The quilt that I call "Lifetime" sits on my bed as we speak and is a catalog of memories beyond sewing.  I was inspired by the picture of a quilt by Maoko Kamamota in Quilters Newsletter Magazine, November 2003.  I put my own take on her design, using some elements and discarding others.  There was no pattern so I just started in the middle with a mariner's compass and thus began my foray into designing my own quilts.  I find I am an intuitive quilter, meaning that although I have a basic idea of what I want to do ...

 This month the Hexie BOM is a shamrock.  Very fitting.  I knew without even searching that I wouldn't have any fabric with shamrocks (clovers) or leprechauns.   But I did find some leaves that I like. 

"The woods are lovely, dark and deep . . . ."  - Robert Frost     That's what comes to mind when I see the new Woodlands line of fabric designed by Jo Morton for Andover Fabrics. Deep, dark, rich colors of nature - the flowers and trees, the earth and the sky.     All of you are invited to post a comment here on my blog to enter the giveaway to win a few fat quarters of this

I just realized I have made on my blog 2007 posts since its inception which ironically was in 2007 and that my friends calls for a giveaway!

When I first started this blog, there seemed to be tons of giveaways, swaps, linky parties and so much more for all of us to get out and meet each other.  Now, maybe it is me but there doesn't seem to be as many as there once was.

For example, I show I have over 300 followers, yet sadly I would say less than 10 people contact me in a month or ...

I just realized I have made on my blog 2007 posts since its inception which ironically was in 2007 and that my friends calls for a giveaway!

When I first started this blog, there seemed to be tons of giveaways, swaps, linky parties and so much more for all of us to get out and meet each other.  Now, maybe it is me but there doesn't seem to be as many as there once was.

For example, I show I have over 300 followers, yet sadly I would say less than 10 people contact me in a month or ...

Well here I am again....since I was here last I was taken to emergency at the hospital and had abdominal reconstructive surgery.....I am home now but I am very rocky and sooooo tired...but I am functioning day to day....

It seems this problem has been with me most of my life but decided to shut down my body now after all these years....I am very happy there was no cancer...I was very scared that was what they were going to find....

While recouping in the hospital I did a little hand sewing making some hex ...

I just want to share quickly today as I'm running out the door. I've been working on this Classmate caddy for a few days now. It was fun to put together... cutting the pieces took longer than anything else, except the binding. That's only because I don't trust myself to finish it on the machine so after attaching it to the bag with the machine, I finished it by hand.

We are back, hubby and I went on a 14 day Cruise with Celebrity and before the cruise we stayed in Ft. Lauderdale. What a wonderful time we had. We met wonderful new friends from all over the world, ate our meals with several different couples. We met two wonderful couples Annette and Anders from Denmark and Steve and Murial from Ottawa Ontario. We ate dinner with them the last 10 nights such warm and friendly couples we had lots of laughs and very interesting conversations. I hope we meet again someday. We stopped at several ports. Started off in ...

I am plodding along with  the quilting on Min Skatt, my Nordika quilt.  I   had promised myself I would do something simple  - ha ha ha!  That quickly went by the wayside and I am quilting a different design in each hexie (a total of five different designs randomly applied to each hexie).  I used my gecko stencil for the first time asnd I am loving the results.  I actually ran out of bobbin thread as I was pebbling around him and then decided I like how it looks - the gecko appears to be crawling out of the pebbles - cool!  An ...

While I'm anxious to share my insights about the new book "Embroidery and Patchwork Revisited", I want to start off sharing an excellent Press Release:

Embroidery and Patchwork Revisited: An Ilustrated Guide to Hand Stitching, by Janice Vaine.

Janice Vaine's new book, Embroidery and Patchworkd Revisited, is an inspired by antique quilts, and reverently revisits them to celebrate hand-stitching today.  It is a must-have for everyoe who admires the timeless beauty of hand embroidery.  Teacher, author and embroidery expert Jan Vaine walks readers step-by-step through all the fundamentals, beginning with her "in the classroom with Jan" section.

Jan ...