OLD VIRGINIA ROAD QUILT, PURPLE BRAID PARADE QUILT, and PINEAPPLE CRUSH

| August 29, 2008

  Bonnie K. Hunter’s LABOR DAY MYSTERY QUILT 2008 has begun – OLD TOBACCO ROAD QUILT The quiltville gang is up and running with Bonnie’s new mystery.   It started last night and remember, it is NEVER TOO LATE to sew along with us.  On  her website (WWW.QUILTVILLE.COM) Bonnie writes..   “I love the old tobacco [...]

SAO’s QUILTING PROGRESS

| August 25, 2008

Thimbleberries I finished the August center block for the LAKESIDE version of the Thimbleberries 2008 Quilt.  If you are making one you will notice that mine does not look like the one in the instructions?  WHY?  I am famous for my tendency to do my own thing and I just decided that I liked my [...]

Virginia Scrappers and Quilter’s Corner News

| August 25, 2008

Virginia Scrappers This Saturday the Virginia Scrappers met for a day full of sewing fun. I took Bonnie (my new 221 Singer Featherweight) for her debut sew-in and she was truly a DREAM.  She is quiet, her stitches are absolutely perfect and I LOVE LOVE LOVE her.  Other than the fact that the bobbin threader [...]

MATERIAL POSSESSIONS in Lake Forest, Californa

| August 25, 2008

LAKE FOREST, CA QUILT SHOP While in CA I visited a wonderful quilt shop…..in an unexpected location (industrial park) but with lots of nooks, crannies, and multiple work areas in a two-story maze of fantastic quilty wonders! I love the window and it is TRUE – every day is a GOOD DAY to quilt!  At [...]

Johnson Epps Grandangels in Lake Forest, CA

| August 21, 2008

The JOHNSON EPPS GRANDANGELS Eight grandangels under one roof for a week – how is that for fun and excitement.  IT WAS WONDEFUL!  Now you can’t have a grandmother and grandangels under one roof without pictures. There were lots of PILE UPS of children….at any given time one could see feet and arms protruding from [...]