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. :)
floral mug rugs for March and April

Mug rugs

The San Francisco Stitch Company has lots of wonderful designs available, and I’ve made some of them in the past — all with no problems at all, as was the case here. They recently released the beginning of a monthly series of designs for mug rugs, though the designs could […]

long tube to make purple wrist rest

Here’s hoping …

I’ve been trying to deal with some issues in my hands  — and especially in my fingers — for some time now. I have Reynaud’s, meaning that the circulation in my hands and feet is poor. Lately, though, my fingers are especially affected, even without very cold temperatures. At times […]

Bisou (cocker spaniel) smiling

Sad news

It’s taken me a little while to be able to post this, but it’s time. Back in 2008, we adopted a little cocker spaniel, whom we named Bisou (= “kiss”). She’s been a delight, once she outgrew her overwhelming desire to chew the leather couches we had at the time. […]