Quiltville ORCA BAY 1 LINKY MONDAY November 21, 2011

| November 21, 2011

Sixteen down – two hundred eight to go…….hourglass blocks that is!  (Standard form you say – well 16 LOOKS LIKE so few and 208 LOOKS LIKE so many!)   This is my fabric Orca Bay 1 – Bonnie Hunter’s latest mystery (started November 18th so it isn’t too late for you to hop right over [...]

What’s on my Design Floor, Monday, November 21, 2011

| November 21, 2011

It is time for DESIGN WALL show and tell.  This is fun, isn’t it!  I love to see what everyone is doing!  You can too;  just go to Judy Laquidara’s blog at Patchwork Times and you can see what quilters across the country are doing.   Judy is making a wonderful Christmas package quilt….I love [...]

What’s on my DESIGN FLOOR, November 14, 2011

| November 14, 2011

Since it is getting close to Christmas (UNBELIEVABLE) I decided that my design wall would include PILLOWCASES! Here is a king-size one….love the little snowmen!   And TA DA – while waiting for Bonnie Hunter’s new QUILTVILLE MYSTERY to start on November 18th – I decided to make pillowcases to match my ORCA BAY 1 [...]

The Virginia United Methodist Assembly Center

| November 13, 2011

I LOVE OLD BUILDINGS…..in fact historical buildings are on my list of FAVORITE THINGS.    The Virginia Methodist Assembly Center is NOW on my list of favorite things!   If you are ever in Blackstone, VA you should really visit! The Virginia Consortium of Quilters met in Blackstone, VA this weekend and we stayed at [...]

296 Pillowcases – OH MY

| November 13, 2011

Friday and Saturday the Virginia Consortium of Quilters met in Blackstone, VA to make pillowcases for Foster Children.  We became ONE HUMONGOUS PILLOWCASE MAKING CONGLOMERATE.  Thirty-one VCQ quilters completed 186 pillowcase and had another 110 in various stages of completion *some of the VCQ members took them home to finish – for a GRAND TOTAL [...]