Gosh! It’s been a month since I’ve written a post — time really does fly sometimes. I returned home last night from a wonderful trip to the Houston Quilt Festival, which was celebrating its 40th anniversary. I know there are photos all over the web of the glorious quilts; I […]
This design by Carol Feller caught my eye some time ago, and I found some yarn I liked for it and went to work. 🙂 The yarn is Malabrigo Rios, in the Solis color. It’s a gorgeous yarn! I’d only done cables once before, and those were on some rather small […]
The sun behind the clouds We’re under a flash flood watch right now as a huge storm rolls in. It hasn’t hit our area quite yet, but we have some spectacular skies while we wait. We really need the water, but getting it all at once is always a bit […]
Yesterday I finished the hand work I was doing the other day when I posted. 🙂 Remember these blocks, begun during a visit from my quilting buddy? The quilt is now finished, though it ended up being too wide (23″ x 37″) for the wall I’d hoped to hang it on. […]
Gosh, I hadn’t realized how much time had slipped by since my last post! I’ve had a few distractions to keep me busy, though, the most important of which was getting ready for my husband’s surgery to mend his torn meniscus. Ouch! But he’s doing well at this point, thank […]
My seven-year-old granddaughter wanted to make a cushion for her bed, so she spent today with me. She’d already picked out the colors she wanted, and I pulled fabrics from my stash and cut them from the layout I’d done in EQ7 (for the Mac!) so we’d be sure to […]