My Quilt Diary

On Tuesday the years fell away and I was happily back with my friend, Cynthia, from  Wabi Sabi Quilts . The foreign community in ...

Morning walks with Nikko take me past the kindergarten at the end of the street. Along the borders of the playground are a few cherry t...

It is a bit difficult to see the total effect when the blocks re laid out on another quilt, especially the busy nine-patch on a single b...

Sitting on the sofa listening to rain pitter-pattering on the range hood outside ... suddenly it seemed to have stopped. Oh goody, I can...

It's nice to have a bit of take-along work, and I'm surprised how much can be done on train rides if I can grab a seat. Of cours...

Well, I really don't need a challenge. I have enough stuff on my to-do list. There is the "Cathedral Window" challenge wi...

On Sunday it seemed that Spring was just around the corner ... sun and balmy weather ... That was all the plum tree needed to burst i...

Last night I put the final stitches into the next "I-Spy" quilt. This one for a little baby boy. I took this picture in th...

Yesterday was my first daughter's birthday. When she was born, we planted this plum tree in celebration, and usually we enjoy her ...

It's cold out here, Mom, could you step out and remove the ice from my drink? Pretty please? A few years ago, our choir-room ch...

Prepare for a string of posts ..... I would not have thought of attending that big quilt show on the opening day. I knew there would be th...

This was the view outside my garden door this morning. I didn't even try to open the door to access the compost pile. It had beg...

Somehow this went to the family blog.  I guess I need to pay better attention when writing a post. Jan 18 at 3:29 PM ...

 I am beginning to wonder how I will know when I am done. As long as there are little spaces, there is possibility for adding embell...

Here is a picture of a real Mola that has been in my collection for many years.  After assembling my pseudo-mola vest, I have begun to f...

If I am going to finish this project by the end of this month, it is time to stop procrastinating and get going. I think by now I have ...

Right on the edge, this was either to be the last quilt of 2017 or the first this year. I finished turning the binding yesterday, put a ...