Quilt Otaku

This Sunday, I'm teaching the Applique Block of the Month at A Verb for Keeping Warm . Come on and join us if you live in Northern Cali...

I visited Stitches West this weekend with my friend (and knitting genius) Marianne. It's a HUGE knitting convention in San Jose, CA and...

I've been working on hand quilting this very small antique (circa 1890's) quilt top for my mom. It's been a lot of fun and isn...

If you have not grabbed a copy of Quilts Japan issue 1, 2011, vol #138....maybe now is the time. The pages are full of traditional brightly...

I finished a pair of leg warmers in only a couple of evenings for my sister's little girl. She is a tiny ballerina, with teenie tiny l...

Today we kicked off our first applique block of the month at A Verb for Keeping Warm up in Oakland. I had it in my mind to make a modern ho...

I'm almost done with the modern applique block I designed for my upcoming hand applique class. We are doing a block of the month, and t...

My knit nite friends were over for our holiday party last week and we had a real blast. I even taught one of the husbands how to make yarn...

When my 2 yr old asks me, “Mommy, can I take my socks off now?” I say, “Why do you need to do that right now, honey?” He says, “Because I to...

I did a tiny bit of hand quilting over the holiday break. Working on quilting an antique quilt for my mom as a table runner. Thinking about ...

Our Christmas morning was awesome. Santa must have had us on his 'nice' list this year. I knit the above socks from some yarn I made...

We went and visited Santa last night. The boys whispered in his ear all the toys they have been dreaming of getting into their clutches. W...

I can almost (but really not quite yet) feel the calm of Christmas coming. It will be awesome to spend a few days away from the daily grind ...

Well, our house is finally decorated and stockings are hung. Ok , truthfully we hung them and the 2 yr old tried to yank them down, so we pr...

I decided to make a little quilted example piece for my hand quilting class, the above is the progress so far. Not sure if I will finish it ...

Next Sunday is I'm teaching Hand Quilting as well as Hand Applique at A Verb For Keeping Warm in the East Bay. Thinking a little about t...

Need a gift idea for your favorite quilter or knitter? Looking for the top 10 gifts of the year? How about picking up 10 copies of the Quilt...

That's me above, in all of my Catherine Wheel scarf wearing glory. If you have the urge to make one of these, please do, you'll love...

Sometimes when it rains we visit the Los Altos History Museum because they have a really cool train layout that my sons love to operate. Re...

It's been busy around here with my husband traveling lately but the boys are really behaving well for me. Getting more laundry done and...