Quilt Otaku

The other night at the SCVQA (our little - NOT - quilt guild here in Santa Clara, CA), I had the pleasure of meeting up with a bunch of coo...

My package arrived today from PurlSoho ...lots of cool imported Japanese fabrics in there. I just remembered that I forgot something when I...

Sometimes color can be amazing, but other times, as the saying goes - less is more. These blocks are all lovingly pieced by my mom, for use ...

My parents will be here tonight, so it could be a golden opportunity for my husband and I to sleep in tomorrow. Grandparents are known for ...

Tonight's the longest day of the year so we're taking a walk out to grab some dinner to enjoy the late light. Here's the magazin...

As you know, I'm pretty stoked to participate in the next round of doll quilt swappin'. The above is a little teaser of the center ...

As my garden grows...so does my cathedral windows quilt. If you feel like making your own King Sized version....please feel free, just be s...

Here's to all you father's out there...thank you for all you do. I'm lucky enough to be able to thank my own Dad as well as my h...

From this giant pile of fabric, I'll be cutting the rest of my windows for the other cathedral windows blocks. I just can't wait to...

This is a Japanese Pop themed hotel we stayed at last weekend. They have murals with pop culture images on them (giant robots - cool!) and...

They say that are eyes are the windows of our souls. I think in a way it's true. It's really hard to tell what people are thinking u...

My friend shared a recipe for shortcake that was more like pound cake, or perhaps gain a pound cake. It had an entire brick of cream cheese ...

When our todler kisses the family, he puckers up like a little kissy fish. It's the cutest thing on earth. It's wet and sorta ick...

This is a photo of the "small cuts" section in Yuzawaya . This is my MOST favorite place to shop. It's in Tokyo, in the Ki...

These are the fronts of those little sashet packs I made...I'm thinking I may need to make a billion more of them for people because I ...

After thinking about it for less than 30 seconds, I joined Lisa's doll quilt swap again. Last time was so fun, and I really enjoyed gett...

I am guilty as charged. My best friend from childhood has an amazing ability to grow hydrangeas and her " popcorn hydrangea " bu...

This is the wild twin block to the taupe block I posted yesterday. Another product of a long weekend, and a chance to get a thing or two q...

As I mentioned before, I'm in process of making a wedding quilt for my sister with the help of my mom. I'm making mostly Dear Jane ...

Happy memorial day to you all, and here's hopes for a relaxing long weekend to you. Here's a shot of the backs of the sashets that t...