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Pieces to Scrappy Stars
I finished the first gift–a pillowcase for my son Chad who is always traveling. Because of the London Olympics this year, there is lots of fabric with British themes, and the whitish area has…
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WIP–Happy Birthday!
First off, let me say Happy Birthday to my son, Chad. He’s grown into quite the man, with a wife and boys of his own, but I still think back to the days when…
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Scrappy Stars Saga
So I left you all when I thought I had the answers to the Scrappy-Star-conundrum with the Japanese fabrics. Nope. Discouraged, I headed to a quilt shop, where guess what–out of all of the…
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Struggle
Three quotes for tonight, as I work on my quilt: When I am halfway there with a painting, it can occasionally be thrilling… But it happens very rarely; usually it’s agony… I go to…
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Half-Square Triangle Trick
So, I’m pinning along on Pinterest, chasing down Crossed Canoes, checking out boards (it’s the after-lunch slump) and found this tutorial for a new way to make half-square triangles. The drawback: all the outside…
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WIP–Still Those Scrappy Stars
They’re going to drive me crazy. Like Leila, who left me a comment, I could see that the greens read like a solid, which is what these stars needed. But after a visit here,…
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Journey to Japan
I appreciate all your comments and I like what you taught me. I learned that if I wanted something rich and visually multi-layered, the black background was the one to lean towards. And while…
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Quilt Scaffolding
Climbing up the Statue of Liberty one year, I was amazed to see all the scaffolding that held up Lady Liberty. Surprised even. I still think of that. One of my favorite Broadway shows…
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WIP–Stuck!
There’s this favorite cartoon of grad students everywhere by Matt Groenig. It was tacked up outside my husband’s office, courtesy of one of his grad students. But my favorite square was the one above:…
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Sewing Up A Storm (or a maybe a Breeze)
So why lead with this picture? Usually I put up a quilt (keep scrolling, they’re coming!), so you quilters all go ga-ga and quickly pin it into a file or a pinboard, and because,…
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Nebraska’s International Quilt Study Center
Hunter’s Star quilt top, c. 2003, unquilted Recently I commented on another Debbie’s block, titled Hopscotch, saying that it was an interesting variation on a Hunter’s Star block. She wrote me back, included the…
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Loose Threads–Krista’s Questions, Answered
Krista, of KristaStitched, challenged a few of us bloggers to answer some questions: 1. Starch or no starch? I always think of our clothing and textiles teacher who warned us about little bugs who…
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Scrappy Stars–WIP Wednesday
When I get these blocks all up here in a row, I like to look at them. I look at them when I’m talking on the phone. I look at them when I’m supposed…
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Copyright Loose Threads
This is my final post on copyright, hopefully. But it comes because not only did Ms. Spain put up another post on her blog, the New York Times ran an interesting editorial on stealing,…
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FSF–iPad Cover
Okay, this was me this week. Lost in a fog. I even forgot to post on WIP Wednesday, which is usually like a religion to me. Suspected sinus infection. Exhaustion. Suffering from What-Day-Is-It-itis. Verified…
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Copyright Update
I loved reading all your comments about the issue of copyright in my blog post about Emily Cier v. Kate Spade–who does own that copyright? A Passionate Quilter wrote: For those of us who…
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Scrap Attack Quilt
Today, over at Stitched in Color, Rachel is having a Scrap Attack Festival of Quilts. Here’s my entry. It’s a mini-quilt, roughly about the size of a sheet of paper: 8 1/2″ by 11″…
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Lawsuits and Quilters
My friend Rhonda sent me news of this latest scuffle involving quilters and the law, as a follow-up to my post about Pinterest. I’m piecing this together (no pun intended) by reading the blogs…
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WIP–iPad Cover
Since we had picked up iPads during our jaunt to San Francisco, any self-respecting quilter knows what’s next: make a cover. And I knew just what I wanted to do. Waiting for me when…
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Time to Go Home
When I start finding lots of images that could be turned into quilts (like the ones below), and. . . . . . when I start buying souvenirs like the ones below. . .…
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The Done Manifesto–FSF
Since, during summer, Friday is my FSF–Finishing School Friday, I thought I’d mention this idea of the Done Manifesto, created when “Bre Pettis, an inventor, and collaborator Kio Stark gave themselves exactly 20 minutes…
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Is Pinterest in Our Best Interest?
The recent brouhaha about Pinterest, a current addiction and tool, and its copyright issues, the internet and blogging made me confront some interesting and sometimes painful realities. I love the internet, but I must…
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WIP–Roses and Doll Quilts
I brought along my third block of the rose window block series — still working on it — but I think a friend of mine wants to try doing this too, as she’s a…
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Spring Break/Mind Break
I took off for Spring Break early. My colleague and friend Judy is covering my class and after class on Monday, we high-tailed it out of town. When you see the above photo, you…
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Comments, Blogger, Frustration
For some reason, Blogger has been playing with me. Not my blogger–YOUR Blogger. Which means that I’ve not been able to leave comments unless someone had enabled the new blogger (a confusing mess if…
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Roses Bloom on a Wednesday
Last week we were all hosting the Leap Day Thread Giveaway, but today I’m back in the saddle with those Works–in–Progress (WIPs) and linking up to Freshly Pieced. Thanks, Lee, for hosting us all!…
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Spring Shop Hop
What do you call a quilter who visits eight quilt shops and one Mexican restaurant on one day? Tired, but happy. Our local shops (I live inland from Los Angeles) got together for a…
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