Look what arrived in the mail yesterday from Canada! I am the winner of the Riedel Fascination Gentle Spectrums Reading Challenge that ran Feb 2014-Feb 2015! Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! So my cyber-friend, Carolyn, sent me these books in UK … [Continue reading] about A prize in the mail
First quarter 2015
I've been busy so far this year working on my One Little Word, EMBRACE. I spent all of February focusing on re-lighting my love of scrapbooking by participating in an annual event I've wanted to do for several years called LOAD. The purpose is to … [Continue reading] about First quarter 2015
Ode to the 1930’s-blocks #4 & 5
Remember how I said we were considering skipping around on the blocks in order to leave all the applique blocks to the end but decided to just be brave and go in order? Well, that brought us to block #4 and the first of the applique blocks. I had … [Continue reading] about Ode to the 1930’s-blocks #4 & 5
Ode to the 1930’s-blocks #2 & 3
After our first block, we were a teensy bit aggravated at the pattern. It's awesome, but the designer mostly cuts squares into triangles and sews them together. This causes stretching on the bias and wonky squares, and doesn't utilize all the quick … [Continue reading] about Ode to the 1930’s-blocks #2 & 3
Ode to the 1930’s: A Sampler Quilt
You may recall that my quilting partner, ShaRee, and I spent 2014 making barn blocks into quilt tops. We have embarked on some new adventures that I will write about later. We meet every other week to sew so we decided we could invite a friend to … [Continue reading] about Ode to the 1930’s: A Sampler Quilt