Around the House

Here is Tidbit, all bound and quilted.  I put it on my hall table and made a little vignette with the ghost family and some other Halloween decorations.  It made a cute photo, but as soon as Eva saw it, she commented that in her opinion, the ghosts were far better suited where she had…

This was my table setting for the Harvest Party last weekend.  I have to remind myself that from now on I need to buy placemats in sets of 8.  I seem to always get either four or six and then when I have seven dinner guests I am in a quandary as to how to…

Oh my.  Sorry for the lack of posts lately.  Forget about anything quilty.  I have had so much going on.  I had a "Harvest Party" on Saturday, complete with honored house guests.  Lots of cooking.  It was basically a Barefoot Contessa dinner.  I started with her Eggplant Caponata, moved on to Michael Chiarello's Butternut Squash…

I tell you, I have been busy lately, but not too busy to get out the fall decorations!  I enjoy sharing photos around the house with you, but mainly I like having a record of what I did so I can replicate it the following year.  I make some changes here and there, but when…

I told myself before I do one more thing with Viola, I absolutely have to get my Civil War Stars sewn together and off the design wall.  I have run out of space on the smaller design wall to the left and it is time to move Viola on to the bigger one. Sewing these…

Time to put the red white and blue away and get out the sunflowers and summery colors.  This pretty Schnibbles pattern by Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. fits the bill.  It is called Jersey Girl and I made it with a fabric collection called Honky Tonk, which somehow seems fitting.  The beautiful custom quilting on it…

I have recovered from my sewing slump already, but had to share with you what appeared on my empty design wall last week. Eva was deeply troubled by the wide empty space and took pains to fill it up with Works In Progress. Is that cute or what?  Looking forward to sharing my new project…

One of my favorite things is to take my beverage of choice and wander out into the back yard and check out the garden.  This is one of the planter beds, and my word, things have really taken off since I last posted on it. See that? Tiny little tomatoes! The veggies are exciting, but…