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Sew Powerful
The SewPowerful purse goal for 2018 was 8,000 purses. Thanks to the leadership of Jason and Cinnamon Miles and a team of sewists from every continent except Antartica, over 8,000 purses for Menstrual...
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Quiet winter days
I'm loving the colors and design of this faux-hexie quilt. It really is all I want to work on. The row-by-row assembly is the current task. This project has been my reward for working on another...
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Post QuiltCon2019: So many things...
My studio floor very seldom has this much color. On the left are 6 period purses for Sew Powerful in process. On the right is a baby Trip Around the World for Project Night Night, my Chicago Modern...
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Flurry of Spring Activity
These rainbow flaps on 6 purses for Sew Powerful are so dynamic! Great way to start off MarchThis pile of 24 SewPowerful purses need 24 notes. Some of them I have written, but I need to put myself on...
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Trolling for Purse Makers
I'm stepping out of my safe zone, big time. It's so easy to stay in my studio and make purses. But now it's time to step it up. I did that last fall when I spoke to the Women's Group in Palos about...
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The Winter of My Content
These two quilts have much in common. Both are Trips Around the World, both are hand-quilted, and both have the tail ends of favorite fabrics. The peppered shot cotton one (on top) was my evening...
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All Blogging in a Day
InterwovenDid you ever read the Ray Bradbury story "All Summer in a Day"? It's a bittersweet little story about life on a distant planet that has only one afternoon of summer a year and a little girl...
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Repairing/Updating/Refreshing a Favorite Quilt
It's hard to explain why certain quilts resonate with us. The difficulty is one of texture, color, design, and size. So when you find that perfect combination, it's precious. Long-time friend...
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Third Hand-Quilted Finish of 2019
Who have I become? After years of begging my mom to do my handwork - hemming and binding - which she always graciously agreed to do because she liked doing handwork, I have become a handwork maniac....
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What happened to June?
I don't know what happened to June. All I know is that I'm busy both day and night with my quilting and I'm still dreadfully unhappy politically. The only solution for me right now is to keep on with...
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Goal for July? Check
My goal for July was to make a purse a day for SewPowerful. And SCORE! I made it. Along with the ten I had before July 1, that means I have 41 purses ready to put in the mail. Well, almost...Every...
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Eighteen Years
What a melancholy day. It's horribly hot and humid, and I'm just now getting over my sulking about the cancelled Newfoundland trip. I really am thankful the tour group had the foresight to cancel the...
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52 blocks in 52 weeks
Even though quilting and sewing is a fun thing that I chose to do, within my world there are still tasks that must be done and then projects that are just play. Thanks to my wide-ranging friends...
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A Milestone Month
John turns 80 on the 5th. And I am 70 on the 8th. How lucky are we to be healthy and able to celebrate these milestones! I'm hoping to keep the cerebrations without eating every single thing in...
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Being 70 is remarkably like...
Being 70 is remarkably like being 69. Or 59. Or 49. Or 14. I'm keenly aware of how lucky I am with health, family, and friends. Most nights I look forward to sitting down with my quilting. Here's...
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Early November Quilting
Nikki's quilt top is finished. I didn't get my proportions quite right, and this is huge. But it's kind of like being too rich or too thin (so I hear): a quilt cannot be too big. This quilt top is...
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An Evening Companion
I'm not a pet person, but I understand how holding or stroking an animal is soothing. For me that sort of soothing comes from my hand quilting. That's what I discovered around the time of my parents'...
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Looking Around the Studio
This time of the year that makes me think about what needs to be finished before I start anything else. Many quilters, including ones in my guild, are so good about setting goals for the year and then...
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So.Many.Quilts. Part 1
My love affair with peppered shot cottons has ended. I took all my leftovers from various projects and made this Fence Rail design. Since this quilt is going to my nephew in Orlando, I batted it...
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So Many Quilts (for 2020) - Part 2
What a lovely holiday season. I love Winter, and I love Christmas. I love that John decorates. Here's what I look at every morning - the glam clam of shot cottons, the elliptical drunkard's path...
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