Quilt Otaku

Our little 1 yr old was running and bit his tongue yesterday. I hope it recovers soon as it is making him one grumpy little guy. He's no...

Thanks for entering Annie Smith's awesome online, global quilt class give away. The random number generator picked out comment #9, so it...

My friend Annie Smith is not only an amazing woman, a famous podcaster , and an incredible quilter, but she also teaches classes in her gl...

I've finally done it. Taken the plunge. I'm the proud (and maybe terrified) owner of a new iPhone. I originally thought, wow, this t...

Our kid party was a big hit according to the kid crowd. Our older son turned 4 and the baby turned 1 . We had this awesome puppeteer, Peter...

Our boys birthdays are over and I must say that I'm a little sad since the preparations for the kid party and all the hoopla of the fie...

Today was the first birthday of my darling niece. I made her a birthday crown (similar to the one I made for my husband and other family me...

Is the suspense killing you? Could this be a gift for the kids that are coming to our birthday party? Might it be the coolest thing ever? Ma...

With all the upcoming kid birthday celebrations, company coming into town, and general hoopla soon to be coming our way, we did the only pra...

We are having a puppet themed birthday party this year. In my usual micro-detailed fashion, I wanted to make the party invites super cute. ...

As I mentioned before, I'm a huge fan of antique quilts and quilt appraisal in general. My hope is to someday become an AQS certified q...

I whipped up this number 4 block so folks at my son's birthday party can sign it and write a message on it for him. You can see the 1 b...

Win some: I seriously never win anything. I seriously am never expecting to either. However, that amazing feat did take place, and I won a b...

My sister and I are in full planning swing to play for the one year old birthday parties of our babies. Her girl will be 1 in about a month ...

This little quilt I'm working on is turning out to have a couple of firsts for me. I have practiced a lot of feathers just for fun, but...

I have spent a lot more time moving my sewing machine from storage (read: the floor of my office) to the kitchen table than using it to actu...

This weekend my mom and sister visited the Long Beach International Quilt Festival . I will freely admit that I felt a small tinge of jealou...

Ms. Yoko Saito has of course done it again by putting together a beautiful book on the use of taupe fabrics in quilting. In case you are l...

Road 2 California quilt show is planned for next January and accepting applications from folks to host quilts in the show as well as sign...

Hope folks in the U.S. had a great long weekend for the Fourth of July holiday. We did a lot of relaxing, and I logged some serious time hol...