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. :)

It really *was* fun!

I’m back from the Clean & Sew I mentioned yesterday, and it was lots of fun! It was a small class, and we each had a new Bernina 830 to use. Wow! What a machine! It’s not coming home with me (though I’d love that extra harp space for quilting […]

Winding Ways progress

I know it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything about the Winding Ways quilt I’ve been working on. That’s mostly because I’ve been procrastinating and letting other things get in the way of working on it. I have to admit that I prefer making smaller quilts; bed-sized quilts […]

Speaking of food …

I’ve been meaning to try a particular recipe I found on the King Arthur Flour site, and today I finally got around to it. They have lots of really scrumptious-sounding recipes there, and this one sounded really good. They’re called Scone Nibbles (click the link for the recipe). Unfortunately, my […]

Food …

Since I’ve been writing as many food-related posts as quilt-related posts, and since someone suggested that this might be a good idea, I’ve decided to add a recipe section to my blog. I won’t be able to add some of the recipes I use, as they’re in French. Okay, I […]

Flower Pot

My quilting buddy in Phoenix ran across this pattern, and I decided it was too cute not to make one, too. It looks rather like a flower pot, which may be why that’s what it’s called. 😉 However, it’s all fabric and intended to be used as a tool caddy […]