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 […]

Patchwork Times OCTOBER, 2011 UFO COMPLETED

| November 1, 2011

I am HAPPY to say that my Patchwork Times UFO for October, 2011  is complete.  It is HIDDEN PINWHEELS!   I got the fabric at the ANNUAL CUTTING BEE that  quilt designer and teacher Augusta Cole offers.  Everyone brings in 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 inch strips and we trade.  It is really lots of […]

What’s on my Design Floor Monday, October 17, 2011

| October 17, 2011

Goodness, as I was writing the title for this Post, it just hit me that October is half over…..how does this happen?  Do you ever have this JOLT about the date?  I do this every year around Thanksgiving……..about a week before I suddenly realize that I need to hurry up and make my annual turkey […]

What is on my DESIGN FLOOR, October 3, 2011

| October 3, 2011

I have a couple of things on my design FLOOR this week.  First I am working on a t-shirt rug.  I can only work on it a little bit at a time because it is  sometimes hard to crochet with the thick cotton!!!  Those t-shirts are challenging to crochet with since I use the part […]

Ami Simms is in Williamsburg, VA tonight

| September 30, 2011

  I copied portions of this announcement from our Colonial Piecemaker’s Flyer for the program tonight!  I will be there – I hope you will come too!   The Alzheimer’s Art Quilt Initiative is a national, grassroots organization whose mission is to raise awareness and fund research. “Alzheimer’s Illustrated: From Heartbreak to Hope” (a nationally […]