Quilt Otaku

Today is my dear Dad's birthday. This is an old picture of him with his beloved Jag. I think he had to marry my mother because it was...

Oh how I wish somebody would help me to exercise a bit of restraint these days. I'm a completely loose cannon. Instead of going to bed...

Last week was my final week of working before maternity leave, so it was a busy one. I have mixed emotions as working was helping me avoid a...

There are many brave souls out there reading the book called Last Minute Knitted Gifts and making the "more than 8 hour gift" cal...

Making progress on the baby boy quilt this weekend. Tonight I just got the borders attached, so time to soak off the paper backing next, an...

I seriously 'need' more fabric like a kick in the teeth, but I cannot help but wanting some of this amazing Japanese "Hawaiian...

What a wild and busy weekend. We visited Roaring Camp Railroad , in Felton, California, for the annual visit by Thomas the choo choo. He...

My book by Yoko Saito on taupe quilting and Sweden has finally arrived! I don't spend a lot of time taking photos of books, but this t...

When I lived in L.A. I love a quilt shop called Azabu -Ya . It was on Westwood Blvd. and very close to where I was living while I was wor...

I am not sure I like the ring that the number '3' has to it. Having a 1 year old or even a 2 year old boy really sounds like you s...

Alison Lee (totally rockin' podcaster, BTW) of the podcast called " Craftcast " has very recently posted an interview session...

Thanks for all the anti-night-time-monster ideas. We may be deploying some or all of your ideas depending on how things go over the next fe...

I finally got a few blocks together on the Japanese baby quilt - the boy version - in blue. I love how you not only see the solid stars, bu...

Today I got 2 things in the mail. First, the good news: The above package came from International Fabric Collection , and hooray (virtual ba...

Picking up my latest copy of Quilts Japan was a big highlight before the holiday weekend. This issue is very floral-themed although the tec...

What can one say except for "WOW" on your 300 th blog post. Not sure I have ever had this much fun. Deep bow to each and every re...

How many olallieberries can 1 mommy, 1 daddy, 1 reluctant 2 yr old, 1 gramma , and 1 camera laden grandpa pick before getting tired and wan...

Progress on the baby quilts is being made little by little. This is the first block I just finished for the Japanese baby girl quilt, for m...

In search of Liberty of London fabric, I drove up to San Francisco this morning. Parking was strangely easy near Union Square, although AL...

For Father's day, I made paper daffodils for my husband. They came from Paper Source . It's taking more discipline than I have to a...