Quilt Otaku

Can you guess what our son is this year for Halloween? You know I love to make the costume myself, but at 11:30 pm last night I was wonderi...

As plate tectonics proved this evening, with a 5.6 earthquake (epicenter about 10 miles from our house!!) it may not be a great idea to sta...

Last weekend we drove down to LA for the wedding of an old and dear friend. Correction, I should say that my husband drove us down and back....

I think that brain teaser in the last post was WAY to easy...you girls pretty much all understood the purpose of the tool, and more or less ...

Ok , mystery picture fans...what is this strange item? Got any guesses? Little hint - it is probably one of my top 3 favorite things to us...

It was a warm and lovely afternoon on the last day of PIQF 2007. I was innocently and aimlessly wandering around the quilt show with my fami...

Well, here's a sample of the postcard that I had made up with my blog URL, just for fun. Perhaps you recognize some of the pictures I u...

Last night we were hit by the phantom ghost. We were innocently sitting on our couch, just chatting about how nicely the week ended up, when...

My latest order from Super Buzzy just came in, and Oh So Cute! I really like these little prints. I know, they are sorta childish, but I ad...

Sarah of Village Quilter tagged me so here's a couple of things in case you were curious...I'm not answering all the questions sinc...

I know you're supposed to host a 200th post party or something, when your blog grows to 200 posts. It really snuck up on me, so maybe I...

At PIQF 2007, and at any quilt show, there is always an award called Viewer's Choice. Anybody who attends can vote for the quilt they l...

PIQF (Pacific International Quilt Festival) is well under way here in beautiful San Jose. These are my two favorite quilts from the show. O...

Let me see here... Quilt blocks are square. Moo stickers are square. Coincidence? I think not! Could it be more perfect? I photographed my ...

Simons has been making thimbles since the 1800's or earlier? Not sure of the history of this amazing company. Anyhow, this is an antiq...

This is the quilt that I started when we got married. It's sorta based on the Sarah Johnson quilt I mentioned a couple of posts ago. My...

Our son is about a month over 2 yrs old now, and we gave him his first haircut this morning. We visited Balloon Cuts , and they did a very ...

Today is my 4th wedding anniversary. This morning I woke up to an amazing breakfast including pancakes, ham, and eggs (not bad for a Thursd...

Purl , of course, is one of my fav hang outs for picking up the latest Japanese Fabric while living in the U.S. As if their current fabric s...

I'm sad to say that when contacting a Japanese exporting company in hopes of finding copies of Yoko Saito's Quilt Party books, they...