My Quilt Diary

October is running out,  Halloween is all but over, even though the 31st has not yet come. Sunday saw crowds of people along the street...

This weekend was our choir retreat in Gotemba, in the foothills near Mt Fuji. Every year about this time, the choir takes a pleasant get-awa...

Well, this is the final plan. It sure is scrappy. So... my stealth readers, (AKA children), can you find a scrap from a quilt you have i...

Plan A was never going to work because I have kept fewer scraps than I thought. I guess that is what happens when most of my quilts are scra...

Wasn't it Robert Burns who said ... the best laid plans of mice and men, gang oft awa? Well, I thought I had a plan. With the banner o...

Yesterday I finished the quilting on the banner. I am not completely happy with it because the background quilting seems a bit distracting. ...

At last the banner is together and I am beginning to quilt it. The plan was to reverse applique the center cross, but in the end, it w...

I do not do well with deadlines. I have finished appliqueing the hands,  and today I sewed in the white inner borders and cut out the l...

The "higanbana" or spider lily is the harbinger of autumn. I think it is a good choice, because regardless of the weather we ...

This summer, at our family reunion, I was greeted by a bed with a quilt. Yes, it seems all the beds had real quilts on them. The piecin...

I may have mentioned that the women up in Tohoku have asked me to return for another quilting class. It has also been suggested that I come ...

I was getting behind with blocks for the Quilter's Book Club, though I had read the book and decided on the block pattern. Wedding Ring,...

and other reunion pictures. Finally, the owl quilt met it's new owner. I didn't hear any complaints. A sign pen and the z...

This afternoon, my eldest daughter and I visited a tennis court to hang the owl quilt for a picture. While in Minnesota, I searched ou...

Tonight I leave for a week of Scouting. The owl quilt will not be going. I may or may not have free time to work on it, but I don't th...