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My local quilt group is working on a BOM again this year, this one designed by our “fearless leader”. She’s a talented quilter/designer who has had some quilts published in a magazine, and she volunteered to do this one for us this year. She made the blocks 8″ square, with a separate tree block to […]

Earlier this month, I had fun stitching two of three small cross stitch projects (63 x 63). They are part of a seeds series published in the mid- to late 1990s, and I was surprised how quickly they stitched up, considering the amount of prep that went into them.

While the instructions were thorough, they were not at all presented in a way that my brain found easy to gather supplies for and work through.

Additionally, the symbols on the watermelon chart were so muddied, bordering on indecipherable, I felt compelled to gather graph paper, the pattern photo, and a ...

Audrey awoke from her deep sleep with a level of activity never before witnessed. Later tonight or early tomorrow morning the fermentation process for sweet dough begins. I’m making a double batch to share. As I started this the delightful memories of checking a book on how to make a loaf of bread out of… Continue reading whew – it’s April

This month I returned to my half square triangle quilt, version 2.0, and finished all the green blocks.

True to form, fatigue and boredom set in as I headed into piecing the fifth and sixth blocks in this color, so back into the closet it went until the mood strikes again.

I’m refraining from pressing the seams between rows until the layout is finalized.

Ten more blocks are needed to complete the top: six in pink

and four in purple.

My Hummingbird Garden cross stitch project is now finished, with the backstitching taking longer than anticipated – when doesn ...

Last year I ended up working on two BOMs, which kept me pretty busy while also trying to work on various other projects. One of those BOMs was one that our quilt group decided to do as a group project, though everyone did her own version. Some of us did 12″ blocks, and some of […]

I’m once again in my usual quandary: what designs to use when quilting my latest quilt top, which is to be a gift. I’ve finished the top, which is called Exploding Heart, and I’m planning to sandwich the backing, batting, and top when I can have uninterrupted use of our one and only table, which […]

I really liked the Exploding Heart design when I saw it, so I decided that it would be my next project. It has 18 blocks in each of 18 rows, and the blocks finish at 4″ square. Well, who can’t manage a 4″ square, right? But the quilt is going to end up at 72″ […]

Gosh, it’s been such a long time! Unfortunately, I’ve been sort of out of commission for a little while since developing arthritis in my thumbs — and, of course, it’s worse in my left thumb. Have I mentioned that I’m left-handed?

A post in three parts One. I love teaching color. Color is delightful, beautiful, complicated, simple, personal, unique, common, playful, as delightfully messy as mud and as wildly clean as rainbows after a summer storm. There are several things I’m doing with color right now: Showing the remake of Split Complementerity on the great pict-o-gram… Continue reading February 13, 2026

OH OH OH !!!!! I had to laugh when I read Elle's comment this morning! YES --- tidying up a drawer or anything is a snap once the JUNK is gone. I'm shocked at how easy everything is to maintain in the areas where we have eliminated all the junk. By junk, that may be literally garbage that should be thrown away, or it may mean those things you no longer need or want. GET RID OF IT!!! 

It takes a long time to get there, but once you do, the amount of FREE time you'll have will shock ...

I’ve been working on a quilt designed by Krista Moser. When I saw the design, I thought it would be a good gift for the wonderful young woman our #1 grandson recently married. She lost a dear family member a couple of years ago, and she feels the loss quite deeply, of course. I’d heard […]

I’ve been mulling over what to do with the pile of more than 500 Aunt Grace (1930s) half square triangles left over from another quilt.

Originally, I was going to lay them out on point, attach setting triangles and be done, but feared that boredom would set in, so I turned to the internet for ideas. Stars emerged as a possibility,

but when this configuration popped up during my search, I was done.

I liked that both options allowed for a secondary design element to emerge when the blocks were joined together, but this block won because it gives ...

Our local guild is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and our guest speaking on Saturday will be Sherri McConnell of A Quilting Life. As it happens, it was from her blog that the circle I attend chose this year’s BOM as a group project, so we’ve been asked to bring our blocks to the […]

I’m making good progress on the Wonderfil BOM that I started late. In fact, I’ve caught up! I’ve sewn together the first two rows and will look forward to finishing the third row next month.After that, there should be at least one more row of several blocks to finish it up. The only problem with […]

I’ve been busy! In the midst of the busy-ness, I’ve completely ignored posting what I’m doing, but I’ll fix that now. First of all, a quilter who moved away had donated some fabric to the guild. I used some of that fabric to make three different quilt tops that will be quilted by someone else […]

I’ve been working on a quilt that began as a BOM at my local quilt shop, but. halfway through the monthly releases, the shop gave everyone the option of going ahead and getting all of the rest of it right away. I took them up on it, as I do prefer to work on a […]

It’s July in the south and no better time to spend stitching and sewing in air conditioned comfort. This month, I’ve been working alternately on my cross stitch sampler

 and a 1930s postage stamp quilt.

Progress on the sampler includes finishing the flowers in the center, the row of rice stitches on the left, and the large and small alphabets – very slow going on the large letters because of the amount of time it took to complete all the eyelet stitches.

I’m pleased with the way they look but glad that section is in the rearview mirror ...

It’s finished! I’d worried that this quilt might not be finished in time for the birthday for which it’s intended, but I have about ten days to spare. Whew! The design came from the Wonderfil Threads site (you have to write them and ask for the link; it isn’t readily visible any longer) and was […]