Quilt Otaku

This is a picture from those awesome seam rippers that I mentioned. They are SO pretty, I cannot stop looking at them. It almost makes me...

Quilts Japan issue #118 arrived at Kinukuniya , so I rushed over to pick it up. The cover shot quilt is striking, and inside there are some ...

My pack of mini-cards came from Moo today, and all I can say is I am their biggest fan now. If you have not ordered these with pictures of ...

This is a shot of my favorite quilt at the San Diego Quilt Show. It's part of the American Quilt Study Group, and a challenge they put ...

It's been a busy weekend so far, with moments of bliss and dispair alike. The bliss comes in my annual "moment" with my siste...

I could not resist this book about making taupe bags. This one, on the cover, looks amazingly adorable. I picked up some handles that I thi...

I just finished The Art of Mending as my attempt to read something fun and light to occupy my summer mind. I liked it, but it wasn't q...

Our son got a new teacher at his nursery school and she asked each kid to decorate a quilt block and bring it back in. This of course is the...

In stolen moments here and there I finished the twin block. First come the taupes (good practice!) then come repro blocks. I have fallen in ...

I just uploaded this to the Dear Hannah flickr group . It's finished! I used some freezer paper on top of the pieces and needle turned...

This is a little Dear Hannah block that I just finished...must photograph the rest of it and upload to my flickr group. Not sure if there ar...

This morning at 7 am our roof was ripped off. It was scheduled of course, and we will end up paying for it once the new roof is put on, but ...

This year our garden tomato crop strictly consists of heirloom tomato plants, specifically Maryanne Peace. Yesterday, for the first time, w...

For some reason (my account being old?) within Flickr I got labeled NIPSA, meaning none of my photos would be visible in public forums. I e...

I found out yesterday that my old college roommate is off to Japan for a few days vacation. She asked me if there was anything to do there, ...

I just looked at the Road to California web site, and after already signing up for a TON of classes (mostly about appraisal), I realized th...

Sneak peak at the taupe quilt I just 'star'ted. I wonder if you can guess what pattern it is... And oh, some huge news...I got my ...

This is a photo of the adorable wrapping around my doll quilt, that included the world's cutest ever pin w/ yo-yo and buttons. My doll q...

Ok , so seriously - I almost fell over when my doll quilt arrived today. It's from LuLu of Lu Lu Lolly Legs . She's about half way...

My doll quilt partner got the doll quilt, and she likes it! Cool! I'm thrilled!