Quilt Otaku

When I was picking up soy sauce ( after I picked up my latest copy of Quilts Japan) I could not resist getting the most immature sparkle n...

Some dads don't mind helping out with the children. Some dads actually enjoy it. Then there's the dad of our boys - he pretty much ...

I'm still at it with my reproduction signature quilt. Lots more work ahead but I got some squares started last night during our knit ni...

Just a quick note to let you know I cleaned off my desk, and yes - there is still a desk under all that clutter. Good to know. Also a reco...

I could write a sonnet about shirting fabrics. I collect them, I use them in my quilts, and I am always hesitant to use one of them up 100% ...

The Sarah Johnson quilt requires 172 'star' blocks such as the above and I just made just over 100 of them so far. That puts me at ...

This weekend was a holiday weekend in the U.S. but I'm not sure it was as relaxing as we were planning it to be. Our little one decided ...

The younger boy has a little cold again so we are doing what we can to get fluids into him. He was drinking a sippy cup and my husband ask...

Not sure I have ever been away from my blog for this long before. Over the last two weeks I pick up the most forceful flu bug I can remember...

There is always a weekend in spring in which our family plants the garden. We have the obligatory heirloom tomato plants and this year we a...

I've been playing around with spinning yarn lately, and I ended up tripping over some 150's Merino fiber in a light purple color. H...

I'm as greedy as the next person when it comes to Liberty of London fabric and my collection that I'm building to make a quilt som...

Literally piece by piece I'm working on the Sarah Johnson quilt (AKA wedding signature quilt) as much as time allows. Other parts of l...

My friend Sharon is making the most amazing knitted lace shawl. I thought, gee, I'll make one too. So I started it, and promptly got my...

Where we live here in California, it gets quite warm in the late spring and summer. It isn't a far drive to Lake Tahoe though for some ...

The other day, I went to my mailbox to pick up a package sent to me by Foong Ming. She is a quilter, a reader of my blog, and happened to a...

Did the food scientists who developed Mac n Cheese think of it as a St. Patrick's day food? Well, perhaps not, but with a generous amou...

I'm still plugging away on my signature quilt. It's been slow going since the baby has been sick on and off again. I ended up missi...

Answer to my brain teaser is that I made bracelets! After teaching my son's class how to use a drop spindle , I gave them each little br...

In the last week I have been: - Snowed on (which would not be a big deal to a lot of people, but since I live in a pretty warm climate it w...