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
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
February is here and it's time to sign up for Carolyn's challenge! I did half of this challenge last year and this year I am signing up for it all, both A and B. … [Continue reading] about Gentle Spectrums 2015
Books read: 139 Pages read: 43,972 Of the books read: Non-fiction: 7 New-to-me authors: 36 Continuing series books: 26 Re-reads: 20 Audio-books: 37 Various book club reads: 17 Challenges completed: 10 of 10 Ongoing tally of … [Continue reading] about Sue’s Reading Stats for 2014
It’s time again to choose my word for the year. It’s an attempt to choose a word that influences my state of mind throughout the year and creates a structure and framework for my life. Here are my past choices: 2009-SERENE, 2010-CREATE, … [Continue reading] about One Little Word 2015