I wrote about these scrappy blocks in December of 2025, and now they are sewn into a quilt top. I would love to say that I cleaned out my bin of Christmas-themed fabric, but I have received three unfinished projects from other people, so now that bin is as full as ever. I also had […]
In 2025, for the first time, I used the services of a long-arm quilter. This enabled me to finish eight quilts, a high number for me. Here are two I haven’t posted yet; both are intended as donation quilts for Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization that builds beds for kids that don’t have one. […]
In my last post, I wrote about trying to use up the fabric from containers — I have also been making containers from fabric, trying out different techniques I have seen on YouTube. First, for myself — I bought this double wedding ring quilt in the 1980s; it was labeled as a cutter quilt even […]
Recently I did an inventory of all my containers of fabrics, and I have 88! Ranging in size from a shoebox to a suitcase. My aim is to reduce that by a fourth in the coming year, and there was no better place to start than with my tub of Christmas scraps. The highlighted fabric […]
It is time once again for our online group to reveal projects in response to a quarterly theme. This time it was “Sashiko,” which is a traditional Japanese craft, often done with white stitching on indigo cloth. I had never done any, so I went through all the books I got in a Blockbuster Book […]
Those bug close-ups are amazing! So gorgeous, and I love the wet little bird.