Dear Jane – Turkey Tracks – OC – and LOST NO MORE

| July 17, 2008

Dear Jane Quilt (Progress Report) I am really having fun making these Dear Jane blocks and I love the names that have been given to them.  Here is my A8  Florence Nightingale – one more done and 50,000 more to go.  🙂  Not really, it just seems like it! First – my red and white […]

QUILTY HAPPENINGS

| July 16, 2008

DEAR JANE So far I have made six blocks for my Dear Jane Quilt…..but when you consider that I am making TWO DEAR JANE QUILTS at once I have made twelve blocks.  The RED AND WHITE Dear Jane represents my PRACTICE blocks.  I make the red and white blocks first before I make the REAL blocks […]

Swim Meet – Walk in Sunday Park – House Birthday

| July 16, 2008

SARAH’S SWIM MEET Grandangel Sarah (age eight) and her team (MAKOS of Brandermill) were in an exciting swim meet last night at the Shenandoah Pool.  This must be some kind of a GO GET THEM PEP TALK in sign language.. ..Mother-Daughter bull look! The family cheering squad is ready! Sarah is here with her coach waiting for […]

Country Piecemakers – Melons and Curves – and Antiques

| July 12, 2008

Today I attended my first Country Piecemakers Quilt Guild Meeting – in fact it was my first GUILD MEETING EVER….a milestone event.  I had a wonderful time and everyone was so nice. I made it to Powhatan without getting lost – so right away I knew it was going to be a great day.  And […]

LUNCH WITH FRIENDS IN MIDLOTHIAN SHANGRI LA

| July 11, 2008

I enjoyed a fabulous day today with quilty friends, Marla and Ginger, in Shangri La (AKA Midlothian, VA.)  Marla is not only an accomplished quilter, but she is also a talented gardener and decorator.  LOOK AT MARLA’S FLOWERS – they remind me of an English Garden!  And isn’t the little white picket fence sweet!?     Just as […]