Sandy

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I'm a retired high school French teacher from Arizona, now living in the Las Vegas area. I loved teaching French, but I love retirement even more! I'm a quilter, and most of what you see here will be about quilting, though I've also taken up knitting, and I love to bake. :)
Zipper closure of bad with Eiffel Tower zipper pulls.

A Place for Everything 2.0

I’ve just finished my latest bag (on the right in the photo), another one from By Annie, as usual. This is actually an updated version of one I did way back in 2014 (on the left) and which has done heroic service since then. The new bag has a few […]

Close-up photo of a white Bernina sewing machine, decorated with pink hibiscus flower decals and green leaves.

A major disaster

I’ve had a Bernina 790Pro for some time — about three years now — and thought it would be a permanent fixture in my sewing room. That is, that’s what I thought until about a month or so ago. As I usually do, I took my Pro to my local […]

Portion of a quilt top showing large pink and purple flowers

Paper piecing again

Last fall I went to the Houston Quilt Festival and saw a new-to-me paper piecing company called LegitKits. They had show-special prices, and I was lucky enough to win a further discount, so I bought one of their kits, called Little Hummer. The pattern comes with all of the necessary […]