Recently, I've been immersing myself in family history.  Oddly enough, while I wasn't close to my immediate family, I've always been proud of the heritage of Scots, Irish, Welsh and English on my mother's side and the German, Irish, and Native American on my dad's side.

My mother was an only child, my father the oldest of six, so naturally the most ( Read more... )

So I’ve been making quilt tops.  I guess I should not say ‘quilting’ until I’ve actually put a quilt on a frame and started that process, which so far has not happened - but it will.  The quilt frame is just awaiting cash.  Soon baby, soon!

Anyway, I’ve paused in my own projects to do one for a friend by request.  She wanted me to take her father’s ( Read more... )

This is my very first quilt, which is proving very difficult because I didn't follow any specific type of method other than making blocks willy nilly because I liked them and deciding on a yellow background fabric.  There are going to probably be over a hundred different blocks in this quilt top when I am done.  But I'm using the denim I've been ( Read more... )

Well, not exactly quilting yet, there’s more to it than cutting out fabric and sewing the pieces together.  I’m learning short cuts too.  I haven’t been this excited about something since I started knitting and spinning with yarn and fiber. Running across pictures and books can be hazardous to your bank account!  Going through old totes of fabric ( Read more... )