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LaRueSews-Quilts-All Wrapped up

LaRueSews-All Wrapped up Writing this BLOG for Ann the Gran.com has been one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve ever had. It has taught me that I can expand myself and my knowledge far beyond the things I have done before. I have learned that I am indeed a writer, if given a topic. The computer...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts (Weblog) by LaRueJ on 06-25-2010
LaRueSews-Quilts--Major Project Finished!

Some of you may remember that I have been working on a complicated project. I called it my "1,000 year project" when I began in 2003. Well, I am 993.5 years ahead of schedule. I finished it after having surgery on my hand in March. Here it is: Indigo Sunset. This time I am posting the last...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts (Weblog) by LaRueJ on 05-28-2010
LaRueSews-Quilts--Quilter, Quilter, Who Are You?

My quilt guild, called Memory Makers Guild was just a little over the top today. The guild is a small group, but what it lacks in numbers, it makes up for in talent. I’ve known most of these ladies for at least a year, and some of them, as much as three years. We have grown closer as time has gone...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts (Weblog) by LaRueJ on 01-15-2010
LaRueSews-Quilts-Be Your Own Judge

This has been a busy month. We recently went to Nashville again to sign a contract on a Motor Home that we saw last month. It’s like new, though used, and really beautiful. We will get it the first week of December. Also, my sewing machine has been back to the factory, or wherever disobedient sewing...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts (Weblog) by LaRueJ on 11-20-2009
LaRueSews-Quilts-Beads are Fun Too, a 30 minute project

Hi there EveryBuddy. Three weeks has come and gone, again. Blogging time is here. I hope that all of you have been diligently making the last block I gave you in LaRueSews BOM. This time it will be a quick one, both BLOG and block. I have been out of town for a few days. We went to Nashville. My daughter...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts (Weblog) by LaRueJ on 10-30-2009
LaRueSews-Quilts, Spuds in a Bag

It’s Chilly here in Alabama today. That is to say, rainy 70 degrees feels cold compared with 90+ degrees. This has been a frustrating day. I have a little project that I wanted to talk about this time. However, I’ve lost the special ruler I need for the project. Let me rephrase that . . ...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts (Weblog) by LaRueJ on 10-09-2009
A Challenge, A Surprise, and A Win

Yesterday was a day of fun and prizes for the members of the Memory Makers Quilt Guild. At the first meeting in 2009, I gave the members of my guild a Challenge. The Challenge was to make a quilt that fit all the requirement sets out in the rules of the challenge. The challenge was issued at the first...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts (Weblog) by LaRueJ on 07-31-2009
LaRueSews-Quilts- Quilting and ME Working Together

Yes, friends of Ann The Gran, Quilting and Machine Embroidery are great partners. They can be used in ways other than making a quilt with machine embroidered blocks. The two following photos are the first of a number of photos what will appear on LaRueSews-Quilts in the not too distant future. That sounds...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts (Weblog) by LaRueJ on 05-08-2009
LaRueSews-Quilts-Batting, Which One Will I Choose?

We are nearing the time when you will be getting your quilt ready to quilt. That means that you have to make some choices about batting. First of all, just what is batting. Batting is the middle layer of the quilt that provides warmth and comfort that we all know as a quilt. In warmer climates, thinner...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts (Weblog) by LaRueJ on 04-24-2009
LaRueSews-Quilt-By Request, My Woodworker

I am taking a little turn in the road this time. Before Greg left AnnTheGran, he requested that I write a blog about Ralph and his woodworking skills. After attending the ATG Community Circle, and meeting Pat Snyder, she also requested the subject. My daughter, has asked me also to write about her Dad...

Posted to LaRueSews-Quilts (Weblog) by LaRueJ on 04-10-2009

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