stories and other multi-layered creations

  • living life by the block

    (yes, there’s been a bit of Stevie Ray playing in the sewing room lately) K kindly offered the loan of her machine, so I did this block for #opgivewarmth — although it…

  • Progress Report

    Only four pinwheels left to sash… and then, if I can just stop fiddling with rearranging the rail fence blocks, I can start assembling the rows. Linking up with WIP…

  • Yay! Augh! Yay!

    I signed up for Rachel Hauser’s Angled class, and am SO looking forward to getting in some more practice with triangles (not to mention diamonds and other angled pieces).…

  • Moar Points Practice

    I went down to Quilters Quarters in Stockton on Saturday because they were just starting a new Block-of-the-Month sampler (this one runs for 18 months) and it sounded like fun!…

  • Doing Battle With Points

    Last Sunday I bopped down to Ladybug’s Quilts in Manteca for a class with Mo Gonzales. She was teaching “Summer Breeze” out of the book Scrap-Basket Surprises by…

    some work, some play

    Today: prewashed and folded all the materials for my much-anticipated greek key quilt (“Twisty” from Modern One Block Quilts). Still need to press and fold 18…

    Hello world!

    So once upon a time, almost ten years ago, I started a quilt. To my surprise, I actually finished it. There was a long interval of…

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