citymouse quilter

today was my jaunt to the quilter's gathering in nashua, nh. i try and go every year. they have a terrific show (by invitation) and al...

rain in maine. no problem, it isn't SNOW! seriously, any kind of weather that does not confine me to an artificially-cooled space or p...

so goes the nation, is the phrase. our (probably) new governor is the general manager of marden's, the astounding store that sells fabr...

it's awaiting a dunk in the washer to remove the chalk lines, but i can post it here for you to see. it's a mini-Amish quilt, log c...

so now that it's started, i am hoping to do at least a block a day, which will get this finished way before the end of the year. it...

this is what happens when UFOs get finished, the pins that are holding them together get put back into the pin cushion. see that chunky on...

no special reason at all, just that i'm happy my arm is nearly fully recovered, brother #2 called this morning, have gotten some sewing ...

a blast from the past! this is me and brother #1 circa 1958 or so. aren't we scary? sometimes i still feel like a hobo of sorts........

after about 5 hours of basting, i've gotten this much done, which is nearly 1/4 of the entire applique. the very center part is also d...

that would be basting the hawaiian quilt. at the moment it's just pinned but i took a detour from my current "to do" list and...