My Quilt Diary

A week of rain means progress on the feed sack quilt border. I wanted to use some of the smaller feed sack scraps in the quilt and I th...

Between train rides into town and down time at home, the feedsack stars got joined together. I was a bit worried I would not be able to ge...

When typhoons bring wind and rain, sometimes it works for the best. In preparation for the typhoon, I checked up on my outdoor plants. ...

Well, the border linked hearts don't really show up very well, but it is now done and bound and labeled and ready to pass to the nex...

The big stitch is all done and next on the list is quilting the border. I pulled out the stencil I made for the last baby quilt, but i...

Yesterday I stopped at the local shop and bought white and navy sashiko thread. Today I finished all the small area quilting and decided...

The in-the-ditch quilting has been finished and now the focus is on quilting within the blocks. This quilt will be a gift to the mother...

This morning the mouse watched the last stitch go into the border of the mandela. Next I will have to decide on the binding. I really...

The last critter has now joined the medicine wheel and I am currently adding Celtic knots. I think these will work well with my mandela....

I finally went to the local store and could not find any thread I thought would work, so I went back through my pearl cotton collection and ...

The color for the underworld is green. I dug through a number of greens to use on the backing. I ended up using the one on top of the leaf-p...

Staying at home for a day ... except dog walking and street sweeping ... provides time for other things. My mandela now had a background, th...

Last week was Vacation Bible School and I survived as leader of the games. Though the booklet gives a choice of three games each day to fit ...

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...