Summer. Got to try to live in the moment, so the narrative suffers. Here’s a digested version of what’s been happening in the far west: The beach. A week. So hot in the valley most all the beach views are misty and cool… and the sunsets were, well, muted, let’s just say… There was outside […]
Tag: quilt squares
Dye Day
Irene M. gave me an old quilt that was sort of beyond repair. I had the idea of cutting the good bits up, over-dying the squares and using them as foundation for some “quilting”…read embroidery. I made the mistake of washing the quilt first, which got rid of about half of the squares from disintegration…but […]
ONE A DAY…
(and I don’t mean vitamins)…Laura suggested that we each make one small piece a day for a month and I (what was I thinking???) agreed. Mine are fabric/quilt oriented and I’ve had a LOT of fun with them. They’re portable, serendipitous, funny, sad. Here’s a few: (I have 27 completed as of this writing…) […]
Quilt Pattern Conundrum
I bought this quilt top in Tennessee…it’s hand pieced, a little funky. It’s a pattern none of us had ever seen before. But last night Nifty emailed me to look on page 78 of Scott Heffley’s book “Bold Improvisations” and sure enough there it is! Phew..time for a coffee
Christmas is coming…
Karen came for coffee Sunday and when she stepped in, and wanted to take off her shoes, she noticed something unusual… …one Rocksport, one Mephisto…oops. Well it was dark when she put her shoes on she said. We had a coffee and a chat and then she unveiled the beautiful beautiful old quilt squares she’d […]
On The Way 