Posted By drsao on 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 name – quilt designer. In fact she is a woman of many talents…..a master gardener, a dough artist and a quilt designer. She really cracked me up today when she said she DOUGHED, SEWED, and HOED. She DOUGHED in the daytime, SEWED at night, but only HOED on the weekends. :):):)
It was fun to hear how Sheddy inspired, encouraged, and lead Karen through her quilting career. I am proud to say that Karen taught me how to applique – at a class at Quilter’s Corner in Midlothian, VA. In the class I learned to make her dinosaur quilt! I have enjoyed appliquing ever since! She is a great teacher!
Her final quilt that she shared today – was her FIRST QUILT – made for her young son – and it was such a touching story to hear how her family treasured it to this day! We all LOVED the Budweiser sheet that she used for a backing.
THANKS KAREN – YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION! We love the dough art pins too! THANK YOU!
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Posted By drsao on 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 to make it a BABY CRIB SIZE and if my neice, Amanda, has a little girl May 2, this will be her baby quilt. The black and white checked fabric with little hearts in it will be the border and the main fabric will be the red with white flowers.
RAISING CANE FABRICS
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Posted By drsao on 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 the pieces from other quilts that I have made come together with a NEW LIFE in a Bonnie Mystery!
Step 5 Carolina Christmas
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Posted By drsao on 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 and tell and the auction…..I am sure that you can almost hear the laughter!!! I had never been to a Thimbleberries auction before so I didn’t “have the strategy” for success. :):) I had my eye on a jelly roll and strip clubbing book toward the end and I wanted to bid on that – so I saved my BUCKS and at the end everyone was pooling their bucks and the bidding was going sky high……so in the end I didn’t win the jelly roll and I still had bucks left – but that was OK. The pure entertainment was really really exciting and fun. I am sure that Augusta slept well Sunday night!!!
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