Quilt Otaku

I finally finished quilting the funky quilt that I made using antique blocks. The blocks were made around 1890. I set them with some modern ...

I've been many places on this amazing planet, but I've always been right here at home in the good old USA during Halloween. Maybe th...

I started a weekly knitting night with some girlfriends, but I don't knit! What in the world was I thinking? Well...that I could use t...

PIQF 2009 has come and gone and I am a little sad that it's over. The show was pretty good this year and I had a huge amount of fun. I...

Pacific International Quilt Festival ( PIQF ) 2009 is well underway and started already yesterday. I'll be there all day tomorrow assi...

Have you ever looked for clues in the quilting stitches? Can you decipher this deep and meaningful clue? Ok , well...I wanted to post just ...

Ok , the above photo is of somebody you probably know. Got any guesses you brainy folks? Could it be Madonna? Lucinda Williams? Patricia...

I had the extreme pleasure of spending some time at the American Quilt Study Group ( AQSG ) seminar last week. I sat in on a really incredi...

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...