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Apple Pie and Cherries Jubilee
Ever since I finished my Provence Baskets quilt top, I can’t stop yearning to use those bright primary colors again in another quilt. When I see Darlene’s Cherries Jubilee blocks, it turns this yearning feeling into a complete obsession. I don’t have the entire Cherries Jubilee bundle (boy, was that ever short sighted of me),…
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Cutting
The Fatquarter Challenge is on! I couldn’t wait to get started with all the cutting that is required for my Celebrate Spring quilt. Normally, cutting is a zen like activity for me, one that I actually enjoy. This project is no exception, and I found much satisfaction in tossing the trimmings into my waste basket…
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The Living is Easy
Not much going on. Just another one of those perfect spring days when there isn’t anything in particular planned, the garden is shaping up and the sun is shining at last. I made myself a pitcher of iced tea and sat in the yard and just smelled the roses. Sometimes the simplest things are the…
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Poppies on the Hill
These happy California poppies are growing outside my house on a hill. Nothing kills them off, not even fires. They re-seed and merrily reappear year after year, blooming from February all the way through to the end of summer. They are native plants in our area and grow freely in the hills and other open…
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Celebrate Spring Fat Quarter Challenge
My friend Darlene at Quilting Daze has a lot of good ideas. One day not too long ago, she emailed me to say she had a thought….no, she wouldn’t tell me….well OK, she would…. This is more or less what she said: "Since we have such incredibly similar taste in quilt projects, how would it…
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Provence Baskets
Sticking with my goal to finish one "almost done" project per weekend, I got the borders sewn on to my Provence Baskets quilt. You may recall that when I was piecing these blocks, I felt that they were very far removed from my usual palette, and had quite a few doubts that this quilt was…
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Relaxing
My plan to sit on the sidelines while my husband and son did all the work in the garden failed miserably. When my idea of doing a bit of hand sewing in the shade was met with incredulity, I soon found myself up to my elbows in potting soil, wet spagnum moss, and…
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Glorious Day
Hello friends! It was 81 degrees in Carmel Valley today, and my DH and I decided it was a perfect afternoon to go to our favorite garden nursery and buy some new plants to freshen up the backyard. Our garden was hit hard by a bad frost we had this winter, and I have many…
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Keys
Don’t you just love a collection? I only have five of them, but these big keys make me so happy. The key, to me is a symbol of opportunity, discovery and mysteries to be solved. It is a well known symbol of knowledge and power as well. I found all five of these keys at…
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Raise the Roof-Work in Progress
I spent five hours on Sunday working on my Raise the Roof quilt blocks, using the In the Pink fabric line. I think this one could be a real winner, provided I can get through the challenges I am experiencing with the star blocks. The quilt top is made up of two different quilt blocks,…
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