Shirley Anne's Heart

Celtic Knotwork – Blocks 2 and 3

drsao — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:24:39 +0000

I had fun today making Blocks 2 and 3 (Lynne calls them Chunks – I kind of like that!) of the Celtic Knotwork Mystery Quilt today. Each of the CHUNKS consist of 81 squares – 2 1/2 inch. It is really like working on a puzzle – I miss doing that with all of my CA friends – we used to work puzzles together on weekend retreats!

Unless I just dreamed this, I believe that there will be 25 chunks that will be assembled into one quilt. Mysteries are so intriguing!

If you want to see Lynne’s chunks her blog is on my blogroll – lynnes fresh hope quilting.

Celtic Knotwork Chunk 2

Celtic Knotwork Chunk 3

What I have been doing – Quilty Stuff

drsao — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:39:52 +0000

I have been on a binding marathon and finally I have FINISHED FIVE baby quilts to give to the Country Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild on Saturday to donate to the babies in the ICU unit. AND ONE OF THEM I QUILTED MYSELF – my first one ever and it is NOT GOOD – but I did my best – and I guess everyone has to have a first one. Hopefully the baby who gets it will not care. Sara quilted the Baby Bears Pinks, the Baby Bears Blue, the Fabricaholics Jan. 09 Mystery (Star Struck) and the Giraffe and Friends quilts and they ARE ALL GOOD. I quilted the Premier Nine-Patch – I named it PREMIER because it is my premier quilting job.

These quilts were all made with a lot of help from four of my cats – and yes the quilts will be washed before going to the hospital!

I also made a label for my nephew Joey’s FOREVER PLAID QUILT – and I made my MODA SELVAGES 09 Blocks and Filler for July. My filler block is unique because I used some tiny nine-patches that I had leftover from earlier months.

Painting and Quilts

drsao — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:15:30 +0000

Cooper’s room is now BLUE and Sarah’s room is now PINK….take a peek!

Leanna and Sarah are painting

Dancing Fairy Stars Quilt in the PINK room!

Cooper CLAIMED my Strip Twist for his new blue room

This is the Bonnie K. Hunter’s (of Quiltville.com) Strip Twist Super Bowl Challenge 2009 – LOVE IT – all made from stash.

Cooper Loves the BACK of the quilt

Cooper says he HAS to use the BACK of the quilt because he LOVES it – it is the LABEL THAT HE LOVES – he says it is like having a lunch box message on his bed! TOOOOOOOOOOO FUNNY!

Catherine's Bag on the Doorknob!

Sarah Swims July 09

drsao — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:57:15 +0000

We had fun tonight – Sarah did a good job and some of the timers thought that all of the CAMERAS focused on Sarah and all of us “SCREAMING CHEERLEADERS” were funny! We sure cheer for her!

Catherine made Cooper a CARS BAG and he is so proud of it – he carried it to the swim meet FULL of cars and games – he shared it with a friend that he met at the pool!

Here are a few shots. I couldn’t get a good picture at the end – the parents from both teams ran a swim relay – and Greg swam – did a good job too but it was dark!

Powhatan Quilter’s Road Trip to Charlottesville

drsao — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:20:39 +0000

Anytime there is a ROAD TRIP – especially when the ROAD TRIP leads to quilt shops, it is bound to be fun. Today the Powhatan Quilters piled into Margaret’s car and took our meeting on the road. Our first trip was Mr. Hanks……and I believe that Julia won the “buying the most fabric contest.” We had lots of fun.

THEN…..we were famished from our strenuous shopping so we stopped off for Mexican cuisine! YUM.

Armed with full stomachs we headed for Cottonwood – where I found the best selection of fashion flannels ever! Merci, Julia, Margaret, Sherry and sao had a great time.

ENJOY THE PICTURES!

Celtic Knotwork Mystery

drsao — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:10:45 +0000

I finished the first block of the Celtic Knotwork Mystery quilt – in my spare time between the parade, picnic, barbecue and fireworks fun. There are 81 2 1/2″ squares in the first block. I am making mine scrappy with blacks, golds, dark reds and creams/beiges as the background

This is going to be fun – and if you want to make one too – just go to lynnes fresh hope quilting blog (a link is on my blog!)

Block 1 of Celtic Knotwork

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY 2009

drsao — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 02:54:12 +0000

Today was LOTS and LOTS of fun – we started off with a wonderful Brandermill Parade and picnic! While waiting for the parade to start someone started a marshmallow fight – my first one ever – really kind of fun, actually it was! And wouldn’t this be better than rice to throw at a wedding?

Rising 8th graders

Green Marshmallow hitting my camera!

Nanna with a handful of marshmallows

Sarah’s swim team was in the parade and they had fun shooting all of the people with water guns – all of the swim team members carried water guns and threw candy to the crowds – just like Mardi Gras!!!

