Quilting Twin

I had hoped that this year would be a lot better than last year's jumble of trips away and sad times, but it's not off to a good sta...

We have been having some wild and stormy weathe r lately, with tropical thunderstorms and torrential rain. This tree on the road outside ou...

Another set of blocks turned into a finished top, and it didn 't take long despite my false start. This quilt actually came about becaus...

I try not to be superstitious. It's such a silly foible to have, believing in omens and knocking on wood and worrying. My great-grandm...

These blocks were bugging me, and not in a good way. I made them to use up the leftovers from my Grey Havens quilt, and then they refused t...

Piano Lessons In the comments on my post about Suicide Tennis Tracey mentioned that she hadn't liked her piano lessons. Well we had to ...

It's Australia Day today. The photo is of a little badge that I take with me whenever I go overseas. It's nice to wear the Aussie f...

I have been hankering after some hand quilting lately, and wondering if perhaps I can set up my big quilting frame in one of the enclosed v...

Erk, another day of computer work, but at least I am making pro gress. It's some small comfort. I am spending time in my sewing room, ...

On saturday we went to the shopping centre to do our fortnightly shop, and as usual had a cup of coffee at the food court first. DH always ...

15 years ago Meredith and I each purchased a copy of the book, The American Quilt Story, by Susan Jenkins and Linda Seward. It's a lovel...

The star block pictured is one I sketched from an antique quilt I saw at Paducah. The quilt had only 9 blocks, and they were about 18"...

Here is my Eastern Star that I hand-pieced many years ago. The sashing is a dark, dark red and black print, and all the stars are scrappy a...

I have run away from home for a few days, and I'm staying with my friend Kaye and quilting some quilts on one of her Statler computeris...

I do my sewing on a Janome 6500; before that I used a Janome 7000. I love both these machines, and they have been wonderful to sew on, but...

Life got in the way of blogging just lately, and it's still pretty hectic but I will try and post a little more regularly. Someone asked...