Blog Index

  • Lollypop Tree Blocks Completed

    All stitched down.  But I remembered in the middle of the night, that I wasn’t done stitching. I still have the border blocks to finish.  But first, I’m going to enjoy being at this…

  • Lollypop Trees Rise Again: Blocks 4, 5, 6

    One advantage to being in a group like Leanne’s Finish-A-Long (FAL), is that you have a reason to pull those unfinished projects to the front of the line, rather than letting good solid work…

  • Low-Volume: Quilters Slang?

    Have you seen the phrase “low volume” used lately in the quilt world?  I have, in many places, and it’s confused me to no end.  How is it that we quilters have come up…

  • Hexies, Bee Blocks and Betty’s Tile Quilt

    I finished sewing this together during the last Downton Abbey.  I love it.  But now what do I do with this?  Moving on. . . Cindy, of Live A Colorful Life, asked us to…

  • Sunshine and Shadow Quilt Tutorial

    Here’s the recipe for the quilt I gave to my sister-in-law, Janice.  But I think you’ll notice how “lopsided” the block is–and that’s because I wanted to eliminate the sashing step, including it in…

  • Sunshine and Shadow

    Thanks be to you for all your sweet and touching comments about my brother-in-law’s passing away this week.  I read all of them to my husband (it’s his sister’s husband who died) and will…

  • On A Day Like This

    What do you serve for dinner on a day like this?  It’s a day where the food needs to be hearty and warm and go down easily in between the tears.  Soup?  Spaghetti made…

  • One Black Leaf, deconstructed

    Inspired by Betty’s photos, I took One Black Leaf outside to be photographed by her sister trees, because of course, with those curves, it’s evident this quilt is feminine. And just like Betty and…

  • One Black Leaf

      This is our second round of our art group, self-titled Four-in-Art.  Our theme was “tree” or “trees,” however the artist wanted to think about it.  I call this “One Black Leaf.”  And as…

  • January’s Three Finishes–FAL

    I’ve always wanted to say that I’ve had three finishes in one month.  Well, in my mind, I’ve had FIVE, but two of the tops (the wonky Christmas stars and the wonky Christmas log…

  • Fat Quarter Shop Dreaming

    My fabulous sisters sent me a Fat Quarter Shop gift certificate for my recent birthday and I’ve had the most fun dreaming about what to buy.  I think I’ve clicked on every category in…

  • Four-in-Art, quilt 2

    This little pathetic, collapsed piece of dangly bits is where I found myself at the end of a day of invention as I worked on my second entry in our Four-in-Art art quilts group. …

  • Still Plugging Along

    Well?  The name of this linky party is Wednesday Works in Progress, right?  I’ve made great progress, for I’ve gotten some projects off the pin wall and other blocks out of the box. This…

  • More Quilt Shops near Corvallis, Oregon

    After we visited Greenbaum’s Quilted Forest in Salem, we headed south to Independence, where we’d visit a quilt shop and have lunch at the Pink House.  First up–the shop! Ladies of Liberty is a…

  • Greenbaum’s Quilted Forest–Salem, Oregon

    My friend in Oregon, Beth, picked me up at my hotel bright and early and we headed up to Salem, to the first shop of our day-long shop hop.  Beth really knows how to…

  • Four-in-Art Dead Space

    Okay, is it horrible to mention that I just now am starting to distill my ideas about this project? I usually like to have some trimming and editing of my thought, but for today,…

  • Into the Woods!

    Into the Woods is finished–my first finish in the FAL hosted by Leanne.  I blogged about how bogged down I was in my entry FAL, so it’s nice to be able to go out…

  • Finish-A-Long — First Quarter

    The basic idea here is to confess to the world at large all the projects you have on your To Do list.  I think this is a great idea because I love embarrassing myself…

  • Bolt–Portland, Oregon

    After we finished lunch at Grand Central Baking Company, and had visited Cool Cottons, we headed up into the Irvington district of Portland to a well-known quilt shop called Bolt.  I have read their…

  • Cool Cottons–Portland, Oregon

    My husband asked me to accompany him on a business trip and the first thing I did was scout around for quilt shops, naturally, and I was advised to come to this shop in…

  • WIP for the New Year

    I can’t believe I’m still working on this. No, it’s not the Christmas quilt, although that is still very much in play.  It’s the Autumn Quilt. Since I started collecting fabrics for this oh,…

  • Happy New Year 2013

    Finally!  I can show a these little wristlets — mini-zip purses with straps — that I made for Christmas, because I gave the last one away yesterday.  Just a simple zip, to which I…

  • Ring Out, Wild Bells

    Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,The flying cloud, the frosty light:The year is dying in the night;Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.  Ring out the old, ring in the new,Ring,…

  • Wonky Stars, Wonky World

    I know you must think I fell off of a cliff.  I posted on Lee’s Freshly Pieced blog as a guest host, (who has since removed the post) then went dark and silent for…

  • WIP–December Quilting

    Today I’m guest-hosting over at Lee’s blog: Freshly Pieced, so I encourage you to head over there and see all the beautiful quilts in her Linky party, and leave some holiday comments to cheer…

  • Holiday Quilt Night for the Good Heart Quilters

    I’m sure I’ve told you, but our little quilt group–named The Good Heart Quilters–began when Lisa, majorly pregnant with her second daughter, enlisted my help (as well as few others) to get us all…

  • Zippers

    I had need to buy a passel of zippers (don’t ask questions around Christmastime!) and found a great online source I thought I’d share (and no, they aren’t paying me to write this). It’s…