Quilt Otaku

I remember being younger and playing all day on Christmas. Now that my husband and I are the hosts...it's hardly a day of rest for us. ...

To shake things up this holiday, we discovered quite by accident that our little one is highly allergic to nuts. You can imagine how much ...

Looks like it's only 1 week until Christmas. Are your stockings hung? Anybody out there besides me got some last minute projects still...

I made block "F6" from the Dear Hannah quilt pattern using Japanese taupe fabrics. Maybe I should call this quilt Dear Yoko instea...

Oh so busy busy, almost too busy to keep up the blog posts. Trust me, I've been out there quilting, and running all over the bay area on...

Our little 4 yr old has perfected what I like to call The Stink Eye. When he doesn't get exactly what he wants, he give us this look tha...

In the spirit of getting ready for Black Friday (the most popular shopping day of the year in the US), I created a little wall calendar for...

There are many ways to hang a quilt up on your wall. Thirty years ago, it was popular to put Velcro on the back of your quilt and also to th...

If you're smart enough to read blogs on the weekend, I figured I'd give you a real special treat here. Can you tell me what the abo...

This weekend was a productive one. We got a bunch of chores done and I managed to carve out some time to work on my creative projects. I pu...

In my 'knitting' group (where I usually quilt instead of knit) the girls have all sorts of projects going on. My friend Sharon of Kn...

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...