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. :)
Bernina 790+ embroidering purple border fabric.

Borders

The borders and corner sections for the embroidered project I’ve been working on were released! This is the Winter Twist sew-along from San Francisco Stitch Co. The blocks and finishing pieces have been free for a while, but that will stop in a very short time. There are, of course, four […]

White Knight embroidered block, showing white stag at night.

White Knight

The fourth block of the Winter Twist Sew-a-Long was posted this morning — yay! This is the last block in the free series from San Francisco Stitch Co., though the setting designs are still to come. I’m delighted with these blocks, which is not unusual, since this company always does […]

Road to California 2023

Yesterday our local quilt guild had a bus trip to the wonderful Road to California show — over and back all in one day. We all had a great time, with lots of laughter and chatter all the way. We had done a similar thing ten years ago, when I […]

White ermine standing erect in foliage and winter scenery.

Meadow Marquis

And here’s the third of the four blocks that San Francisco Stitch Co. is issuing as a free download for the winter! This “marquis” is a curious little ermine who pokes his head up in search of whatever he can see in the neighborhood. He was inspired by a real […]

Snowy owl stitched on grey fabric. Scene is at night and owl is perched on a branch and surrounded by snowflakes.

The Snow Baron

A couple of weeks ago, I posted an embroidered block that was the beginning of a short series put out by San Francisco Stitch Company. Today the second block was released, the Snow Baron, a snowy owl at night. Given the state of my back at the moment, I wasn’t […]