Mats

Tea mats Yesterday was the day for the regular meeting of my local quilt group, which is always fun. 🙂 One of the members usually gives a “mini-class” for us to make something new, or we can simply work on our own projects and visit with each other. This time […]

Cupcake Bag

Today is our granddaughter’s fifth birthday! I can hardly believe she’s five already, and she’s the youngest of our five grandchildren. Yikes! Naturally, we bought her a toy that she wants, but then last night I decided I ought to make up this pattern for a Little Cupcake Tote I’d bought last January. […]

Curvy Star

In Houston last fall, I took another class from one of my favorite teachers, Philippa Naylor. This one was on techniques to use in curved piecing. I only finished the very center portion of the piece in class, and then — as these things so often happen — it was […]

They come in threes …

That’s bits of bad luck, of course. 😉 It all started with the plumbing in our home, which had been built with the wrong plumbing fittings. As a result, we had to have the entire house re-plumbed: three days of noise, mess, and stress — all followed by massive cleaning […]

The last piece

Friday was our younger daughter’s birthday. I won’t say how old she is, because it’s a complete shock to me that I could possibly have a “child” older than 20. 😉 You can imagine what *30* did to me!  Anyway, her favorite birthday dessert is a specific cheesecake she’s been […]

A heads-up

This post has nothing to do with quilting, food, or anything else I’ve ever written about here. Yesterday my credit card was hacked. Someone did some fun online shopping at what they hoped was my expense — to the tune of over $400. I’m lucky. I discovered it the same […]