY have a design wall – but I will show you what is on my DESIGN FLOOR this week. It is sao’s ROAD TO BROWNWOOD QUILT (a Judy Laquidara design – the pattern is on her website at www.patchworktimes.com)  Last week I made the border blocks and the other borders *it seems like […]

TRAVELING EXHIBIT ABOUT ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

| April 21, 2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGzAOBwZ7MM&NR=1 “Alzheimer’s Illustrated: From Heartbreak To Hope” is a 236-quilt traveling exhibit about Alzheimer’s disease. It is sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative, a nonprofit national charity run by volunteers whose mission is to raise awareness and fund research through art. Images in this video were taken at the Hands Across The Valley quilt […]

Alzheimer’s Quilts

| April 17, 2011

If you have ever had a family member or friend with Alzheimer’s Disease, you know how difficult this journey can be.  Here is a way that quilters are helping contribute monies for research to find a treatment and ultimately a cure. Many of you know Sherry Whitford (one of the founders of the Colonial Piecemaker’s […]

SWEET RETREAT at Quilter’s Corner in Midlothian, VA

| April 1, 2011

Did everyone have a good APRIL FOOL’S DAY?  So far no one has tricked me…….but someone in my HOUSEHOLD was seen putting RED PEPPER on A HOMEMADE BROWNIE…..not mentioning any names………….. OK – so on to PLEASANT AND SWEET THINGS! Today we had a PREVIEW of the SWEET RETREAT (to be held Saturday and Sunday) […]

Quilter’s Night Out February 4, 2011

| February 5, 2011

Friday night was lots of fun at Quilter’s Corner in Midlothian, VA.  We had QUILTER’S NIGHT OUT……lots of creativity, laughs, and “girl therapy!”  I didn’t make it for the Day Time SIT AND STITCH EVENT because I was having fun subbing with the school children (and I really was having LOTS OF FUN!) After I […]