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Jelly Bellies
My talented blogging friend Darlene has a recent post on a Spring Snowballs quilt she has completed. It has been extremely warm where she lives, and she wanted a cool reminder of Spring. Please check out her site for a photo and description of her project; it is just beautiful. Her post jogged my memory,…
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A Welcome Break
The past week has been a difficult one, with close family members having health issues, and doubts about the wisdom of following through with some eagerly anticipated vacation plans. It was with a mixture of relief and appreciation that my husband and I left the house last night to attend a party at a dear…
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Where I Blog
In general, I am opposed to having electronic devices in my bedroom, due to the bad feng shui factor. There being a limit to the number of rooms in my home available for my singular use, I have had to make an exception to that standard. Here you see this sunny little corner of my…
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Vintage Treasures
Hankies! I have used crocheted edged handkerchiefs my entire life. It is undoubtedly a throw back to my Grandma Agnes always having one stuck in her sleeve or bosom, another of her traits that I seem to have inherited. You will be happy to hear that I keep my hankies in my purse, not my…
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Six Degrees in Progress
I have pieced two sections of my Six Degrees quilt, the center panel and one corner section. There are 68 six inch blocks that surround the center panel, and the layout and stitching of the sections making up the quilt top is a bit of a production. Somewhat tedious, in fact. I think this is…
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A New Obession
Oh, Kim, at Daisy Cottage, look what you have started! I saw the darling blue bird book on your blog last week, and have been thinking of nothing else but vintage children’s books ever since. My son took me to the Old Monterey Book Shop this weekend, and see what I found! A 1904 edition…
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Wild Irish Rose
A few months ago, while at the Pacific International Quilt Festival, I saw an unusual quilt at the Honey Run booth. They had made up a gorgeous quilt that was a different version of the typical Irish Chain. Instead of using the standard light colored background squares to set off the chain pattern, they used…
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Hyacinths for the Soul
(iStockphoto) A Persian poet named Saadi from the 1200’s said it best: If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one, and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.
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Lunchtime Walk
I decided I needed a walk at lunch one day this past week, and I invite you to come along with me and see what I saw. My family is planning a vacation to Spain at the end of this month, and I figured I had better get my feet in shape for all the…
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What to do your favorite quilting books
Here you see one of my favorite quilting books, 40 Fabulous Quick Cut Quilts by Evelyn Sloppy (gotta love her name). I have used this book for a couple of quilt projects and have marked pages with little Post-It flags for about a dozen more projects I would love to do in the future. This…
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