Quilt Otaku

Some of you may be reading Moby Dick this summer, or perhaps works of Jane Austin. Meanwhile, I'm digging into more Japanese quilting...

As a general rule, I don't do a lot of food photography, but I could not resist taking a quick shot of the wanna-be-french macarons th...

I just finished putting the binding on this mini star quilt. The pieces of fabric were went to me by Kathie of Inspired by Antique Quilts B...

Here's the 2nd part of the Broderie Perse labels - this label is on the back of our baby son's quilt. Again I took some fabric from...

My mother's day gift from my parents included a piece of Echino Oilcloth ( from Purl Soho ) big enough for my breakfast nook table. It...

To spice up my niece's quilt, I used a broderie perse applique method to create the label. Anna Maria Horner ( her blog ) is a super...

Last weekend our family drove from Northern California to Southern California to visit the grandparents and Aunt/Uncle/baby-niece. Her quil...

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...