Quilt Otaku

I get so much satisfaction from taking place in a group made quilt.  Some of my Verb friends are working on a little quilt for a...

I finally finished knitting a sweater for myself, just in time for autumn. The pattern is by Julie Weisenberger of Coco Knits and is ...

It's rare that I have a true 'sewing emergency' but we had two this week.   The first one happened when I realized my ...

This year our harvest has been bountiful. I'm not a huge fan of store-bought tomatoes, but I can eat the home grown version like th...

On Sunday, November 20th, I'll be teaching a class on making patchwork ball ornaments at A Verb for Keeping Warm. I just finished t...

Above is a photo of my son's 3 yr old signature quilt block with well wishes from family and friends.  The '3' is appliqued do...

The kid birthday extravaganza has finally drawn to a close. I for one will miss this time of the year.  As soon as it's over I feel ...

Getting ready for more birthdays around here.  My sons' back to back parties are just around the corner.  I'm digging up their bir...

This 3 day weekend was really restful and more or less spent with my boys. A couple of weeks back we had silhouette artist Karl Johnson...

Yesterday afternoon my son came home from first grade and said, "Mommy, there are some naughty kids in my school that say bad words. ...

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 ...