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. :)

Cassatas

We’re lucky that our immediate family all live nearby. Because of that, one of our daughters usually hosts Christmas Eve dinner, I do Christmas breakfast, and the other daughter hosts Christmas dinner. We all contribute to the two dinners, of course, since it’s a lot of work for one person. […]

Something’s fishy …

While in Houston last month, I saw an adorable pattern by Appliqué Elementz and couldn’t pass it up. In fact, there were so many cute ones that I had a hard time deciding which one to get! I decided to make this into a throw pillow to be given away […]

Tree’s up!

… and not a moment too soon, IMHO. The problem was that our tree, though workable, was really too big. We have a small house and limited places where a tree will fit at all. But I finally found a pre-lit tree that could fit on an end table quite […]

Cute!

A few days ago I went to my local quilt shop, Quiltique, to get some fabric glue for a project I was working on. While there, I happened upon a really cute gift item that I simply couldn’t leave there; it was perfect for me and for many people I […]