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. :)
Three framed embroidered projects with a compass rose on each and GPS coordinates for specific locations.

Compass Rose signs

I use Embrilliance embroidery software, which works beautifully on my Mac; unfortunately, the Bernina software isn’t Mac-friendly — and it’s lots more expensive. A few days ago, Lisa Shaw, who is an expert at digitizing (something I’m definitely not) shared a project and instructions on how to personalize it for […]

Open bags showing teal lining and zippered pockets.

A couple of bags

About three weeks ago, I posted that I’d been fortunate enough to purchase an adorable Bernina 475 Kaffe edition sewing machine so that I can take it to various sewing sessions more easily than my amazing — but heavy — Bernina 790Plus. I decided that it only made sense to […]