My Quilt Diary

After going through all the possible marking tools in my collection, (none of them showing among the blue flower print) I decided to qui...

When we first moved back to the Nerima home, I brought with me some spider lily bulbs moved from former gardens. At that time there was ...

It has been a while since my last post. Sometimes life gets in the way. Last Friday was my first pack meeting of the school year.  Wi...

With a seemingly constant parade of typhoons coming through, the rain has managed to collect in multiple spots and has become breeding groun...

Two quilt shows in one month! the first one was at Odakyu Department Store in Machida. Being near my daughter's home, we agreed t...

Last night I finished turning the binding.  Looking at other banners over the years, I had made too many with white and blue so I deci...

12 hours have passed since I set my goal for the day. Actually, my goal was just to make progress on the quilting of the banner but at thi...

The applique is done and maybe tomorrow I will begin embroidering the details. I can't say I am particularly fond of these charact...

The yellow material is still in hiding but plan B is in motion. A few years ago I made a banner with hands joined in a circle and whit...

I was not really planning to work on quilting during the hot days of summer. In fact, I have another piece I should be working on and have y...

All the while I had this quilt spread out on the floor for basting, I was troubled by all those white blocks that don't match. Well,...

Do you ever have an identity crisis? Until January this year I was just Julie Fukuda. That is what everyone called me and what I signed as m...

Friday will be the first time my quilt group members meet at my house. I have been in a cleaning frenzy ... trying to get things sorted o...