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 Gift for You!

A few days ago, I was given the opportunity to review a book, and you can get this book free of charge, too! 🙂 The book is Build Your Best Log Cabin, put out by Fons and Porter, and it’s an ebook, which means you don’t even have to pay […]

Holiday decorations

Last night a friend and I went to the Las Vegas Strip to catch a performance of Ô, a Cirque du Soleil show at the Bellaggio. The trip there was an adventure, since there had been little or no publicity about a marathon occurring yesterday afternoon and evening — a […]

Getting ready

I’ve been busy today! Christmas is sneaking up on me, so I’ve been baking and working on projects for the holidays today. One of the projects was to make some machine embroidered gift card holders from a CD I’d purchased a few months ago. The CD is from Dakota Collectibles […]

Discovery

I’ve seen those gloves we quilters can buy to protect our hands while using rotary cutters; they’re rather pricey, going for around $25 retail. This morning, however, my husband showed me something. You see, he frequently manages to cut his hands when using a knife. Since he loves to fish, […]

Back from Houston

I’ve been home for almost a week from the “really big show” in Houston, and I think I’m finally almost caught up. 😉 It was wonderful, as always! I love everything about it: the gorgeous quilts, the amazing vendors, spending uninterrupted time with friends — some of whom I only […]