Crazy Star Quilt
As I suspected, finishing unfinished projects seems to be good for the blahs. I put my nose down toward the sewing machine last week and finished the crazy star quilt I’d started a while ago. I
Crazy Star
Back in July, shortly after I came home from my weekend in Portland, I started working on the "Crazy Star" pattern from Denyse's book, to use in our family room (we only have three quilts
Fractured Circles Quilt for Lisa
If a quilt could be person, if that were actually possible, I’d like to think that this quilt would be Lisa Solomon.
My Weekend at PNCA Part 2
More about the workshop I started telling you about yesterday... Denyse wanted us to start thinking about and planning our own blocks during the second half of the class. I let my thoughts stew for
My Weekend At PNCA Part 1
Could you hear the excitement and anticipation coming from my house? Early last Saturday morning, I got up before the rest of the family and headed down to Portland for a 2 day workshop at
Quilting For Beginners: How To Make a Nine Patch
First of all, hope everyone had a lovely Mother’s Day! Mine was, um, well, memorable. There were a couple of broken vacuums and a prompt 12pm arrival for the Star Wars Exhibit at PacSci when our tickets
Stacks of Books
If anyone is looking for kid's chapter books at Seattle Goodwill stores, I must apologize now, because I think the kids and I cleaned house around town yesterday. I told them they could have any
Sunshine Quilt
The quilt for our school’s auction is done. It turned out really pretty I think. Hopefully it will feel very Spring-like displayed at the auction next month.
Clean Sheet Day
On Sundays at the wise craft house (if people play their cards right), by bedtime we all have clean sheets. Once in a while, like today, I’ll even go so far