Decorating for the holidays has not been much of my thing lately but I have been wanting to incorporate small festive touches. I decided seasonal placemats would fit the bill. Four years ago I completed a pair of Halloween throws. Those ate up a huge amount of my spooky fabric stash but not all of […]
Before I talk about the sewing I did today, I want to say how nice it was to see people we knew at church today. We zoomed in from home but this was one of the first weekends when the congregation was invited back into the physical building. I have missed my church community. (Many […]
Joey’s quilt is now basted, partially quilted and will soon need to be bound. I looked through all of my stash for a coordinating binding I had nothing that would do. That necessitated a trip to Joann. For some reason, I find that when I’m looking for something specific, there is nothing at the store […]
It was nice to have a three day weekend. In some ways, it didn’t feel like a long weekend because everyone is home together so much of the time but since Bill has been working more again, it was a treat to have his company. The morning was delightful. I read my morning meditations and […]
Happy birthday to my mom! I am so glad that I was able to speak with her today and that she had some help celebrating. I started working on the next in the series of the Contini College Bound Quilts. This one is for Joey who is headed to Xavier University in Cincinnati. The initial […]
My birthday adventure began last night with a drive to Louisville. I was given directions about what to pack but not about where we were going. I woke up under the birthday quilt, we grabbed breakfast and then drove east. Two hours later, we arrived at The Natural Bridge State Park in Kentucky, a place […]
Yes, it’s another I Spy quilt. Brooks is the second grandchild for my friend, Jim and Cheryl. I made a quilt for their first grandchild, Cate, who was born in August. Brooks’ is a little different and I like that. I do like the straight stitch quilting on this one. I’ll have to remember that […]
Good friends of mine just welcomed their first grandchild into the world. They have always been admirers of my handwork so I knew a little quilt was in order. There have been many variations of my I Spy quilts over the years but they never get old. I enjoyed making this one just as much […]
Wouldn’t you know I was working on the last shirt quilt when a request to make another one rolled in? Out of the blue Bill got a text from a former colleague asking if I would be able to make a quilt for her daughter. When I met with Cindy, she presented me a […]
It was a happy moment when I realized that my friend, Amanda, was teaching a quilt class while the boys and Bill were at camp. It didn’t matter that the class was being offered in a city about as far away from mine in Indiana. Getting to quilt with her has been on my bucket […]