SAO’S 2012 UFO REPORT AKA What is on my Design Floor but will be ignored!

| November 2, 2012

This blog post is mostly for myself – a self accounting of all the wonderful things that I have started and have on my TO DO LIST for 2012. I thought that it would be FUN to look at my UNFINISHED QUILT OBJECTS for 2012 to see what kind of headway that I have made [...]

UFO Challenge for 2012 – PATCHWORK TIMES FUN

| December 20, 2011

It is that time again where quilters scrambled to LIST all of their projects that are in need of a grand finish. Judy Laquidara – of Patchwork Times – is hosting a 2012 Challenge.  It is so much fun and challenging.  Every month she picks a number between one and twelve and that is the [...]

Quilting is good for you

| July 8, 2011

Doing something that is creative, fun, and social is GOOD FOR YOU! In fact, when I was doing research a few years ago, over and over again we found that social support was one of the NUMBER ONE PREDICTORS of life satisfaction and well-being in older adulthood.  A few other predictors of good assessment of [...]

What’s on my Design Wall, July 4, 2011

| July 4, 2011

FIRST – HAPPY 4th of July, 2011! We just got home from the parade – it was WONDERFUL!  Abe Lincoln was in the parade…..:) Grandangel Sarah was in the parade with her swim team….and that is my SIL shooting a water gun at us! We had so much fun decorating ourselves…..love Grandangel Leanna’s hat and [...]

Patchwork Times UFO Challenge for June 2011

| July 1, 2011

It is that time – the posting of our PATCHWORK TIMES UFO for June.  Judy Laquidara of Patchwork times chose #8 on our list for us to finish in June.  That was my GRANDMOTHER’S FLOWER GARDEN QUILT and I am happy to say that I finished that early this year. I will show you a [...]