Shirley Anne’s Heart

FAMILY POST – Quilters enter at your own risk…:) November 24, 2012

Posted By drsao on November 24, 2012

It is that WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR when we clear out the pumpkins and bring in the snowmen, nutcrackers, little houses, bears, books, cats…..EVERYTHING CHRISTMAS!! We decorated EVERYTHING. If you stood in one place too long, you were in danger of having an ornament attached to your being!

These pictures are here so that my daddy (who lives in Kansas City) can see the house all decorated in Virginia! Friends and quilters can just skip this post….. 🙂

HERE YOU GO……THE WHOLE CELEBRATION THROUGH PHOTOS…..and you will have to imagine the Christmas music!

: Oreo and Ruby are UNDER THE TREE already!

: Decked out in Santa Hats

: Sweet girls…..bad parents!!!! 🙂

: The Stockings were hung with care….

: A Bonnie Hunter Quilt and pillow with an extra block!

: DD Christi

: Grandma Shirley and Cooper are having fun!

: SNOWMEN all over!

: Oreo loves the tree!

: This is Sarah’s year to put the STAR on the top!

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VA SCRAPPERS Having Fun, November 24,2012

Posted By drsao on November 24, 2012

We had a great time today sewing at the church…..love my VIRGINIA SCRAPPERS friends. Here are a few various photos of the projects and the feast…..thanks to Carmen who brought us taco soup and CHOCOLATE RED VELVET CAKE……how cool is that!!!!!

Catherine was working on a very cool project and shared another SUPER STELLAR CHALLENGE QUILT – but I figured these were surprises and shouldn’t be revealed just yet…..so stay tuned………

And Linda…….how in the world did I take all of those pictures of you and all of them were blurry…….Linda WAS there. 🙂

Here you go……enjoy the photos!

: How many HST are you making?

: Catherine is creating another masterpiece!

: Carmen – our honored chef for the day!

: Patsy was handstitching today!

: Linda’s REUNION SIGNATURE blocks!

: Carmen’s pattern – LOVE THIS!

: TACO SOUP

: sao with the cute little EASY STREET four-patches!

: If feels like there are over 100 made!

: THANKS CATHERINE ( who thought this was our December meeting but we were happy that she made this error!!!!!)

: Love Patsy’s fold out container – we quilters love gadgets and little boxes!

: Catherine counted….only 44……Bonnie’s rule is NO WHINING….so I won’t mention that I need 192 x 2 four patches! 🙂

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Easy Street Clue 1 and DESIGN FLOOR November 25, 2012

Posted By drsao on November 24, 2012

Let the games begin….that is what quilters all over the WORLD were saying Friday when the FIRST CLUE for Bonnie K. Hunter’s Mystery Quilt – EASY STREET – was posted. YEAH!

Here is my progress report for Clue 1 🙂 This is what is on my DESIGN FLOOR for this week as well. I am also working on Nanna’s Surprise (Mystery from Quilter’s Club of America) and the Fabricaholics Anonymous and Pocketful of Mysteries Mystery Quilts (DID I MENTION THAT I LOVE MYSTERY QUILTS! LOL)

For EASY STREET 1 – here are a few of my four patches!

Easy Street Clue 1

For Easy Street 11 here are some of my four patches! (Some being 44 – but who is counting? Catherine, that is who!!!!!!)

Easy Street II Clue 1

If you want to join in on the Mystery – go to Bonnie’s blog at QUILTVILLE.COM! Click on the LINKY below to see everyone else’s progress on CLUE 1 of Easy Street!

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2012/11/easy-street-monday-link-up-1.html

If you want to see what is on the DESIGN WALLS of other quilters go to Judy Laquidara’s Blog at PATCHWORKTIMES. COM

http://www.patchworktimes.com/2012/11/26/design-wall-monday-november-26-2012/

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Dr. Who Fans?

Posted By drsao on November 21, 2012

Every once in awhile a proud grandma just has to emerge….and this is one of those moments. We are all Dr. Who fans around here and Grandangel Leanna drew this image of DR WHO #11…..I love it. NICE JOB LEANNA!

Dr Who #11 by Leanna!

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What’s on my Design Floor, Monday, November 19, 2012 and on the Needles, November 16!

Posted By drsao on November 21, 2012

I did get quite a lot accomplished this week while on a fabulous quilt retreat in Urbanna, VA. So here is what is on my design floor (I don’t have a design board because there is no room for one at my house!) this week.

First I will share BIG NEWS…..I actually got the binding on a quilt. This is WORMS AND JELLY ROLLS – a Quilters’ Club of America 2011 Mystery Quilt. This was donated to HOSPICE via the Colonial Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild in memory of my brother-in-law, Jay Hoppers.

The binding is on my WORMS AND JELLY ROLL QUILT!

ANOTHER MIRACLE – a second quilt is bound and ready to be donated to Quilts of Valor. This is a Fabricaholics Summer 2011 Mystery. Yes, I do love and can hardly resist a mystery quilt challenge!

Summer Mystery 2011

I am happy to say that I completed 11 UFO Quilts for 2012………..my goal was 12 – but I am still happy!

I am putting the blocks together for the Christmas 2011 Mystery Quilt (Jeanne’s Diamonds) from a Pocketful of Mysteries. So…this one becomes a 2013 UFO….can it really be that time already?

Christmas 2011 Mystery Quilt

Another one for my 2013 UFO List that I will be working on is my Scrappy Postage Stamp quilt….I am making progress….

9 of these blocks are made…..I just love the 1 1/2″ size squares…….

Finally, I am working on my Grandmother’s SCRAPPY Flower Garden Quilt……another 2013 UFO!

Grandmother’s Scrappy Flower Garden Quilt

AND NOW….TA DA……for the EXCITING PART – ON THE NEEDLES…..or should I say OFF THE NEEDLES is my SECOND………SECOND PAIR OF SOCKS…..EVER.

Here are my BLUE SKIES SOCKS!!! Look they are almost finished……

Blue Skies Socks

AND TA DA…..all completed!

BLUE SKIES completed!

I am so happy about this accomplishment since I have struggled for at least 4 years to accomplish this…..and NOW I have two pair of socks….BLUE SKIES and the MILLION DOLLAR BABIES!