Yearly Archives: 2010

100 posts

I did it!

Hmmm … what’s this? Could it be …? Yes!!!! I braved the heat and finished up the last of the Winding Ways blocks for my quilt. 😀 This is what a stack of 104 blocks looks like. 😉 Here’s a better photo, though, showing all eight fabrics I used. Each […]

These are good …

Have I mentioned that my sewing room faces due west? Have I mentioned that I live in the desert and that it’s hot here in the summer? Okay, I know I haven’t posted in a while, and I know it’s been even longer since I posted anything quilt related, but […]

Warm weather meal

It’s getting warmer and warmer here in the desert. Actually, I’m not really complaining, since we had an unusually cool (for us) spring. However, now that cooler weather is gone for the duration, and we’re hitting the 90s now, with temperatures over 100 beginning next weekend. Have I mentioned that […]

It’s still busy

I know; I’ve been neglecting my blog lately. Having grandchildren here so frequently has taken a lot of time and, as I explained before, it’s just a busy time of year for our family. I haven’t even worked on my Winding Ways quilt in days. 🙁 But yesterday was my […]

Busy time of year

It’s usually the holiday season that makes people crazy with comings and goings, but this time of year is almost as busy for us. It started with one daughter’s birthday at the end of April, followed by a granddaughter’s birthday at the beginning of May. Then there was Mother’s Day, […]

Mother’s Day flowers

I’ve just realized that I completely forgot to post a photo of my Mother’s Day flowers! Oops! When my daughter and son-in-law gave them to me on Saturday evening (a week ago already), they were mostly green buds. I brought them home and put them in water, and they’re lasting […]