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 […]
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I’ve just spent a wonderful weekend with my quilting buddy, Phyl, taking four classes in two days. Yup. The stuff exhaustion is made of! LOL! But it was such fun! Of course we visited an Apple Store and looked at some of the new products — we just looked, though. But back to […]
Not too long ago, I happened across a page showing knitted projects that illustrated math concepts. One of the knits looked like it could easily be made into a quilt using half-square triangles, though at this moment I can’t find that exact project on the site. Since I happened to […]
A new cookbook arrived at my house the other day, and today I decided to take a little break from quilting and make something new. The book is Dorie Greenspan’s latest, Dorie’s Cookies, and it’s enormous! Every recipe has a full-page photo and also detailed instructions and explanations of why […]
I really like to machine quilt. I used to hand quilt, but my hands just aren’t up for that any longer, so it’s a very good thing that I think that most machine quilting is such fun. I’ve tried several different feet suitable for using rulers on a domestic machine, beginning […]
Keep in mind that I live in the Las Vegas, NV, area, which is quite a bit south of Canada. 😉 Imagine my surprise and delight, therefore, when I saw these “tourists” during their stopover here! I absolutely couldn’t resist pulling my car over and taking some pictures. There were dozens and […]