drsao | January 26, 2008
I have been working on my Carolina Crossroads Mystery Quilt…….block 7 and beyond This is what the block (this is 1 of 25) looks like! I have had so much fun putting all of the blocks out on the floor to get a preview of what it will look like when finished. I am so [...]
drsao | January 26, 2008
My mother recently broke her arm. The cast is off, but after weeks and weeks of disuse, a person tends to protect the injured member and avoid using it (I.E. it is stiff and it hurts.) To help my mother REMEMBER to use her fingers, I made up this song. TO THE TUNE OF IF [...]
drsao | January 23, 2008
I made a humongous – and I mean REALLY humongous and ginormous quilt for my parents. It is 138″ by 138″ and Valerie (my favorite long arm quilter from A NEEDLE RUNS THROUGH IT in Goochland, VA) said that it was the largest quilt that she ever quilted. She did a fabulous job on the quilting (pattern [...]
drsao | January 23, 2008
I have a new appreciation for our fore-mothers. The hand-pieced quilts of yesteryear were made with love and dedication. Here is my attempt at a hand pieced quilt – my parade of braids. This has taken a whole week and I have used many bandaids. I wonder if I will ever get good enough so [...]
drsao | January 22, 2008
Yes, you read that title correctly. I LOVE waiting in airports. This is not an example of sarcasm, nor am I attempting to be funny. I LOVE sitting in airports. Weird? Maybe not, let me explain. It is the PERFECT place to people watch (I love to see babies sleeping and people in love snuggling up [...]
