February 28, 2013

Thelma and Louise

To tell the truth I've never seen this movie. But each time my new-quilter-graphic-artist friend and I take a road trip, this is how my hubby refers to us. What I do know is that at the end of the movie they drive off a cliff instead of getting caught by the cops. Trust me, we won't be doing anything...

February 27, 2013

Answer me this...Should I or shouldn't I?

I've been wrestling with something on and off for months now and I've decided to ask your opinion. You see, my oldest sister Tina has recently started quilting. She had only hand quilted before, taught to her by our paternal grandmother, and that was 12 years ago. So obviously I've been teaching her tons over the past 6 months. But here's the thing.....I haven't told her about this blog...

February 26, 2013

Hubby's current project

This is what my hubby has been working on these past 2 weekends. We almost have the mudroom the way we've always planned it to be. He built the benches first and then added the bead board and trim. Each section will get a double coat hook and the dividing boards between will get another hook down...

February 25, 2013

All it takes...

...is 1 charm pack, 1 half yard of Bella Bleached White and a couple of hours and a baby quilt top is started and almost finished. Here is a sneak peak. The package with the border and backing fabrics hasn't arrived yet so I can't finish the top and share it with you. Hopefully...

February 24, 2013

New arrivals and a Giveaway

I did quite a bit of fabric shopping last week and it has now all arrived. It is one big stack of fabric goodness. The fabric lines are: Flora by Lauren & Jessie Jung, Coming Home by Deb Strain, Little Black Dress by BasicGrey and Grande Finale by Sandy Gervais. Do you want to offer...

February 23, 2013

Crimson Diamonds

Thursday night I finally finished my latest WIP. All of the HSTs and the layout were actually completed two weeks earlier and I had thought I would get all the rows sewn together last weekend but then I became under the weather and just wasn't up to it. With two...

February 19, 2013

Barbara's Whirling Star

Barbara lived across the street from my Mom on Court Avenue. From the day my mom moved in, she was almost an instant member of our extended family. Her two kids were already grown and moved away. Mom used to make extra and take dinner over more days than not and she was just like another...

February 18, 2013

I've had it!

I need to find a new blog reader. Now! I'm fed up with Google Reader. It it again up to it's usual BS. Many of my subscriptions/follows aren't even showing this morning on my list including Free Motion Quilt Project and SewCalGal and who knows how many others that I can't think of at the moment. Please, please if you use a different reader and have had good luck with it, let me know. At this...

Dream Again-a new book coming

Have you heard about this?   The fabulous Madame Samm put a call out for someone that needs our help and I was more than happy to lend my opinion. Plus there are prizes being offered.   What I'm really excited about is finding about his artwork in the first place. I hadn't heard of him and didn't know about his gorgeous creations before now. Why you ask? Because I still have a lot...

February 17, 2013

It depends on my mood

What happens when you don't get near your computer to do some blog reading for a couple of days? You check back in with your Google Reader (or other reader site) and you have literally hundreds of unread blog posts to catch up on! That is what happened to me again this week. So what do I do? Why start working my way through them of course. But that is where exactly how I do this that differs...depending...

February 16, 2013

What I'm working on

Last May I was lucky enough to win 2 charm packs of Moda's Love Letters from Sharon at Vrooman's Quilts. At the time I was buried deep in completing the teacher quilts so I didn't have time to make something with them. I had an idea but they got put away until now. Last Friday night I started with...

February 14, 2013

February 13, 2013

Reveal day is almost here!

The Quilt U Be Mine Mini Mystery Round Robin reveal day is tomorrow, February 14th which of course just happens to be Valentine's Day and the absolutely perfect day to reveal all the quilty love that has gone into these mini quilts! (Hmmmm, you think I sort of planned it that way? Maybe, just maybe.)   You...

February 10, 2013

Privacy

A few weeks back one of my readers commented on a post that she has always wondered about my kids' history and I replied that I keep their stories private. Ever since I posted that reply I've worried that perhaps I sounded a bit harsh so I decided that I want to explain a bit further. I have a personal/family/adoption blog that I started back in 2006 while we were waiting to bring our children...

February 9, 2013

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February 2, 2013

Paisley's Wishes - a 100 Good Wishes Quilt

I can finally share a finish with all of you. If you remember, I got an email from a fellow adoptive mom in the late fall asking if I could make her daughter's 100 Good Wishes Quilt in time for Christmas. It was a real rush job but I was able to complete it just in time. As I prepared to send...