Quilt Otaku

I'm making a couple more signature blocks for some 6 year olds and a 9 year old who will celebrate their birthdays in September. By ...

I dug out my modern house blocks and started to think about putting another border on them. I was so in love with this project and the...

By popular demand....I'm adding a few more of my fav in progress photos of the baby quilt.  Our little group of ladies had a huge blast ...

Oh how I have wanted to share some photos of the secret baby quilt project with you! This quilt was started by our small quilt group much ...

Every good little hand applique nut needs silk thread in billions of colors in order to match her fabrics.  I have been doing applique f...

If you loved the first Modern Object block.... the next one isn't far off. Again, a partner blog will be hosting the link to the ...

You know I'm bad at keeping secrets so thankfully that part is over.  I have been cooking up a little series of free applique block...

I mentioned before that I have modern design on the brain. After designing all the modern house blocks, I felt there should be some...

I am still here stitching away by hand with my needle and thread , and my Japanese Taupe Fabrics...creating modern house quilt blocks....

When you enjoy hand applique, quality of the fabric itself becomes important.  The tricky areas, like points, curves, concave shapes...le...

This block above is the 8th block in the series of California Bay Area modern homes that I'm working on.   The house itself i...

Above is a photo of my son's 3 yr old signature quilt block with well wishes from family and friends.  The '3' is appliqued do...

This Sunday, I'm teaching the Applique Block of the Month at A Verb for Keeping Warm . Come on and join us if you live in Northern Cali...

I decided to make a little quilted example piece for my hand quilting class, the above is the progress so far. Not sure if I will finish it ...

Yes, the answer to my last post was "C" - blocks are antiques, and I used other repro's to put sashing on them. Working with...

House quilts have a special place in my heart. I love the traditional red and white antique versions. The one I decided to make is a more ...

Today is a special birthday for my Mom. For her gift this year, my sister and I did a colaborative quilt project for her which we started ma...

I'm just counting the moments until my little sister arrives. She and her husband will visit us for the weekend. She made this block for...

On Saturday, I visited the quarterly meeting of the Applique Goddesses of Silicon Valley . One of my amazing applique girlfriends took me w...

PIQF requires a full shot as well as a detailed photo for the entry, so this is the detail on the airplane quilt. I quilted it (boldly!) in...