My Quilt Diary

All Done! I finished up the quilting yesterday but it was raining and blowing, so a picture had to wait. I am not very good at g...

I guess I could be quilting the outer sashing by now, but I decided to go back and fill in the areas not covered with the feathers. It ...

The inner border is now quilted. I only chose a simple pattern I had made into a template about thirty years ago. It was just the right s...

After a frustrating week, I was beginning to think I would never be able to post new pictures again. Oh, there were new pictures in my ca...

I often get distracted and miss things. Already this month, I missed the day the vet comes to a local park and you can take your dog for...

After laying out all the border options on the floor of the fellowship hall on Sunday, I decided those colorful scraps were more of a dis...

I decided to go with the green. The blue was just too overpowering and the green contains the same blues, browns, and reds that are in ...

Actually, spring seems to be having second thoughts. Though the cherries have bloomed and it was looking as if spring was well on its way...

This has been a dark rainy week.... Sometimes heavy rain with loud crashing thunder and a very trembling, drooling dog at my feet. A f...

The May read for the Quilter's Book Club was "These is My Words" ... the Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine. 1881 - 1901. Written...

This week I finished reading our book for April. My final task was to come up with a block to represent that book. Sometimes finding ...

The February book club read was "Mrs, Lincoln's Dressmaker" by Jennifer Chiaverini. This is my favorite way to learn h...

Considering all the trouble I had drafting this feathered star for a twelve inch block, I am satisfied... and a little surprised at how ...

I had promised my little assistant that this weekend, we would make Christmas cookies. She arrived Friday evening and, after dinner, we...