An unusual quilting tool

I’ve had this tool for several years, so I’m not even sure that this same model is still available (newer ones are), but it certainly is useful! It’s called a Laser Level Square, and its intended use is for construction (squaring corners, etc.) or even for checking to make sure something is […]

Gingerbread House

I’m still very new at doing machine embroidery, but some months ago I bought a pattern for an adorable gingerbread house. It took me a while to begin working on it, but it’s finally finished. It’s anything but perfect, but I still think it’s cute. The various pieces started out […]

A few miscellaneous photos

We’ve had a visitor for the past few days. The boxer-mix puppy that belongs to one of our daughters and her two sons — our grandsons, of course — was visiting from Friday until this afternoon. He’s still quite young and very playful, which intimidated our little Bisou a bit, but — on the whole — they got […]

Remembering a couple of trips

Several years ago my husband and I took our first cruise, going to several islands in the Eastern Caribbean. Just over a year ago, I took another cruise to the same area, this time a quilting cruise with several friends. During that cruise I bought three small pieces of fabric […]

Hawaiian turtles

You may — or may not 😉 — remember this post. At the time that my quilting buddy, Phyl, bought her kit, I also bought one, and I put it away to work on at some point; the kits were laser cut by Stacy Michell. That was about three years ago. Time does fly! LOL! […]

Double-Pointed Dresden Plate

In my previous post I showed you the beginnings of a new quilt, which is now finished. I’ve had a lot of fun with this one, but I’ve also had a serious problem, caused entirely by user error. 😉 The pattern was designed by Susan Cleveland, and it went together […]