… that I’m afraid of heights? Yup. I used to take students to Europe every couple of years, and it was such fun — until I had to go up into the Eiffel Tower or something else that was very tall. Cue the wet palms and racing heart — I […]
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A couple of weeks ago, “my” quilt circle had its regular meeting, at which many of us used instructions shared by Christa Watson, a local quilter, to make chevron quilts. The original instructions used 5″ blocks, but I decided to make a miniature, so I ended up with 1.5″ blocks […]
I’ve just finished appliquéing the multicolored, multi-sized circles to my Fiesta (Block 3) project! Yay! This has been fun, so I can definitely see doing more hand appliqué in the future. Now I just have to decide how I want to quilt this so as to finish it up. Of […]
I’ve been forgetting to add this quilt to my blog and my “regular” web site. It’s called Water Lilies, as the colors I chose for it reminded me of Monet’s paintings. I began the quilt in a class well over a year ago, but the class was extremely disappointing, as […]
Last weekend my husband and I flew to San Francisco to meet our younger daughter and her fiancé for a weekend of wine tasting in Calistoga. We’d never done that before, and we loved it! The scenery was gorgeous, the weather was beautiful, the company was great, and the wine delicious. […]
No — not macaroons, those coconut cookies we all know. These are macarons, a meringue-like cookie made sandwich-style with a yummy filling in between the halves. A friend and I took a class at a local place last night, and I think everyone there had a wonderful time making various […]