Annie's Mystery Quilt Block 2

Annie's Mystery Quilt Block 2

I finished the second book in the Annie's Quilted Mysteries Book Club , titled  Raven Threads.   Each book in the series includes a block for a mystery sampler quilt.  I did a post on the first book's Friendship S…
Melted Crayon Art

Melted Crayon Art

I'll share a little arts and crafts today.  :-) I got my 13-year-old hooked on Pinterest recently.  She loves pinning the items related to DIY crafts, organization and fashion.  One of the crafts she wanted to try w…
Snowed-In Stitchopoly

Snowed-In Stitchopoly

What's one thing to do with your kids when you're snowed in?  Play games!   We played Clue the other night with everyone, but then I also got to play Stitch-opoly with my daughter. My daughter likes to play game…
Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope my family will let me get some work done in my sewing room today.  The kids are all home from school due to the 18" of snow we received yesterday.  At least they got to enjoy the snow and build an igloo.  :…
Sit-n-Sew Chemo Bag Covers

Sit-n-Sew Chemo Bag Covers

We held our first sit-n-sew event for sewing chemo bag covers for Team Mathias. 10 volunteers came in to help put these covers together.  It was fun and we're looking forward to the next one in March .  (If you are l…
Chemo Bag Covers for Team Mathias

Chemo Bag Covers for Team Mathias

Mathias Giordano is 12 years old, and he and his family live here in Leesburg.  Mathias is battling osteosarcoma.  He's bravely been through 25 rounds of chemo and several surgeries - including amputation of his rig…
Blue Quilt Top Done

Blue Quilt Top Done

I finished the block and added the borders for my blue quilt .  This quilt was for the Digitized Quilting class.   Pin and thread basting are not options with embroidered quilting so, I sandwiched it with fusible batting…