SUNDAY – A Whole Lot Going On!

| February 15, 2009

Today was a WHIRLWIND OF FUN – and I think there was even a bit of sewing going on at QUILTER’S CORNER in Midlothian, VA.  We had our 30’s Club.  Actually I think there was as much laughing and talking as there was sewing.  Oh yes, shopping too.  That is what makes us happy, right? […]

sao’s Quilty Happenings This Week – and Then Came Mamie my Singer 99K

| February 1, 2009

Featured in my weekly quilting log are two new quilts –  Augusta Cole’s Hidden Pinwheel Quilt and Bonnie K. Hunter’s Strip Twist Super Bowl Quilt Blocks.  I also sewed  on Joey’s Forever Plaid Quilt – I put pictures of these on an earlier blog today! I did finish the Fabricaholics January 24th Mystery Quilt (aka Bonnie K. Hunter’s […]

Country Piecemaker’s and Antiquing

| December 13, 2008

Oh my goodness – can you believe it – my camera batteries were dead when I got to the Country Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild Meeting today in Powhatan, VA.  OH MY GOODNESS, the four replacement batteries that I had with me were also GONERS.  CAN YOU IMAGINE….ME…..without a camera on the best camera day ever?  Oh […]

MICHIE TAVERN – PRONOUNCED “MICKEY”

| November 10, 2008

After Marla and I had the most fantastic time at the Moss Museum today we drove to the Michie Tavern (built in the 1700’s) and it was really a wonderful experience.  They had homestyle offerings of barbecue, chicken, and the best ever stewed tomatoes, green beans, black eyed peas, cole slaw, beets, and mashed potatoes. […]

A Couple of Things That Are Fun!

| October 29, 2008

I mentioned recently that I was looking for cookie jars to collect coins from the years of each of my grandangels’ births in.  Since Leanna (12) collects rubber duckies I wanted to find an antique duck cookie jar.  I searched EVERY SITE online – and FINALLY found a duckie cookie jar.  It is rather old […]