Exploding Pineapple Block

| November 2, 2010

A year or so ago I took photographs of some quilters making an exploding pineapple block – and I didn’t realize this was a copyrighted pattern from a book.  I know several of you commented on my pictures and said that you liked the block.  I have removed those pictures from my blog – but […]

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Grandma’s Day Out with Sarah Oct. 24, 2010

| October 24, 2010

Today was the day that Grandangel Sarah and I celebrated her 11th birthday with a day – just for us.  We started out with BREAKFAST IN BED (Cooper joined the party!) Here we are – ready for our adventures……. Sarah got to choose where we went and what we did! We started with a cruise […]

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New England Quilt Tour – Day 3

| October 11, 2009

On the third day of our trip we were up bright and early.  I loved the way we just put our suitcases outside our door in the hotel and then went to breakfast while the tour elves put our suitcases on the motor coach.  I was always up by 5 AM – not wanting to miss […]

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sao’s Quilty SHOW AND TELL for this week

| January 8, 2009

  I guess you are going to  want to know what Hannay Fay is doing and why her picture is on my blog…..so, I will tell you…..Hannah Fay is helping me get the quilting pattern printouts OUT OF THE COMPUTER!!!!  Why am I printing out new patterns?   Remember when I reported that Sheddy is […]

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GREAT BOOKS

| September 20, 2008

Yes, some quilters DO READ!  Ever since I left California 4 years ago I have continued to read one book a month with my CALIFORNIA BOOK CLUB FRIENDS.  We are “directed” by my good friend – another SHIRLEY – who is a retired English Professor.  She still sends me her notes for the group discussions and […]

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