Orange Crush – Pineapple Crush – Decisions Decisions Decisions

| April 20, 2008

Many quilters from all over the world are at this very moment happily completing Step Two of the Orange Crush Mystery Quilt designed by Bonnie K. Hunter (if anyone is interested in joining in on the fun – go to www.quiltville.com.)  Weeks ago, while waiting for our Step 1 instructions, many of us (including yours truly) selected our […]

April Birth of a Sampler – THOUSANDS of 1 1/2 Inch Squares

| April 20, 2008

I wonder how many other quilters have ever cut so many extra strips of material that they could almost make a WHOLE quilt with the leftovers?  I guess I got CARRIED away with making my little 1 1/2″ square four-patches for the round (shown below) on my Birth of a Sampler Quilt because I had an embarrasssing number of […]

TA DA Step 2 of the Orange Crush Mystery Quilt

| April 18, 2008

Oh what a stretch it was to go TOTALLY SCRAPPY on this!  I was feeling more brave about mixing “EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK” with each block that I pieced.  My grandma used to make quilts like this – and so I am trying to give up control and fight against my “CONTROLLED AND ORGANIZED GENE” […]

April Showers of Fun and Memories

| April 18, 2008

Sometimes there are months that are even MORE SPECIAL than others and April, 2008 is one of those months!  April started with the new MYSTERY QUILT from Bonnie Hunter – the Orange Crush – and believe it or not, that was exciting (almost like Christmas.)  We are all now busily working on step two already! Then […]

Chesterfield County Arts and Sciences Festival 2008

| April 13, 2008

I went to the  Arts and Sciences Festival today at Cosby High School (sponsored by the Chesterfield County Public Schools.)  I was SO IMPRESSED with all of the wonderful exhibits.  Our county art and science teachers and students are awesome – what a great show.  There is a lot of talent in our county! The art was unbelievably […]