Cradle Quilts Update

Happy Mail this week brought more Cradle Quilts for the drive. I am just blown away by the generosity of readers who not only make the quilts, but pay to ship them to me. One day there were five packages to pick up! How fun is this! And I know there are more on the …

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End of Summer Drive and Happy Mail

We had a nice drive recently with some friends. We wanted to drive the Blue Ridge Parkway when the weather cleared and cooled off, so we emailed our buddies and got a group to go. We met at a parking lot, then drove up to the parkway together. The scenery is lush and green everywhere, …

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Apple Festival Weekend

Labor Day weekend is Apple Festival time. This annual event celebrates our county's primary agricultural crop, with a downtown street festival that lasts four days. We usually try to get there for at least one day, often going for both the street festival and then coming back on Monday after they pick up all the …

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Stashbusters

Here we are, the beginning of September, just a few check-ins left to get that Stashbusters number higher in the 'out' category. For me, this month was a bounty of finds that were just irresistible. First, I needed some tone on tone fabrics for background, and the sale at Foust Textiles, a North Carolina textile …

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