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Time for a Shower
My friend Cecilia's daughter Kim is getting married, and her wedding shower is tomorrow. After looking at Kim's on-line registries, I was getting a sort of retro vibe with her color and style...
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Quilting for a Novice
Jen, a Kennedy art teacher and one of the most talented teachers I know (she runs, she instructs yoga, she's nationally certified) has started quilting. Look what she did with these lovely fabrics....
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Priming Creativity at the Chicago Modern Quilt Guild
This group is pretty creative to begin with. But we can all use a little help. Tricia did Nesting Boxes, Holly did Coffee Sleeves, Jen and Eileen did Mug Rugs, Erika did T-Shirt Scarves, Sarah S did...
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Sewing Weekend
I had some specific goals for this past weekend. Some of them I met - some still need work. Friday I visited the Fiber Arts Show at the Chicago Botanic Gardens with two of my favorite people, Wayne...
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An Equal-Opportunity Direction Follower
This past weekend I followed the directions of fellow Chicago Modern Quilt GuildsterErika and made a scarf of t-shirts. Today's project was a drawstring bag with directions provided by CMQGster Sarah...
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Evolution of Pattern Following
Look at these cute little bags from the Runaround Bagpattern by Lazy Girl Designs. They have a lined interior, a back pocket, a zip closure, and are 7" x 9". As the pattern says, "A great little purse...
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A Very Mo Thanksgiving
Ben, Jack, Grandpa John, Natalie. Nikki, Brandon, Sam, Ryan in back
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Baggage
Jen's Bag Some guildsters came over to play bags, and working together - with a completed project at the end of the day - is a great way to roll. We all made the WOW bag, a neat tote that expands and...
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Mors Bags for Anne!
A fellow volunteer I met at Chicago's Rally to Restore Sanity in October 2010 saw the blog post about my Chicago Modern Quilt Guild's food drive for the Greater Chicago Food Depository and the 225...
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An odd birthday for my sister
Paula is 60 today. Every year I blog about her present ahead of time and ruin her surprise. This year I didn't blog, cleverly wrapped her present, putting one bag inside of another inside of another,...
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The Studio as a Guestroom
My mom has been hospitalized for 10 days - tomorrow she is having elbow replacement surgery. And I think she'll be there another almost week before going to a rehab center. This has been rough,...
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An Odd End to theYear...
My mom fell Nov 29. After elbow replacement she was transferred from LaGrange Hospital to Plymouth Place on Dec 13. Her progress is slow, especially since she's still in a cast and learning to use...
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Ready for Christmas
Christmas sewing is done. One little zippered pouch for Kim, and Mors Bags for the worker bees at Plymouth Place. They are all neatly packed away in one of my totes and ready for delivery today and...
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Happy New Year!
It's good to find time to sew. A year ago I was setting blogging goals for the year, and I have followed as some of my blogger friends have assessed their year's work and set goals for the new year....
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Quilt Courier
I wish I could take credit for this quilt, but I'm just the courier. The seven blocks of this quilt were submitted to the Modern Quilt Guild as part of the QuiltCon Block Challenge. The Modern Quilt...
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Evocative Quilting
Life's issues have been on the dark side the past two months. My mom will be released from rehab in 10 days. Even though she is physically healthy-ish, she is mentally blank. Very pleasant but blank....
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QuiltCon Linky Party
Going to QuiltCon in Austin, Texas from February 20th - 24th is terribly exciting for me. This first modern quilting convention will have displays and vendors and quilters who will provide all the...
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QuiltCon: What I made, bought, and scored
QuiltCon was such a great experience in so many ways. Every lecture I heard was so interesting, and the exhibition of quilts was so beautiful and inspiring. The variety of classes offered spanned...
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