Sandy

Progress …

My dryer is finally fixed, so I’m running my laundry from several days ago through the wash again and then through the dryer. While that’s going on, I’m quilting my table runner. 🙂 I’ve now finished one entire block’s feathers and am fairly happy with how the block looks. Two […]

Feathers!

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Have I mentioned yet that I love feathers? I love seeing them on quilts, and I love quilting them myself. Today I finished doing the outlining of the little painted motifs on the table runner I’m working on, so that means I was finally allowed to put the first feather […]

Shopping!

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The quilt I currently have on our bed (this one) is almost seven years old and showing its age; the fabric is beginning to split. That’s doubly sad, since I don’t really enjoy making enormous quilts. 😉 However, I’ve wanted to make a Winding Ways quilt for some time, so […]

The Lion King!

Last night my husband and I went to see The Lion King at the Mandalay Bay Theater. It was everything I’d ever heard it would be — absolutely fantastic! Naturally, we weren’t allowed to take pictures, so you’ll have to content yourself with this photo of the program and the […]

More sewing room photos

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I did say I was going to show you where I quilt, but then I only posted a photo of my Bernina. In the interest of full disclosure, I’ll show you the rest of the room. It’s a bedroom in our three-bedroom home, so it’s not huge — just about […]

Here’s where I quilt

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I thought I’d show you where I quilt. This is my Bernina 630 (no embroidery module), which is set into a cabinet from Tracey’s Tables; I just love my set-up! What you see here is a table runner in progress. The three main blocks were done with paint sticks, and […]