Karen DuMont’s Trunk Show at Country Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild in Powhatan, VA

| December 12, 2009

I really enjoyed seeing all of Karen DuMont’s quilts today at Country Piecemaker’s December meeting.  She is SO TALENTED and creative!  Several times today I just gasped – the quilts were that good!  It was also really a lot of fun hearing her story and how she got to the point of being a household […]

Raising Cane – a Dorothy Young Mystery 2009

| December 8, 2009

I have decided to join in on the Christmas Mystery Quilt fun.  The quilt is called RAISING CANE and it is  hosted by the online group – POCKET FULL OF MYSTERIES and designed by Dorothy Young. This is the fabric that I have picked out (although I have been known to change my mind…….)  I am going […]

Step 5 Bonnie Hunter’s Carolina Christmas Mystery

| December 8, 2009

I finished Step 4  today and put my first Step 5 blocks together.  I am really loving this quilt and can’t wait to see how we put all of these blocks together…..here are the two blocks – and I REALLY LOVE THEM.   Bonnie always designs great scrappy quilts and it is fun seeing all of […]

Thimbleberries Auction 2009

| December 8, 2009

Sunday at Quilter’s Corner in Midlothian, VA we had a lot of fun – it was our end of the  year Thimbleberries Club 2009 potluck party and auction.  Augusta was our auctioneer and my goodness was she ever good…..funny……effective……..lively…….we had a great time eating Christmas goodies and spending our THIMBLEBUCKS! Here are pictures of the show […]

FIRST SNOW in Midlothian, VA – sort of

| December 6, 2009

December 5 we had our first snow of the season….oh how exciting……even though it was theoretically not a snow storm, we celebrated just the same!!!!  The grandangels even took Ruby (the dog) out to play – and one of our cats, Oreo, got to go outside on a leash.  SHE LOVED IT.  I love snow […]