Back in 2001, my late mother-in-law was visiting and commented that she had a small black sewing machine that was going to waste and did I want it? My eyes lit up, of course, in the hope that it was a lovely little old Singer Featherweight. To make a long […]
… for the trees. That’s sort of the way I feel right now, after finishing the machine embroidery of some lovely Christmas trees; now I need to figure out how I want to set them into a quilt — the “forest”. 😉 These trees were inspired by a quilt […]
I have a sad story with a happy ending, so let’s get to it. I have a very nice sewing cabinet, made by Tracey’s Tables. It has left-side and back extensions that go up when I want to work on a large, flat surface, and there’s also a “corner” extension that flips back […]
Last fall I updated my iPhone to the 6s model, though I was really wishing I could keep the size of the 5s I was replacing; little did I know that the iPhone SE was coming out! Still, there are some features on the 6s that I like a lot, […]
Yesterday I took an afternoon class at my local quilt shop, Quiltique, to make a fabric basket. Actually, the theory was that we’d each finish three of them, but no one completed more than one. No problem, though — we all had such a good time that the class just flew […]
Like so many of us, I use a slow cooker for certain things we eat — it’s convenient and so easy. My trusty slow cooker died — after a long and faithful life — a couple of years ago, so I rushed right out and bought the same brand at […]