My Quilt Diary

 Thanks to a great kindness, the "Big-Girl" quilt has met up with my granddaughter in Colorado. Our Pastor's wife was travelli...

Maile's Big-girl quilt was finished on Valentines day. It is a bit difficult to find a fence area large enough for a picture, as any sun...

 The thing I worried about most, was quilting the floral print border. Should I outline the pattern with navy stitching? That might have bee...

I decided that, as long as I have to move the hoop around, I may as well do the next two borders together. Since the 5-inch squares are made...

On December 22 I finished piecing the backing, basted the quilt on the apartment floor, and began quilting the star in the ditch, from the c...

Last week I added the last small border to Maile's "big girl" quilt I cut the floral down to just eight inches, as the whole w...

With the five inch yukata squares added, the size is now 65 inches square. I have several rolls of yukata fabric that would add a wide borde...

Two of the setting triangles have been appliqued and one is now set in place. My granddaughter decided on an anthurium. I guess this fills t...

Last week on Tuesday, I began the challenge of the hibiscus applique for the corner blocks of Maile's Morning Star quilt.  The yukata fa...

When we first got our last dog, Nikko, we were living in Suginami-ku, not too far from Wadabori Park. Each morning I would take Nikko to the...

 I really hate deadlines! This is probably one of my least favorite banners. I was out of thin batting and used some that had been "gif...

Three works in progress wanting my attention. The anniversary banner can be moved until next year if needed, The big girl quilt is waiting f...

  The star points are ready for the next step. Since the needed end result is for a double bed, I am planning to divide the work into segmen...