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. :)

A new bed for Bisou

Bisou has never shown any interest in a bed of her own. After all, she’s allowed on the furniture and sleeps on the bed with us, so why did she need a bed? I did give her a little quilt to curl up on behind the chair where she likes […]

Peek-a-boo!

Bisou makes me smile almost all of the time! She usually keeps me company in the mornings as I’m getting dressed or making the bed, etc. Like many dogs, she also likes to have certain “caves” to lie in, and this is one of them. Yup, that’s one of her […]

Quilt Show!

Above is the logo of our local quilt show, set to open on Friday, April 26! I must say that our show is always a very good one; we have over 300 quilts on display, and there’s a good number of vendors, too. Something for everyone! The show takes a […]

Bargello Flag Quilt

My local quilt circle met last week, and one of our members — a good friend — showed us how to make a bargello quilt that looks like a US flag. I’d made a small flag quilt a few years ago, but I hung it on our front door, facing due west, […]

Plumeria

I did say this quilt was almost finished a few days ago, didn’t I? And it is! I used a new-to-me appliqué technique that I will have to practice more — I have a few “jaggies” that I wish I’d been able to avoid. But this is a souvenir or […]