My Quilt Diary

The answer is blowin' in the wind ... And a very hot and humid wind at that. The "Rainy Season" has been officially declared ...

The center hexagons and triangles are all quilted in the ditch and I have moved to the final border. Yesterday I sorted through my col...

For at least a week, this I-Spy quilt had been sitting on my ironing board while I dithered over how to press these seams. Finally, wit...

It has been a real busy few weeks. My Son-on-loan, who arrived before I took off for Scout camp, took off for the states a week ago. Son...

With the last days of school came the rush to load up the van with items needed for a week of scout camp. I was luckily able to bring the va...

That was quick! Phoebe's quilt made it to Oregon in less than a week. I  had made a baby I-Spy quilt around a year ago for the ...

At last the final stitches were put in and the label was sewn in place. The last lap was to the big PO, and after nearly seven months, Phoeb...

The binding is now on the baby quilt but the flying phoebe is struggling to get airborne. There are 72 feed sack squares piled in this ...

Spring has sprung, and after a week of hunting up mulberry leaves for those tiny silkworms, I thought it was also a good time to get some l...

Amazing what a day of sunshine can provide. As I went out to sweep the street today, I found a big fat flower bud getting ready to open....

After lying flat across two tables as mothers gathered to put in the stitches, members of the group were still looking at areas, wondering i...

A cold rainy day ... and a good time to sit and work on a quilt in my lap. The borders on Phoebe's quilt are slowly getting done ... onl...

Last week one of my neighbors was un-tangling a vine along the top of her fence. It was just beginning to burst in bloom and I asked her ...

It is amazing how life seems to get in he way. I had always thought that as I got older, things would quiet down and I would have more time ...

After a week of grey skies and off-and-on rain, it was nice to see the sun again. Well, I shouldn't complain because the sun did co...