Quilt Otaku

Is there such a thing as "Excess Fabric"? I was searching for a topic for my blog post tonight, since I wanted to show you a photo...

I'm a huge fan of Patchwork Quilt Tsushin , and their issue #150 just came out. It included a little insert that was sort of a little m...

I had a kid birthday party come up recently and needed to whip up a couple of gifts. Instead of putting together a full pencil roll that wo...

I started a Wedding Signature Quilt ages ago, based on the Sarah Johnson Quilt . It's a historic quilt from 1826, with the pattern crea...

The sock fits! Unfortunately (?) my friend Sharon will have to make it's mate. Good thing she's such a fast knitter. She will be ...

Once upon a time, my girlfriend Sharon of Knits are for Kids knitted this sock for her son, and it was too small. Boo...hoo...what a horrib...

Can you believe this is my 400th post? I think in dog years, that makes my blog very very old. Or at least an excellent reference and amazi...

Finally, the Keep Calm quilt is finished and up on the wall. Speaking of putting words out there, check out this pillow that has one of my a...

After hand quilting way more than my usual amount, and having not developed calluses yet, my son asked me to play a little guitar for him. ...

The Keep Calm and Carry On quilt top is done, and I'm in process of quilting it. I decided to use black thread to quilt it, which is a ...

Yesterday my friend Sharon, of Knits are for Kids blog, and I worked on our Mother's Day silhouette necklace project. She turned me on...

In my post office box I got the most lovely package. Mona, from Singapore, sent me the most amazing Victorian inspired fabric complete with ...

Hope that this Easter finds your family together, happy, healthy and relaxed. I made this bunny ages ago from Hilary's pattern, found o...

This is one of those weeks where I could just use a little inspiration. The "Z" key broke of my beloved work laptop (from signing ...

How nice is it to have my mom visiting for along weekend? Um...how handy do you think it is to have an extra pair of hands to juggle the 3 y...

This is a photo of a quilted pantie that I designed and made. Little did I know that I would eventually get a contract from Nordstrom to ...

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...