Quilt Otaku

In the U.S. today is Thanksgiving, which means lots of turkey and goodies to eat. My son woke me up this morning saying that his grandmother...

This afternoon I visited the Bowers Museum in Santa Ana, California. They have an awesome exhibit there right now called " American Qu...

It's rare that I would actually run (not walk) to a book store to get a copy of a book, but this is one of those times. Today I got my c...

Been busy in the evenings (after bed time) putting a few more house blocks together. Think I only have 3 more to stitch up at this point. S...

House quilts have a special place in my heart. I love the traditional red and white antique versions. The one I decided to make is a more ...

In an act of desperation, and by special request of my favorite 3 yr old, I made Hamburger Helper for dinner for the first time. Why do the...

After booking a bunch of doctor appointments for the new baby in 2009, and having some cool events to pencil in on the new year calendar, I ...

Posie Gets Cozy had this adorable and super short MeMe so I just have to chime in, I cannot resist. Feel free to play along if the spiri...

By special request of my friend Joachim, here's a picture of our tiny 3 yr old astronaut on Halloween. I made the pants and shirt, and ...

As Al Capone recommended...Vote Early, Vote Often. Personally, I did the former by sending my vote in through the mail ages ago. Looking f...

We took an extended trip to Orange County, California in order to get to know my sister's new baby girl. She is a living doll, and meet...

All I can say is a quick BOO and Happy Halloween to you all. I have kids to dress, and candy to give out. Hope you all have a great one th...

After several days of feverishly working on the Japanese baby quilt for my sister's beautiful daughter, I finally have all the blocks c...

I created this supertiny felted pin cushion for my friend Marianne, who met me at PIQF again this year. She knitted THE most adorable bootie...

Have any of you smarty pants quilters run into or used Oakshott Fabrics yet in your quilts? Susan at Sashiko and Other Stitching Blog ha...

My favorite quilt from the show this year was by Nancy S. Brown , called Pup Art. All hand applique and hand quilted. I hear she teaches cla...

We spent a good chunk of the afternoon enjoying opening day of PIQF . Please see the flickr slide show that I put together for you. I took...

Does it make sense to stay up until midnight putting a sleeve on the back of my quilt just so that I can actually get it into PIQF ? Good id...

We were wandering through the Apple store last weekend and my husband treated me to an amazing new iPod in purple. I have already establish...

PIQF is one of the larger quilt shows in the U.S. It is coming up later this month, and they are very picky about what quilts they take in...