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. :)

Lake Las Vegas

Lake Las Vegas (google for more links) is an area that not enough people know about or visit. The setting there is just beautiful, and there is a little “village” with shops and apartments. We’ve gone out there several times for various events, and one of those events netted me a gift […]

Accola

I’ve mentioned before that I’m taking another class at Craftsy, this one called Knitting with Beads, taught by Laura Nelkin. Today I finished the first of two shawls for this class, and I’m now waiting for it to dry after having blocked it. 🙂 I love the color of the […]

I’m quilting …

… really, I am! 😉 I know I haven’t posted anything quilty in a long time, but I am quilting these days — as well as knitting and whatever else strikes me. LOL! And here’s the proof: This is a top that’s a bit unusual for me, in that it […]

Tea, anyone?

Can you imagine having afternoon tea while enjoying this view? That’s what one of my daughters and I did this afternoon! 🙂 She was away when my birthday rolled around, so this was her delayed birthday gift to me, and it was wonderful. We were on the twenty-third floor of […]

Short get-away

Gosh, I can’t believe it’s been so long since I’ve updated my blog! I guess life has just been going along as usual, and nothing has stood out to write about lately. However, that changed yesterday. DH and I took off to go to Cedar City, UT, to see two […]