My Quilt Diary

 Well, I arrived home to a dead AC and lots of dead plants. Luckily the first week back was filled with Vacation Bible School. The church wa...

 At the end of June, I took off on an adventure to visit my kiddos in the states. First stop was in Oregon, though I took a short trip up to...

Monday morning, after onigiri delivery, and during the morning zoom meeting,  I finished turning the binding on this quilt. I had thought on...

My zoom quilt is still on the inner border with about halfway left to go. What is needed to finish is more time on my sofa. It is not someth...

Well, that is the way the saying goes... In my case, fun or work, time seems to take off on its own. I keep thinking, that one of these days...

This year started with a lot of zooming. On the first, I hurried home from church for a zoom gathering with my kids ... spread from the east...

My Ohio Star Log Cabin was finished November 13th and went directly to my futon. Though this time of year, I am usually sleeping in a milita...

October began with the celebration of our church's 150th anniversary. Ten years ago, I had collected signatures from those attending tha...

Today I added the hanging sleeve and took this banner to the park for a photo opp. Not too easy getting a good picture in the wind blowing t...

 Finished after a long day yesterday, and posed for a picture this morning... My friend from church brought me printouts of the kanji. I dec...

My daughter, Marie in Boston, is involved in distributing food to those of her community in need. Unlike my Tokyo daily onigiri delivery, th...

 With a rather heavy schedule and school beginning soon, I was anxious to get this I-Spy quilt finished and into the hands of the new youth ...

 I was finally able, with my daughter's help, to buy enough thinsulate for my log cabin quilt. It is now laid out on the apartment floor...

Considering the heatwave we have been having here in Tokyo, I have left the log cabin waiting on the floor in the upstairs apartment for bas...

I was thinking of something light blue for the inner border, but going through my assorted scraps, I couldn't find anything that would w...

  Today I added the last block of another row to my log cabin. I played around with some of the blocks yesterday, to get a better balance of...

 I have done a lot of "Quilt as you go" quilts, and even taught that class for a few years. I often chuckle at the comments on the...

Another I-Spy quilt for a new church baby.  This did not take long to piece because I had a tin of four-inch blocks already cut. Sashing str...

 A month  has flown, and what do I have to show for it?   Not a whole lot! I have been working slowly on the banner for the church's 150...

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