Quilt Otaku

This afternoon we had the treat of attending the Alden Lane Nursery Quilting in the Garden event in Livermore , California. It turned out to...

I mostly made this apron because I had bought the fabric ages ago and I was bent on wrapping up a few unfinished projects. The large piece o...

What do you do when you're nursing? Well, I'm not talented enough for knitting or quilting, since I need some balance for the baby....

First of all, a HUGE thanks to all of you for your sweet and kind comments about the new baby. We are still having so much fun with our new ...

Is there one single spot in your house where all the excitement seems to happen? In our family it is without a doubt our booth . When we got...

What could be better than having a newborn baby in the house? Hmmm , let me think here...um, yeah, nothing better. Tomorrow is Daxton's...

Finally the wait is over. Our little one has arrived and is just like an angel. We named him Daxton. 8 lbs 8 oz of love and affection. He...

Yesterday our son turned 3. It was a great day, and we all had a lot of fun. I even snuck a little nap in with him, which was a huge highli...

Today my darling little sister gave birth to our brand new niece. The delivery was quick although (direct quote from my sis) "not fun...

Days of hand quilting: 17 Yards of thread : way too many to keep track of Viewings of movie The Holiday : 2 (one with directory commentary) ...

I cannot help but do a quick post about the issue of Quilts Japan that I just picked up. It's issue #124, September 2008, and is comple...

Looks like the waiting game continues here for me, and our little could-come-anytime-soon bundle of joy, with this being basically the -10 d...

Does 35 sound old to you? Well, it does a bit to me, but I suppose I've earned it. My family is gingerly helping me enter the 2nd half ...

I went a bit nuts in the magazine section last night at the book store. I basically bought whatever magazines that were calling out to me, i...

Visiting uncharted territory here, with embedded video. Did it work? For a self-admitted-techno-geek, I'm not sure why I'm scared ...

A friend from work gave me a Maryann's Peace tomato plant several months ago, and this is the first fruit to come off that plant. I cann...

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...