Quilt Otaku

It's a bit crazy that I have had 600 blog posts. I should figure out some big post party or a giveaway or something.  I think I sai...

The nice folks over at One World Fabrics sent me a little gift of fabric recently and I wanted to share a quick photo with you. Their ...

At PIQF this year I did not manage to visit all the shopping booths, but of course I had fun anyhow. I never skip the Pinwheels booth. ...

If you wish you could attend PIQF 2011 in person you have two options: a)  Take a red eye to San Jose, California, as there is still t...

I did a search recently for Japanese Crafting blogs and it is a shame that there are not more of them out there since Japanese Cr...

I finished knitting a size 2 sweater for my sister's older girl recently. The pattern is called "Langston" by Teresa Cole....

Just a quick post to mention that I decided to teach a paper piecing class up in Oakland at A Verb for Keeping Warm . Paper piecing is ...

I have spent what feels like a lifetime collecting Japanese Indigo fabrics.   There was a quilt shop a long time ago when I lived...

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 ...