Have you joined in on any Quilt-A-Longs (QALs)? If you want to improve your piecing skills, QALs are fabulous! I did the Splendid Sampler from Pat Sloan and Jane Davidson back in 2016. It ran for a year. One block a week, except I started late and made three blocks a week until I caught up. You can do a … ….oh there’s more
My sewing and crafty feeds on Instagram are FULL of Valentines ideas and projects. Last week I received an email asking about the log cabin heart block that I designed. I quickly searched through my blog for all the links and sent them to her. Then she emailed me back–thank you but the quilt she wanted to create was on … ….oh there’s more
I’m not making any resolutions this year. Well, other than celebrating my birthday as often as possible. 2024 was a year of change. Sold our house of 20 years—left Florida where I had first moved to in 1982. Back to the cold white North. Did I mention that during my move from Florida to North Dakota that I gave almost … ….oh there’s more
And I’ll cry if I want to….. Just kidding…. I don’t feel like crying. I love birthdays. When I turned 50 I threw my own party. We had fireworks. And lots of lasagna and chocolate cake. I celebrated the entire month of December when I hit 60. When I turned 64 I was in a little jam band and we … ….oh there’s more
Although you may think it is too late to work on Christmas projects, I whipped these up in ND the week before I left for DC. You can do it! I make a hand crafted gift every year for friends and family. Due to the heating going out in my sewing studio and getting ready for our move to DC, … ….oh there’s more
We made it to DC. Me, Terry, and the cat. Along with a couple of suitcases. While we were here for a couple of weeks in November to get some organization to the chaos, there is still so much more to do! But I’m up for the task! After my daughter and family picked us up at the airport, we … ….oh there’s more
Last week I pulled the Lucy quilt out. Last time you saw her, she looked like this. I thought I’d be able to get some quilting done before I left for DC. So I started table basting her, and the heater in my sewing studio gave a gasp, coughed out some dirt, and died. (A couple of the blocks got … ….oh there’s more
OMG! It’s Thanksgiving! I love THANKSGIVING. Especially all the traditional yummy food. And spending time with family. This year we will be with the North Dakota family. Lauri, Alan, Riley, Piper, and Adley. Of course, Athena will be hanging with us, too. I made that stuffed felt turkeys several years ago. I’ve sewn it back together many times since Athena … ….oh there’s more
I was all ready to get into making new quilty projects with lovely autumnal colors….. And it snowed! With 50 mph wind gusts and 25 degrees! Really killed the Fall buzz! While I’m originally from Western Pennsylvania where we had lots of cold weather, I have lived in the hot humid south for the last 42 years! It’s going to … ….oh there’s more
Just a wee complaint. It seems that the anticipation of Thanksgiving gets skipped right over every year. Halloween….Christmas….New Years….and then….cold and depressing. What happened to “over the river and through the woods……”? Not that we still don’t cook like crazy and eat ourselves into oblivion…. Anyhow… While I had fully intended to make some autumnal projects, I was out of … ….oh there’s more
