citymouse quilter

there weren't many of these little black strips leftover from a previous project, but my conscience wouldn't let me throw them away....

many years ago, a creative mom made a set of these for her precious baby daughter.  however, life was sometimes unpleasant in the little kin...

these are the 2 elfa drawers containing whites and lights.  as you can see, i have far too many white scraps, most of which are from backing...

here are 2 rows so far.  they look pretty lonely on the design wall.  the unfinished width of each strip is 3.5" and each strip is 72.5...

tuesday morning before i pulled out the christmas scrappy, i finished this flimsy.  now it's off my design wall and in the "baste...

this pattern, "woven ribbons," by darlene zimmerman appeared in a 1998 issue of american patchwork and quilting.  i tore it out an...

with this set of scraps (whites, solids, batiks), i decided to see what they could be used for and made up the block at the bottom.  alas, i...

the 3 eagle chicks at wildlife center of virginia that were rescued after their mother was killed near the nest at norfolk botanical gardens...

he went to war a young man from a small town in maine and came back having seen too much unpleasantness and with residual health issues.  ev...

wow, what a surprise in the mail today!  these are hand-dyed solids, a HUGE collection of small pieces, from cherrywood fabrics .  the $$ fo...