Sarah's Swim Team was in the parade

Sarah and her wild water gun!

I took a cute picture of some RITA Icees – and actually I ended up taking almost 200 pictures which I will not display here (did I hear a great sigh of relief?) – but I had to show this one.

CUTE

Tonight we ooohed and aaahed at the fireworks – my camera did not capture the fireworks – but I got a few shots of the people – and JUST for fun I took a few pictures of feet – don’t ask – it just seemed like fun at the time!

I think it all started with a clown in the parade making a comment about my NICE CLOWN BOOT – and then she said, “You should have bought the other one.”

The grandangels watching the fireworks

DD watching the fireworks

Fireworks - sort of!

THE FEET…..this really makes me smile – I can’t explain it – I just think it is fun. LOL

sao

Sarah and Cooper

Greg

Leanna and Hannah FAY

HAPPY 4th of July!!!

sao’s QUILTY STUFF

drsao — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:27:12 +0000

It is that time again – a personal SHOW AND TELL of sao’s quilty stuff…..

First – my Quilter’s Corner 30’s Club Blocks for June……

30's Club June 09

30's Club Piece N Plenty June Block

I really like the little filler block for the Piece N Plenty Quilt – I added the little bunny!

30's Club Filler Block

I also completed my CHAIN OF FOOLS July Block of the Month at Quilter’s Corner ….

Chain of Fools - July 2009

My PEPTO CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO QUILT now has borders and is with my long arm quilter Sara – complete with a little label!!!!! I really like the border fabric that Susan picked out…..hot pink! I got the pattern from Augusta Cole’s CUTTING BEE in January but the fabric was all from my stash – I have been collecting pinks for awhile……and there is barely a dent in my pink fabric.

Borders on Pepto Chattanooga Choo Choo Quilt

THE LABEL!

Creative Labeling

And Finally I did some creative work on my label – two YO YO’s and three buttons GLUED ON WITH FABRI-TAC covered the holes left by the basting stitches. Thanks to my VA SCRAPPER friends for coming up with this solution!!!

and…

I am currently working on my CELTIC KNOTWORK Block one – a picture will no doubt appear soon! If you want the pattern click on lynnes fresh hope quilting on my blog roll (she doesn’t use capital letters and so I didn’t either!)

Sit And Stitch at Quilter’s Corner July 3, 2009

drsao — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:26:50 +0000

Sit and Stitch at Quilter’s Corner today was just UNBELIEVABLE – there was a fantastic sale going on – fat quarters 10 for $15 and if that isn’t a recipe for fun, then I don’t know what is. AND – in case you were wondering – the FQs keep appearing and the sale will continue throughout the weekend. IT WAS A SUPER STUPENDOUS FANTASTIC FIRECRACKER SPECIAL SIT AND STITCH – or something like that! LOL.

The Show and Tells were just fabulous – you will love the pictures – check out Susan’s “fur” top purse made by Karen Du Mont – a real conversation piece. Joy made some breath-taking miniature quilts (with perfect seams and points – just very impressive)

- love JoAnn’s quilt with a scrappy back and her chocolate fudge pie from UKROPS WHICH SHE SHARED was to die for

- and Marla’s Fairy Quilt and hand blanket stitched stars were both wonderful…..and this is just a start! I wish that I would have taken a full picture of Marla’s Egg Money Quilt – but there was a lot of excitement today – and somehow I missed it.

And speaking of excitement – Sherry brought in Tom McLehaney to oil and grease “Sally” her featherweight – and that was fun to watch. The picture that I took is hysterical – it looks like Sherry is about to punch Tom! Sherry made me laugh all day today!

And you will not believe another spectacular event of the day…..Catherine made a surprise appearance – just couldn’t stay away from the big sale – and all of the wonderful NICE people who were sewing today at QC! She designed and made her jewelry and looked absolutely stunning today – and the best part – she is wearing a boot instead of a cast! YEAH!!!!!!

Thanks for the fun everyone! I really had a great time.

Enjoy the pictures!

http://www.the-mindfulspirit.blogspot.com/ CATHERINE

drsao — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:19:33 +0000

So many of you have been asking about Catherine and how she is doing. SHE IS DOING GOOD! She has a walking cast and is still staying in temporary lodgings with her beloved John (DH) and Miss Sydney – her beloved furry daughter.

You can keep up with her on her blog – and you will be amazed at all of her creativity ….ENJOY!

Here is a picture of Catherine showing her IF I WERE A FLOW-HER CHALLENGE QUILT at the Country Piecemaker’s Quilt Guild in Powhatan, VA in May. The quilt will be on display with other guild IF I WERE A FLOWER CHALLENGE QUILTS in the Powhatan Public Library during the month of July.

http://www.the-mindfulspirit.blogspot.com/

Catherine's IF I WERE A FLOW-HER QUILT