Blog Index

  • Sol LeWitt

    When I last visited my parents, I found my father’s Sol LeWitt catalogue and fell in love with his work.  He had a long career of interesting art, and pioneered what’s called “wall art”…

  • Fabric Hunting in Montreal

    Some of you know I’ve been in Montreal with my husband, while he attended a scientific meeting.  While there, I (of course) had to do some fabric hunting.  I Googled “quilt shop.”  Nothing, or…

  • Mystery Fabric

    I bought two fat quarters of this fabric at my local store in green and purple, and just my luck–no identifying words on the selvage.  Anyone have any info about them?

  • Silencing the Quilters

    I showed this picture in the last post, of the books I’d picked up at a garage sale.  The three smaller ones are interesting, and I’ve found a few new blocks to try sometime.…

  • Garage Sale

    My daughter and her children came last weekend, and then we had a big family party on Saturday.  But early that morning, before we even had to wash off the patio chairs, Barbara (my…

  • Everyday Use

    I teach college English and currently we are studying short fiction.  I had a nice moment the other day when my vocation interlocked with my avocation and I was able to talk about quilts…

  • Quilt Night–Fright Night!

    Leisa and I hosted Quilt Night again–a fairly regular first-Friday monthly event for our group.  Tonight’s theme: Fright Night! and Leisa had some really fun treats and decorations, like witch’s shoes, caldrons, bubbling-over vases…

  • Plugging Along

    Plugging along? How did that phrase ever come to be in my vocabulary?  But it suits perfectly what’s going on with my quilting right now.  I’m making progress, but it should be measured in…

  • Red/White Mini Quilt Show

    After seeing the quilts along the streets of Temecula, I headed to the Temecula Quilt Company, a shop that specializes in reproduction fabrics, which lies about 4 miles inland from Old Town Temecula. As…

  • Temecula Quilt Show, 2011

    I woke up early, excited for my quilty day.  I’m dividing this up into two posts.  First up is the Temecula Quilt Show, out on the streets of this Western town.  Tomorrow will be…

  • Think Freddy Purse-FSF

    Earlier, this week this is what it looked like with the purse laid out, as I’m trying to figure out where everything goes.  I wanted a purse that looked “Think-Freddy-ish” without screaming “HEY I’M…

  • Jelly Roll Race!

    I saw this during WIP Wednesday on Marie’s Creative Space! and thought it deserved a re-share.  These quilts actually are kind of fun looking.  Need a quick gift?  A speedy baby shower quilt?  You’ve…

  • Frazzled, but Still Quilting!

    So glad Lee is back from Freak-Out Land (her words) and is hosting WIP Wednesday.  Thanks, Lee.  You don’t look the worse for wear. Grading has arrived with a vengeance (see previous post), but…

  • Leaving the Grading Galaxy

    I’ve been in the Grading Galaxy for the last three days.  It was a pretty arduous trip this time. This top paper had over 50 errors.  Which made me really cranky.  Chocolate helped as…

  • Kaffe Fassett

    I’m totally jazzed. I bought my ticket this week for “An Evening with Kaffe Fassett” in Los Angeles, sponsored by the Westside Quilters.  I’m dragging taking my husband along for company–should be a delightful…

  • Square on Square

    Now that we’ve found our new Six-Step process to alleviate fabric-aholism (see previous post, below), I wanted to show you my constructed closet (vs. de-constructed, all over the floor, spilling off the shelves, closet). …

  • Six-Step Process for Fabricaholics

    To every addict comes a time when they must admit they have overstepped the line and must seek help. Hence, a fabric-aholics Six-Step Process, condensed down from a 12-step process therapy. 1. Take everything…

  • Entering a Quilt Show

    I haven’t entered a quilt show for ages, largely because I haven’t had time to make a quilt that was quilt-show level.  I’ve been making lots of quilts for children and daughter/daughters-in-law and some…

  • FSF-Pink Junk

    So, what I have finished this week?  Well, Quilt Frolic quilt top and back, for one. And I cleaned out one of my fabric cupboards as I was trying to put the Amy Butlers…

  • Quilt Frolic, some thoughts

    Home stretch time. Here’s the quilt top, hanging over the upstairs stair rail. And here’s the backing hanging over the rail.  I’ve spent most of the afternoon on this.  Do you sometimes feel that…

  • WIP–Quilt Frolic

    Thanks to Lee for hosting WIP Wednesday, where we can gather round and have a virtual quilt frolic.  Yes.  Quilt Frolic.  According to the book Wild by Design, by Janet Catherine Berlo and Patricia…

  • To Temecula!

    What does that mean? It means that today was the day I dropped off my Red/White Challenge Quilt to the Temecula Quilt Company.  The grand opening is October 1st and will run for a…

  • Inspiration

    An example of ikebana, the art of arranging flowers. Mirei Shigemori and Sofu Teshigahara felt ikebana was so important as an artform they created the New Ikebana Declaration. “New ikebana rejects nostalgic feelings. We…

  • FSF–Blocks, Book

    And I’m all out of words–used ’em up yesterday.

  • Wordy Fabrics

    I love word fabrics.  I know they aren’t really a design, but I love text and fonts and writing and blogging and reading, and I teach English.  Need any more qualifications?  Here’s some of…

  • WIP–Ready, Start, Resew!

    Thanks to Lee at Freshly Pieced Fabrics, who allows us to totally reveal what clutzoid quilters we can be on her WIP Wednesdays.  Read on. Okay, so this is the plan.  (I think I…

  • The Pressing Question of Ironing

    I come from a clothing and textiles background, having studied this at two different schools, earning an MS in Clothing and Construction.  So I was schooled in the idea that HOW you press a…