Quilt Otaku

I spent the day teaching quilting today to an awesome group of ladies at Verb . It was thrilling to see them turning out beautiful 9 patch b...

My DH is an avid photographer and loves to create images using traditional methods of film instead of digital capture. His new blog is calle...

I have been having fun making more yarn and also creating images of yarn balls. This one is from some fiber I got a while ago at Verb. The ...

For those of you who don't live in the microcosm of Southern California, you may be missing out on perhaps one of the funniest media e...

Last weekend we went picking berries and the kids had an awesome time. We picked something like 12 lbs of Olallieberries and Boysenberries...

At times I get hung up on one color and find myself going for it in various different ways. Right now, turquoise seems to have attention. I ...

After many late nights, numerous formatting challenges, and colorful several conversations with myself (and my DH for that matter) around wh...

Hope your 4 th is amazing. I certainly enjoyed the extra weekend day. Summer really feels like it is in full swing now.

Last weekend I spent the day in San Francisco with some of my quilting friends. The girl who made up our list of places to stop was very ins...

This is the second hat I whipped up for my baby niece. I know, using an ugly doll to model it is a bit of an oddity, but anyhow it kinda mat...

I hand spun some naturally dyed fiber that I got at Verb (is there another place to get fiber? I think not!) and knit up a super super tiny...

Those of you who guessed I was in the mid-west when I took the photo for my last post - well, you were right! I was outside of Chicago, IL...

Ok fancy pants...think you know your quilt destinations? Well, leave a comment if you can guess where I was when I took the above photo. Mo...

Our visit to gramma's 90 th birthday is over and fun was had by most. The party itself was awesome, and it was great to see her. She ...

Our gramma is turning 90 next week, and for some time now I have been thinking, "Gee, what can I get her?" Well, she used to kni...

Another teaser photo of the latest taupe modern house block. Next class is the 26 th of June at Verb - join us if you can! I am thinking ...

I was looking through my stash of taupe fabrics in preparation for my next house quilt class later this month. There were so many beautiful...

When I was thumbing through my latest copy of Quilts Japan May 2011 Issue #140, I was reminded of how pretty folded flowers can be. On page...

Last weekend my 5 yr old son went to the birthday party of his twin girl schoolmates. I heard that their favorite things included art suppli...

Finding the perfect thimble cage is not easy, as it turns out. Thimble cages are used to hold your thimble in a beautiful cage, as a necklac...