Shirley Anne’s Heart

Posted By drsao on April 12, 2009

 I did a bit of sewing over Spring Break this past week!

WANNA SEE?  OK – some of it will be revealed.  First here are the things that  I did that I have no pictures for.  You will just have to believe me on this!  Is this mysterious, or what!

I worked on my IF I WERE A FLOWER CHALLENGE QUILT for Country Piecemakers Quilt Guild, but that won’t be revealed until the middle of May!  Sara quilted it for me and I am doing the HAPPY LOVE MY QUILT DANCE!  Also, because it is a surprise I can’t show the Brown Bag Exchange blocks that I made for Country Piecemakers.

I am also plugging away at the Powhatan Quilter’s Mystery Quilt and Bonnie K. Hunter’s Double Delight Quilt – no NEW PICTURES – I posted some examples earlier on my blog though!  Oh yes, and I did some applique work on my Cherries, Chickens and Checks Quilt – pictures to come soon.

NOW…..here is what I did take pictures of!  I finished the top and back of my Quilters Corners Quilt – a BOM from Quilter’s Corner from April 2008 to March 2009!

Quilters Corners Top

Quilters Corners Back (and Cuddles)

And I did my monthly assignments for April for the Moda Selvages Quilt….oops another cat jumped into the picture and I didn’t notice until now – oh well, you get the picture!

Moda Selvages - April

Moda Selvages Filler Blocks - April

April Thimbleberries

April Filler Blocks for Thimbleberries

And I made the first block of the new BOM CHAIN OF FOOLS from Quilter’s Corner ……..In case you don’t recognize it it is because I changed the colors so that I could use 30’s fabrics.  The pattern and the suggested fabrics (black, white, red, and turquoise) are available at QC now.  In case you are gasping because my flying geese blocks HAVE NO POINTS – let me explain….they are NOT FLYING GEESE BLOCKS AT ALL….they are a new creation – “sao’s flying geese wanna bes”…..haven’t we all created something new once in awhile?  🙂

CHAIN OF FOOLS BOM QC Block 1

And I am happy to say that I got caught up with the Country Piecemaker’s BOM Mystery Quilt designed by Catherine and Sandie…..so here are my four blocks…..Block one had to incorporate yo yo’s – and so I did!

January Block Country Piecemaker's Mystery

Block 2 incorporated flying geese……and here are mine!

February Block Country Piecemaker's Mystery

Block 3 consisted of piano keys……yep, I did that too!

March Block Country Piecemaker's Mystery

……and Block 4 was to include a star or stars…..voila!

April Block Country Piecemaker's Mystery

The interesting part of this quilt of mine – is that so far I have used ORPHAN PIECES left over from other projects that didn’t fit in to the final project for one reason or another. 

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And one other thing that I wanted to include here was a Quilter’s Corner shop sample that I pieced (not on spring break – but earlier)  – the pattern is 4OT and the fabric is MODA – collection for a cause.  It is one of my FAVORITE QUILTS EVER and the pattern and fabric is now for sale at Quilter’s Corner in Midlothian, VA.

HERE IT IS!

4OT - at Quilter's Corner

The last thing that I did on spring break was to make FOUR house blocks for an exchange with friends – I still have some applique pieces to iron on – but other than that, it is a GO!  The pattern is called MAIN STREET HOUSES – I like it a lot.

Main Street Houses

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Posted By drsao on April 12, 2009

We had a wonderful, albeit slightly cool at times, day at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, VA today.  It was my first time to visit and I really enjoyed it.  I hope to return many times – there was so much to see that we only scratched the surface!

Not only was it an amusement park – but there were also beautiful flowers and trees……and a touch of zoo here and there (note the picture of the white wolf and the birds.)  I really enjoyed the Clydesdale Horses – and must beg the pardon of my brother Dan – I took a picture of the CLYDESDALE DAN and the pose was less than optimal.  (HONESTLY, I tried to get the horse to turn around!  I whipered his name – but he just stood there and ignored me!   🙂    Those horses are LARGE and BEAUTIFUL!!!!

My favorite ride was the DaVinci Cradle – it was thrilling.  My DD and DSIL said they heard me screaming on the other side of the park when we rode the Battering Ram too…..but surely they were hearing someone else.  LOL.   It was all fun; however, I must say that  I was quite shocked to be squirted on multiple occasions by Elmo (YES OF SESAME STREET) during his  4-D show.  It was cold water too!  🙂

A good time was had by all……come along and enjoy the trip with us through pictures!

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Posted By drsao on April 11, 2009

We had a lot of fun at our Country Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild Meeting tonight in Powhatan, VA.  Mary Kerr was our guest and she talked about Motherless Quilts.   If you ever get the opportunity to hear her – don’t miss it.  (She will be in Williamsburg, VA in September with the Colonial Piecemakers Quilt Guild!)

We really enjoyed her trunk show and I only wish that I could repeat all of the interesting things that she said about these quilts – some of them dating to the 1800’s.  Some of them are quilts that were started by her grandmothers (both the nice one and the crabby one)……..some she found in antique stores.  What was fascinating was the realization that our foremothers made utility quilts without the help of the modern day “QUILT POLICE.” 

They used what they had – their borders were not always square and their fabric was – well let’s say varied.  We saw everything from borders made from bed sheets to polyester wonders pieced into these quilts of yesteryear!  It was so interesting and entertaining.

We also enjoyed a brief time of guild members’ SHOW AND TELL  – but WOWWEEE, was it ever special.  Get this, Catherine finished her FIRST QUILT – and it is stellar!  I wish that Patsy could have been there to see the fruits of her Melons and Curves Class!  The back of Catherine’s FIRST QUILT is really a wonder!  AND….if that were not enough, she finished her Bonnie K. Hunter designed SPIDER WEB QUILT. 

After all of the quilty fun we  enjoyed some pre-Easter goodies.  It was really lots of fun!  And somehow – I am still not sure how this happened, but somehow I am now in charge of the montly newsletter!  Just remember, I have  a camera and I am not afraid to use it.  LOL  🙂

Enjoy the pictures!

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Posted By drsao on April 11, 2009

Grandangel Sarah and I went out searching for Easter BUNNIES in their natural habitat this week and look what we found (we hit the JACKPOT when we went to Sara’s Quilting Cottage!)  After we stopped at Quilter’s Corner to say hi – we HAD to stop for fudge at Kathleen’s!!!!

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Posted By drsao on April 11, 2009

Merci returned from her ADVENTURES  (and I mean ADVENTURES) in the jungles of Costa Rica to act as president Monday –  while Karen is recuperating – and she also taught  us how to combine piecing and applique techniques the EASY way!  Look at her finished masterpiece.

We had a nice day of learning, sharing and sewing – note  the BUNNY VEST – and Catherine’s STACK of Spider Web blocks!  WOW!!!!

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