citymouse quilter

in order to keep my mind occupied on mother's day, planned several tasks, most got done.  vacuuming, homemade pizza and lots of sewing r...

that would be me... notice i didn't say perfect?  nope, plenty of mis-steps along the way but so proud of the woman my daughter has beco...

the design wall.... oh yes, i think the stripe will do quite nicely....busted nearly all of it on this small piece....and unearthed an oldie...

  today while quilting on this piece, found a boo boo....immediately set about to fix it and continue my efforts to get this done in may.  s...

here is me, age 9, wearing a dress mom made for me.  there was also a red plaid with a lace-trimmed peter pan collar, both using a borrowed ...

may is here and with it a new challenge....deana pulled #5 on our challenge list and this is mine... 5.  start a new wall quilt 'blue pl...

  this is absolutely true!  i confess have hardly picked up a needle in the past six weeks....only after my heart surgery did i abandon sewi...

  finally got my sew along cats basted and in the hoop--quilting has begun!  the deadline is may so shouldn't be a problem to get it don...

eons ago gave my mom this crewel kit, but apparently it wasn't her cup of tea and never got finished.  hardly even started, in fact.  so...

sunday took a tiny foray back into sewing, cutting up more blues for my album quilt blocks.... a pitiful effort but a start nonetheless...ho...