Along with our visit to Aachen Cathedral and Treasury, we also visited the Centre Charlemagne. I had been hoping that this museum would focus on the life of Charlemagne, but it is more… Continue reading
Last week I got to tag along on my husband’s business trip to Düsseldorf, Germany. We had one day available for a side trip, so I picked a place I have wanted to… Continue reading
Earlier this year, I typed up the 1847 inventory of Jacob Weaver, a storekeeper in Knox County, Ohio; this week I worked on the 1838 estate inventory of another storekeeper from the same… Continue reading
It’s been almost two years since I bought eight shoeboxes full of scraps (and a lot of big pieces, too) from my friend, Marilyn, who had to downsize. For this ScrapHappy project, I… Continue reading
Being that I live outside of Houston, most years I am able to attend the International Quilt Festival. However, I also drive a big pick-up truck, so driving myself downtown and trying to… Continue reading
I can’t believe our online quilt group, the Endeavourers, has already been together for a full year! I have loved working on our challenge themes. This time the theme was Improvisation, and I… Continue reading
Recently I had a birthday party. At my age, just getting to see family and friends is a wonderful event that fills me with gratitude. And since I am already the recipient of… Continue reading
I started these baby quilts back in February, and I finally got all three of them finished. On one of them, I quilted smaller patterns in the white blocks only, and on the… Continue reading
I am so happy to join this group! I have been wanting to get something finished for the monthly Scrap Happy Day on the 15th, and I finally made it. I bought big… Continue reading
You think you know a person… … and then you find out she’s been interviewed by NPR and the BBC, had an offer from the Guinness Book of World Records, turned down that… Continue reading
