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. :)
Teal and gold feathered star on black background, with gold Honorable Mention ribbon.

Our local quilt show

The Desert Quilters of Nevada, my local guild, has just wrapped up our annual show. There were so many gorgeous quilts, attesting to the expertise of our members! The judge, NACQI Certified Judge Nancy Fula, was fantastic, giving detailed critiques of each piece. This year marked a change in how […]

Pretty pale teal sewing machine with flowers on the front. Also a grey bag for transport, also decorated with flowers.

A little sister

Let me get this out of the way from the start: I love my Bernina 790+ sewing machine. I often say that someone would have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands. However, it does have one disadvantage: it’s really heavy! In the past, I’ve opted not to participate […]

image showing a floral scene from Paducah, KY, and saying "See My Quilt on Display". Dates of the Paducah show are given as April 26-29, 2023.

I almost fainted …

First of all, I have to eat my words. Referring back to October and the whim that led me to enter a quilt into the Road to California show, a few days after I’d sent in that entry, I also was notified that the AQS show in Paducah was also […]

Quilt top with embroidered winter animal blocks and embroidered borders

Quilt top finished!

Yesterday I posted that I was working on embroidering the borders of the Winter Twist project from San Francisco Stitch Co. And now the embroidery is finished, and my Bernina is taking a well-earned nap! The next step, of course, will be to quilt the piece, finishing the little quilt […]