My Quilt Diary

I am a scrap-a-holic. I come from the generation when you never threw anything out if it could be re-used. The first quilts I made we...

The choir retreat more than met expectations. We got in lots of quality practice time and ... the part I like best ... time for fun ...

This weekend will be our annual "Choir Retreat".  Twice a year the choir presents a musical sermon, once at the beginning of Adven...

Not a very bright picture as the sun was still behind the buildings this morning. Maybe I will try again later in the week. I began this as ...

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...