Sandy

722 posts
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. :)

Two kinds of fun

Wednesday I was one of a group who drove to St. George, UT, for their state-wide quilt show. A quilt show is a strong incentive to put up with single-lane driving through a construction zone, and with six of us in the vehicle there was lots of chatter to keep […]

Sakura

I’ve shown you this quilt in progress a few times, but it’s now finished! I’m really happy with the way it turned out, though it doesn’t quite fit on the wall where I’d planned to hang it; it’s a little too long. That’s okay; I’ll figure out a solution. 😉 […]

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 […]