Quilting Twin

This is an old post, but better late than never.... Today we leave for a big show, the Machine Quilters Showcase at Overland Park in Kansas ...

I have been busy since I landed here in Chicago, and today is the first time in two weeks that I am able to sit down and draw breath! I flew...

3 Hours at the Hairdresser??? What's with that??? I guess something had to be done about the hair, but I wish it wasn't so boring a...

The days are racing past, and I'm just not keeping up! But I am making progress; the appointment with the accountant went off fine, no m...

I just went and checked the weather in Chicago; 31 degrees at 1am. I am so definitely taking my wool coat on this trip. I packed light last...

I had a little holiday today, and took my camera for a drive around town. I've been meaning to photograph the sheds in the railway works...

It's been a stormy weekend here, alternating between pelting rain and hot sun. It's strange weather indeed. I've been stuck in t...

It's only two weeks till I leave for America, and I had better start getting prepared. I might be getting excited soon... I have to get...

I sewed most of today, and it was so relaxing. I finished another top from those scrap strips I did last year, I only have one more set of b...

I was a knitter long before I was a quilter, but living in the tropics for 20 years means that I don't have much use for warm clothing. ...

Today I had to drive to Yeppoon again to deliver some things to the quilt shop. Afterwards I drove to a lookout point called Wreck Point, to...

Yesterday I heard the weather forecaster on the readio say "And next week there is every likelihood of a significant rain event.......

I had a lovely day teaching on Wednesday, it was nice to drive to the coastal town of Yeppoon and spend the day with 12 enthusiastic quilter...

I never had a Barbie as a child (insert sobbing violins here). No, Mereth and I had to make do with cheap Barbie knock-offs called Fifi. Let...

Don and I had a holiday this weekend, just staying at home and relaxing. Only went to two open houses; alas, one was perfect but beyond the ...

Darcie made a comment that it's a wonder I could lock myself away from Meredith while I was making my first quilt. It wasn't that ha...

I can't imagine the dedication needed to blog every single day. I just get bowled over by all the stuff I have to do. Oh well, every few...

In my sorting frenzy I also found this: my very first ever quilt. I made it for Mum when I was 14, and hadn't a clue what I was doing. ...

It's raining at the moment, which is a good thing as we need the rain badly. It's just the sort of day to sit and handquilt somethin...

My computer work is done, except for updating the websites and that will be a pleasure after the hassles I've just worked through. So no...