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When I was in my quilt appraisal class, we looked at TONS of quilts. One of them belonging to a fellow classmate had these really interesti...

When I flew down for my quilting classes, I brought a knitting project to work on a little bit on the plane. It is a hat for a friend of my...

Here's a photo of the red fabric that my friend's mom gave to me. They are all so pretty. Perhaps I feel a valentine quilt coming...

My good friend that I used to work with was here visiting from Japan last weekend through today. Unfortunately, I was out of town at quilt ...

What a nice time we all had at the quilt show. Lots of classes were taken, loads of new things were learned. Lots of booths were visited and...

Today was my second and last day of quilt appraisal class here at Road to California. Sort of an interesting blog talks about some of the in...

Here I am at Road to California quilt show in Ontario, California, and I just finished my first day of classes on quilt appraisal. Our tea...

When I was just dating my husband, he started this amazingly romantic tradition of giving me the first present of the year. Every year that...

So far this weekend has been a busy one, but good all the same. Some friends hosted us for brunch which was wonderful! So nice not to coo...

Oh oh oh, I'm really starting to get that excited feeling now that Road to California (the quilt show, of course! in Ontario, Californi...

Dear Readers, It's Marisa's blog, Quilt Otaku , talking here today. I wanted to write you a thank you note for all your kindness, l...

Our power is back! We were only out for just over a day I guess, so we're happy and warm again. Good thing we had some nice offers to st...

Well, as much fun as it it so conduct your evening activities by candle light, I must confess this power outage is getting old. We have bee...

Serious star sighting alert! This picture is from my mom's digital camera and she ran into this mystery knitter over lunch today. I know...

Hope that your 2007 was awesome, and here's to an amazing 2008. I have a feeling it's going to be a really great year. Back on Chri...

My little guy couldn't wait for the finished quilt, so he road tested it while it is still basted. He says "I like it quilt!"...

I cut out this quilt using some solids from my stash and some yukata fabrics . These little 14 inch wide fabrics are quite pretty, and some...

I set out to knit my beloved husband an amazing little knit cap that would match his orange sweater and orange watch . Somehow, the thing t...

Last night we had 11 people over to Christmas dinner. With only 12 sets of silverware, it was a decent challenge to say the least. The meat ...

Here's the 'twin' - same Dear Jane block, but in 1800's reproduction fabrics. Hard to decide which one I like better. Earli...