Quilt Otaku

Well, my fingers have finally recovered from posting such a GIANT blog post last time about all my Yoko Saito books. Thanks to those of yo...

Well, for those of you who guessed that I couldn't last that long doing a post every single day...you were right. I am WAY too busy ...

Title: Daily Quilt ISBN: 978-4-529-04780-7 Summary: small bags, mostly with applique on them, small quilts, medium quilts - some piec...

Title: 156 Original Patchwork Designs by Yoko Saito ISBN: 4-529-04188-3 Summary: Let me start by saying that there are 2 Yoko Saito...

Title: Yoko Saito and Kids (I think?, your guess is probably as good as mine on this one!) ISBN: 978-4-86322-084-3 Summary: Super...

Title: Patchwork of 1, 2, and 3 Patch Blocks ISBN: 4-529-02567-5 Summary: Like the title says, these patterns are pretty simple. Th...

Title: Happy Patchwork ISBN: 4-14-031112-6 Summary: Pieced alphabet (LOVE alphabets!) stars on quilts, feathered stars, small needl...

Title: Small Quilt ISBN: 4-529-03935-8 Summary: Includes some wool applique projects, a small quilt with star motifs (p 42. so beautifu...

Title: Houses, houses, houses ISBN: 4-14-031131-2 Summary: Patterns include large quilts, bags of various sizes, pillows, tons of house...

They say that an apple a day keeps the doctor away. At the end of the summer, what could I do to spice things up and get out of the back ...

Not to belabor you with an essay about my summer vacation, but let me just state that fun was had by all. We stayed in this little beach...

The feeling of spreading out a newly finished quilt top on my bed and taking photos of it is a bit rare so maybe that is one of the reasons...

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.