Desert Quilters of Nevada has just wrapped up our annual show, where I spent several days either looking or working — I was in charge of hanging the smaller quilts and then taking them down again. The show itself was lovely, as usual; there were lots of gorgeous quilts and […]
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Oops! It’s been almost a month since I’ve posted anything here, but time has just slipped by. I’m still working on a Christmas project with embroidered blocks from the San Francisco Stitch Company, part of which project you can see here. In addition, I’m also knitting a cardigan to use during […]
I saw this adorable pattern for a cell phone case online and decided to make it for my granddaughter. I figured that, even if she didn’t want to use it for her phone, she could use it for something else. The hippo is really cute and is made completely in […]
I’ve been MIA for a bit longer than I’d realized! I’ve been working on a new quilt (what else is new?), and that leads me to today’s post. No, not the new quilt, but related …. A few months ago, I showed you a new pin cushion I’d hand embroidered. […]
Sometimes it’s very difficult to fall asleep on an airplane. Actually, it’s almost always difficult to fall asleep on an airplane! I decided to try using a sleep mask the next time I take a long flight, but it seemed like very little extra work to make similar ones for all of […]
I don’t know why I’m so intrigued by the biscornu construction, and I also don’t know why I like pin cushions so much. At the moment, I have at least nine pin cushions, and that’s not counting the ones I’ve made and given away! At any rate, my local […]