Yearly Archives: 2012

54 posts

New “stuff”

 I’ve been working on a Craftsy class on doing beaded knitting for some time now. I’d already made one shawl from the class, and today I finished blocking the second/last one. This one is actually from a pattern I used in my very first Craftsy class, but the beads were […]

On the Go Bag — sort of

A good friend of mine made Annie Unrein’s On the Go Bag and liked it except for the size. It was simply too big for convenient use at — for example — a quilt show. Previously, I’d made Annie’s Name Tag Bag, and I love it, except for being able […]

Two kinds of fun

Wednesday I was one of a group who drove to St. George, UT, for their state-wide quilt show. A quilt show is a strong incentive to put up with single-lane driving through a construction zone, and with six of us in the vehicle there was lots of chatter to keep […]

Sakura

I’ve shown you this quilt in progress a few times, but it’s now finished! I’m really happy with the way it turned out, though it doesn’t quite fit on the wall where I’d planned to hang it; it’s a little too long. That’s okay; I’ll figure out a solution. 😉 […]

Lake Las Vegas

Lake Las Vegas (google for more links) is an area that not enough people know about or visit. The setting there is just beautiful, and there is a little “village” with shops and apartments. We’ve gone out there several times for various events, and one of those events netted me a gift […]