Here’s the finished butterfly stencil.                His head’s a little bigger and his bottom a little wider, but the brown halo doesn’t show.  I also fini

What’s on my design wall?                From left to right:  the mostly quilted I Believe panel, the sorely neglected Dresden plate block, and a mock up of a block usin

After Cuddles came to live with us last October, I told the guys, “No more pets”.            This moved in last week filled with freshwater fish.  Can you see the pike in the lower le

If a vacation ever turned out the way we planned it, I’d faint in surprise.  Saturday we got the house ready for my sister and her husband to come stay a few days.  The cleaning went smooth enough.  Later that morning I left to g

My sister bought this Hungry Caterpillar kit from Keepsake Quilting and brought it with her on her visit.  She teaches kindergarten and likes to have bright, fun things on the walls.  We got it all together in a few hours yesterday. &n

Let’s start with the good news.  I finished my son’s quilt top, using 5 1/8 yards.  I won’t count the backing as busted until I take the top to the long arm quilter.  Pictures will post on the Design Wall Monday repor

My son had an appointment today near the hospital where my quilt group chose to donate the baby quilts.  The women really outdid themselves and finished 25 quilts for the first drop off.  With several more quilts in the works, I’ll dr

Judy At Patchwork Times designated Mondays as “What’s on your design wall?” days.  I don’t have a real design wall, but I’m considering building the one shown on the Sew Many Ways blog.     

I’m ready to start my son’s quilt.  Almost 15 years of quilting and I’ve never made my husband or son one.  I’ve made plenty to give away, four so far this year.  I think the time has come.   &nbs

Beth (no blog) asked what changes I made to carve out more sewing time in my day.  The biggest changes were mental.  I realized that doing what I enjoy should be my first priority, and I had to stop letting other things distract me.  T

Many people are having a tough time these days.  I can honestly say I don’t know anyone living a charmed life.  We all have unique challenges, whether they are health, finances, career, or family.  I saw a picture online today of

I’m back on the road today to take mom to a couple doctor appointments.  I didn’t want to make the trip twice in one week, but the appointments came together so easily I couldn’t pass them up.  I don’t have to leave

I spent the weekend at mom’s house to celebrate her birthday and get a first-hand look at some health problems she’s having.  I had a sense of what I’d find when I got there, so no real surprises.  Sometimes you just have

Back in January I posted about my son’s medical issues with a blood disorder that caused him to have extremely high triglyceride (trig) levels.  We began many lifestyle changes and started him on medicine that we had to discontinue after a

I have struggled over the last few days in deciding whether or not to post about this.  By choice I have stayed on topic most of the time.  When I wander, I don’t go far.  Because this became the main focus of my life this week,

It seems like every other blog I follow has pictures of a reorganized or rearranged workspace this week.  I rearranged my sewing room too, but I didn’t get the idea from other bloggers.  When mom visited over Christmas I watched hours

My mom comes and stays with us every Christmas so we can celebrate as a family.  Now that we have finished with all the Christmas food and preparations, we have time to do some fun things.    I took her today to have her hair styled.&n

A ham and green bean casserole baking in the oven.  Soup simmering on the stove.  Bread rising in the bread machine.  It doesn’t get any easier than this.  We had fewer gifts and no cookies this year and enjoyed the day more

Sharon at Pin Tangle chose generosity as the theme for the December challenge.  She asked us to represent in fabric what it means to give.  The optional color challenge included red, green, gold and white.  After seeing my husband&rsqu

This pile contains all the magazines I’m behind on reading.  Sorry for the picture quality, but shiny covers don’t photograph well.  For many years I didn’t subscribe to any magazines.  Last Christmas I received a gif

I finished the project using the white on white (WOW) fabric painted with the darker blues.  I couldn’t find my husband’s Christmas stocking.  Didn't it fall apart last year?  I don’t remember throwing it away, bu

I picked up the QOV quilt last Tuesday, attached the binding and started stitching it down by hand.  I’m half way around, but I’ll wait until I finish to post a picture.  The longarmer did a wonderful job of quilting it.  &

Last night I had a quilt group meeting, but I couldn’t get myself organized enough to go.  We all had a touch of something germy this week that made staying awake a struggle.  Yesterday I felt normal for the first time in days and I d

My husband came home for lunch yesterday and told me about a moma cat and her two kittens that someone dumped where he works.  The property owner called the Humane Society and they said they have so many cats that they would immediately euthaniz

The theme for October is “your textile workspace”.  My workspace doubles as the guest bedroom.  It started as my sewing room.  At that time our third bedroom served as the guest room.  When our son was born, the guest