Both books were on my wish list. Feeling an urge to splurge, I ordered them both.  I think it was serendipity because both very similar, yet very different.  And both are so, so inspiring. Amish Abstractions‘ version on the right is...

Another housetop quilt started because my boss wants me to teach a class.  I couldn’t say no, now could I?  I still have scraps! The color scheme is inspired by this awesome hula fat quarter that was in my stash.  And… because I ha...

The week that the Ladies Downhill Skiing race at the Olympics was having a Crash & Burn day, I realized I had a crash & burn Dear Jane month.  I have a total of 6 blocks done and here it is March already. March! How did that happen,...

Some of you may know that I occasionally do some freelance quilt design work for Clothworks Textiles.  You know those free patterns that are given out with each line of fabric?  Once in awhile I get to design one of those quilts.  W...

It is SO sunny and beautiful today that I had to get out and photograph these.  I drove down to the bike trail and I’m sure there were a few people wonder what kind of crazy woman I was taken pictures of quilts rather than out enjoy...

Soon, a little dolly quilt will be flying to it’s new home. This is for the Doll Quilt Swap on Flickr.  Every time I do this swap, I never know what the quilt is going to look like until it is done.  This one started out with houses...

So I made a little list of the things I would  like to get done for the unofficial Sewing Olympics.  This little snail is a warm up to a whole row of a variety of blocks for the Row 10 block swap.  The pattern can be found here. It ...

At the very last minute…  a few of us on Flickr decided that we needed to band together for some Sewing Olympics.  The Ravelympics is starting tonight and I just haven’t the gumption to get my knitting organized.  But I have several...

Wow! You guys are blowing me away with your comments on the Mini Lone Star.  Thank you so much for all the quilty love! The scraps have been shoved back into their bins, the floor has been swept, and the design wall has been cleaned...

While I’m trying to decide what to do with my Scrappy Lone Star from Judy Irish’s class, I decided to make a Mini Star.  Most of my scraps are small pieces so this was a perfect match! The finished size is approximately 27-inches sq...

The sun is shining and there are signs that spring is just around the corner.  I apologize to all of you East Coast folks who are getting pummeled with a snowstorm today!  But we have had a mild winter in the Pacific Northwest and s...

My sewing  room still looks like a hurricane swept through. But in the midst of the chaos, there is a method to my madness. Since digging through my scrap bins, I’ve had to divide and conquer by hunting for other containers to sort ...

This has absolutely nothing to do with quilting but I'm posting a picture of my soon to be new bedroom. Since I'm single again I've decided to remake my house. So, I pulled my old waterbed out of storage and started with that. I ord...

I finally have a new one completely finished. It is quilted, the binding done and on it's way to it's new home. PACE in Lakeland helps young girls struggling with life situations and is having a golf tournament and silent auction th...

At the time, it felt like a crazy decision to sign up for a class the day after we got back from our ski trip.  But I’m SO glad I did! My friend Linda and I wanted some girl time sewing together and decided to take a class from Judy...

We had a great time.  It’s just going to take a moment or two to get back into our regular routine.  And I now know that I need to step up my exercising a bit more!  My knees are still feeling it.  There’s a few more photos over on ...

Somehow, I got sucked into the sewing room when I should have been doing chores!  I’ve got house blocks on the brain.  Again, all from scraps. Each time I dig into my scrap baskets, they get dumped all over the floor like a hurrican...

For a long, long time I have thought about attempting to make the Dear Jane quilt. It intrigues me and I can’t explain why.  Maybe because it is part of the Civil War era. Maybe just because of it’s uniqueness. Every block is differ...

I am in love with making scrap quilts!  Almost to the  point where I don’t even want to start a planned project.  Which is crazy because there are some beautiful fabrics out in the world right now that I love as much as my scraps. T...

Thank you for all the New Year’s wishes!  I can’t believe  it is 2010!  When I was a kid, I could NOT fathom what it would be like after the year 2000, nor what it would be like to be this age. I feel old! I finally finished up the ...