Bisou

18 posts

Discovery

I’ve seen those gloves we quilters can buy to protect our hands while using rotary cutters; they’re rather pricey, going for around $25 retail. This morning, however, my husband showed me something. You see, he frequently manages to cut his hands when using a knife. Since he loves to fish, […]

Macaroni!

No, this isn’t a post about food. 😉 Remember that retreat I blogged about in January? One of the classes I had there was from Susan Cleveland and dealt with using her corded piping in curves within blocks. Prior to this, I’d only used the piping next to the binding […]

My quilt inspector approves!

Bisou has her own quilt, a little braided one I made several years ago. It lives at the foot of our bed, and she sleeps on it every night and sometimes during the day. Today I stripped the sheets in order to wash them, and this is what I saw when […]

Our sleepyhead

Last night and the night before, my husband pointed out Bisou soundly sleeping on our couch. She spends quite a bit of each evening dozing, then comes to find me when she decides it’s really bedtime. Then she settles herself on the foot of the bed, where she remains until […]

It’s *hot*!

The Las Vegas area is hot in the summertime. That’s just a fact of life. But our little Bisou has the right idea — just cool off any way you can. So she lies on the cool tile floors when possible, and each time either of us gets ice for […]

Busy, busy

I’ve been sort of quiet for the past several days, and I have a really good excuse, honest! 😉 Two of our grandsons (aged 9 and almost 6) have been staying with us while our daughter (their mom) has to be out of town on business. She comes home on […]