My Quilt Diary

Where has time gone? There was lots of practice for music events. Our "Choir Sunday"(where the choir presents music in place of t...

Finally, a bit of fall color! This little Japanese maple was rescued from a friend who had to move to an apartment with no outside spac...

Well, maybe .... This morning's sweeping gleaned a few red leaves, but that doesn't mean the whole tree got the message. One...

Today I finished in-the-ditch quilting around all the blocks. This is the single quilt I intend to give to our Pastor, and I thought I w...

After making yesterday's post, I decided to just get on with the next thing on the list. I took the big quilt to the empty apartmen...

Sunday evening I finished turning the binding on the single black and white quilt. I was hoping for a bit of sunshine for taking a picture, ...

A while ago, my good quilting friend, Kuraishi-sensei, Told me she would be holding a quilt show at a garden gallery in the town of Ichik...

And another one begun.... Saturday, while on our choir retreat, the banner got it's hanging sleeves. Monday morning, I got one pic...

What a week! and it isn't over yet! Monday, between early rise for rice delivery and school, I had to visit an unknown health ce...

This morning, when I returned home from an early walk with Nikko, this is what I found on my front door! It was still quite early...

For the past seven years, I have been making banners to hang in the church during the season of stewardship commitments. Many of these ...

At least three times a week, I take the train to and from Omotesando station... For church, meetings, choir practice, and the first Satu...

The passing typhoon seems to have snatched up time and run off with it ... as I can't seem to find any to spare. Last Sunday was an ...

Wow, where does time go? Monday was my usual early morning onigiri run. Since it was a holiday, Autumnal Exuinox", traffic was less an...

I have been holding off on laying out the black and white quilt for planning the backing because the only space large enough is the second f...

Higanbana! In the continuous heat and humidity of Tokyo, how did they know that autumn is just around the corner? Higanbana - Lycoris r...

One of the first quilts I made after starting my paper quilt diary back in the 1980s, was this cathedral window I entitled, "Windows...

A quick trip to the park for a photo shoot... I like the look and how the border works ... but ... The total size is now 85" x 10...

The inner border has been added to the black and white quilt. I am now rather wishing I had mitered the corners, but by the time I thou...

Every morning, Nikko and I walk a loop around the neighborhood and back through the park. There are actually two parks along our route,...