I have several quilts in various stages of production but September brought two finishes which makes me very happy. For Scott's birthday in February I gave him the kit for the BYU quilt, purchased from the Fabric Mill in Orem. I had seen that kit … [Continue reading] about Finishes: BYU and Beach Umbrellas
Because we all did some travelling this summer, and not at the same time, we cancelled several weeks of quilt group and got a little behind with our progress. Over the course of three sewing weeks, we managed to get our four houses done. They vary … [Continue reading] about Summer with America the Beautiful
Today is the first day of fall and I've completed my Goodreads challenge goal. I usually pick 120 books/year for this challenge and watch during the year how I keep up. Goodreads says I am 34 books ahead of schedule by finishing this early! … [Continue reading] about Goodreads challenge complete
During the spring we got some blocks done on our America the Beautiful quilt. We sewed the mountains blocks which are designed to be purple triangles. We thought they looked like purple pyramids and saw in some reader examples that one quilter had … [Continue reading] about Spring progress on America the Beautiful
2016 Prequel & Sequel Challenge wrap-up I did this challenge last year and signed up for Amateur (25-50 points) but more than doubled the Veteran level, so this year I signed up for the Veteran level, hoping that wasn't too ambitious. But it's … [Continue reading] about 2016 Prequel & Sequel wrap-up