Wrapping Up 2022
Early this year my parents had health issues that made them decide they could no longer live independently, and they asked me to find them a retirement home. They had lived in Dallas… Continue reading
Tag Archive: quilting
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Some Kids’ Quilts Finishes
I am very happy to have gotten two quilts finished before the holiday hustle and bustle begins. I started making quilts with this pattern in early 2018. I initially saw the pattern on… Continue reading
September 2021 Quilt Projects
Since I am apparently just going to make quilt tops for the rest of my life, and never finish them, I thought I would post a few. A benefit to this photo session… Continue reading
Two Finishes and a Disappointment
I have been getting some small quilts through to completion. For this first one, the fish print fabric was already cut up when I received it. I am happy to use donated fabric,… Continue reading
I Spy Donations
A friend from Dallas gave me bags and boxes of fabrics — someone had donated so much to their quilt group, that they were spreading it to out-of-town friends! Some of it was… Continue reading
I Whistle a Happy Tune
I have been making some things this summer, but not exciting things. We have had a crew here off and on to replace the siding on our house — the noise and the… Continue reading
ScrapHappy Day, July 2019
This month I made a lap quilt from the Bottomless Bin of Red Scraps (this one is the third, I think. Maybe the fourth. And the bin is still pretty full). I have… Continue reading
Scraps from the Past
The wonderful Paula B of PaulaBQuilts* kindly sent me a package with two scrap collections, one from the late 1800s and one from the 1930s. There are at least 200 different fabrics represented!… Continue reading
Scrappy Baby Quilts Finished
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
First Finish on the Last Day
So my sister called and said, “What are you doing?” And I said, “Working on a blog post about my first quilt of the year.” She said, “It’s the last day of the… Continue reading