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I am so proud of myself!  I recovered my grody table top ironing board this weekend. The first step was to put on two layers of batting, then a piece of pretty fabric.  I flipped the board over, positioning everything just so, then got out the staple gun to secure the fabric and batting in […]

Not a secret anymore!  I was honored beyond belief to have been asked to make a quilt for Carrie Nelson, of Miss Rosie fame, months and months ago.  She was coming out with a long awaited new book called Schnibbles Times Two and needed some assistance getting the quilts made for the book's publishing deadline.  […]

Since Ozzie is up in Palo Alto during the week, I haven't been spending as much time with him lately.  He does come home on the weekends with my husband, and we catch up on all the affection we have missed during the week (not just Ozzie but my husband too of course!).  I spent the […]

So this is what 200 4 1/2" blocks looks like.  It represents a lot of sewing.  I wish I could show you the blocks, which are super cute, but I can't.  This is a stunt sewing project I am doing for a well known quilt pattern designer, and I am sworn to secrecy until the […]

Ever since the quilt historian/fabric designer Barbara Brackman came out with her two William Morris inspired fabric collections, I have been unable to come up with a good idea as to how to use them.  I know, how pathetic.  But no matter how I toyed with ideas in my mind, nothing seemed to grab me.  […]

I hope you all had a lovely long weekend!  Wow, both Valentine's Day and Presidents' Day–will riches never cease? Thank you all so much for your good wishes on my speedy recovery from sinus surgery.  I was pretty miserable the first two days, but after that I was on the mend.  My husband kept referring […]

The term "hippy dippy" has a derogatory sound to it, but I have to disagree with the popular slang definition.  To me, Hippy Dippy implies something that is idealistic, naive and loving.  Peace, Flower Power.  Volkswagen camper vans with daisies painted on the sides.  All good things. I remember being a teenager in the 60's […]

Isn't this the sweetest little pincushion?  My friend Allyson sent it to me as a little Cheer Up gifty. Blogging friends are just the greatest, as I have said here many times.  They often have a knack for reading between the lines and saying just the right thing.  Who said that in this age of […]

My big plans to sew for two days straight this weekend were thwarted by a mysterious queasy lethargy that settled upon me and wouldn't let go.  I forced myself to complete four rows of the Red and White Snowball Challenge Quilt and like what I see.  My son commented that I had taken such a […]