Generosity and Splendor

This is wonderful antique shop that I visited a few weeks ago, the same one where I bought the flour sack quilt. On that same visit, I walked into a large, airy room… Continue reading

Too Many Lambs

Originally posted on Meridian Jacobs' Blog:
I know, how could there be too many lambs? When there are too many it’s hard to get that perfect jumping lamb photo. There is always another…

15 in ’15 First Quarter Check-in

After a very wet and overcast winter, spring is here!   Time to check in on my list of goals for the year.  (My original post about 2015 goals is here.) I am… Continue reading

Flour Sacks – and More! – Quilt

My poor husband has been suffering from cabin fever, due to being stuck at home while recuperating from shoulder surgery, during weeks and weeks of rain.  He is able to work from home,… Continue reading

13 Ways of Looking at a Wren

Carolina Wrens have dumpy little bodies that are constantly in motion.  Their characteristic bobbing movement reminds me of those cheap toys that have springy legs and suction cup feet – you push the… Continue reading

The Student Inspires the Teacher

I planned to make this table runner Handwoven magazine Jan/Feb 2014 for our Cherished Neighbor Liz BUT I thought I’d better check to see if she liked it first SO I figured out… Continue reading

“From Every Fiber” Exhibit

Yesterday I went to a fiber art exhibit at The Arts Center in College Station, Texas.  Fortunately photography was allowed, so I can share it with those of you who can’t just drop… Continue reading

Values Clarification

The artistic kind, not the money or morals kind. 🙂 I was watching a Quilting Arts video from Season 2, and quilter Katie Pasquini Masopust was saying that she stores her fabrics by… Continue reading

3 Refreshing Documentaries

I watch a lot of documentaries and I love how easy it is to absorb information from them.  But although I pick up a lot of memorable facts, and sometimes gain a better… Continue reading

1 Fabric, 2 Settings

These are some lap quilts for patients at the Veterans’ Administration hospital. They incorporate two of the fabrics I wanted to use up this year, the pale green with the arc design and… Continue reading