Quilt Otaku

I love the Victorian era, and the album quilts that came from it. You remember my old Baltimore Album ...the eternal 'in progress' ...

Have you heard about this poster that says " Keep Calm and Carry On " and all the popularity it is achieving in this recent downt...

Hats off to all you rockin' photographers out there. Thanks for playing along and taking your before and after pictures for the photo ...

Looks like some of you have been busy with your cameras! Here's my 'after' photo. No flash, no clutter, and with some cute littl...

Wow, I'm thrilled that so may of you want to play along with the photo contest! Let's do it! Above is my 'before' photo (a...

I finally wrote the beginnings of the "Quilt Blogger's guide to Photography - your pictures will rock in 10 painless steps". ...

I suppose I couldn't pull a fast one on you. My last post was of course a picture of binding - and as Amy guessed, it is for my sister...

OK Braniacs : Got an idea of what the above is a photo of? I'm sure some of you can guess it! Our little almost 6 month old got his fi...

Stitches West 2009 is a knitting convention that is on this weekend very close to my house in San Jose, California. My buddy Sharon and I...

Today is Fat Tuesday - the day before the start of Lent - a season in which Catholics often give up something ie . coffee, sweets, diet coke...

The above is a picture of a quilt that was hanging up at PIQF last year, I did not make it, but I drooled over it and photographed it a coup...

On Saturday, we Christened our baby son. He was an angel and did not even cry a tiny bit when the water was poured over his head. So many f...

Of course, the fabric from my last post was designed by me! Spoonflower , for those of you who don't know, is a web site that allows you...

Oh, thank you for having so much faith in me, but I will confess that the baby girl's quilt is NOT done!! I started to quilt the border...

Today is Groundhog Day , and like the movie , I sort of wish it could last forever. Tomorrow is my last day of maternity leave. Last Saturda...

Suzuko Koseki publishes quilting books in Japanese, and also designs fabric . She has a background in fashion, and was a student of my fav...

The only other time I have felt this sad was when my maternity leave ended with our first son. Next week is my last week off with our new ba...

Each year in January I hope and pray that I can go to the Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival. I have yet to actually make it there;...

After several days of rest in Yosemite, I have discovered that it is indeed possible to enjoy some winter fun, even with kids along for the...

I cannot believe it's already half way through January, and I still have not posted my resolutions for 2009! Here goes: 1. Find my desk...