Quilt Otaku

When you enjoy hand applique, quality of the fabric itself becomes important.  The tricky areas, like points, curves, concave shapes...le...

My fondness for self-striping sock yarn has landed most folks in my family a new pair of hand knit socks using custom dyed yarn by Twiste...

I picked up some glass head pins from Sajou recently.  They feel very timeless in my hands and if you iron them, they don't melt li...

Yes, that was Roberta Horton in my last post, good eye smartie pants Kathie and Quilt Inspiration. I enjoyed the Voices in Cloth 20...

Today I spent the greater part of the day at the Voices in Cloth quilt show. It was located in Richmond, CA, just north of Oakland and w...

Once the daffodils start showing up, you gotta think that spring is not that far away. These little beauties are brightening up my kitch...

I know, I know, we'll never know which came first.  Firstly though, I am addicted to these teenie MochiMochi knits.  I will have to ...

I knit the above socks for my DH from Twisted Limone yarn.  This yarn is addictive.  I have been working on socks during swimming le...

Would You Rather see a video by Yoko Saito about hand quilting, or a video about all the amazing artists that design fabric for Liberty...

First thing's first. The winner of the Lego "quilt studio" giveaway is...(drum roll)...AnnVallance of Rupert Girl Blog . ...

If you were to stack up all the fabric you owned , would it be as tall as the kitchen table?  Would it reach the ceiling?  Would it re...

Often times when I am waiting to fall asleep my mind turns to thoughts of color combinations.  I suppose this may be a little strange, but...

This evening I spent a lovely time at the knitting event of the year -  Stitches West 2012  with my friend Sharon of Knits are for Kids ...

I'm sure I mentioned that we are over the moon with our new Viewmaster Camera.  My DH has tons more about our passion for it over on h...

Every time I start to lay the backing fabric for this quilt out onto the floor to measure it, a little boy either decides to run across...

Anybody who has seen the movie Amelie or even just had a neighbor who put out a lawn gnome for too long probably understands the urge to...

I'm sure you have heard about the Tokyo Dome quilt show before,  but in case you have not, I do love to see the quilts there. Now...

I finally made a pair of socks for myself.   I have made several pairs already for my family, but this is the first pair for me.  Funny...

By this time in January, the Tokyo Dome quilt show is in full swing and plenty of bloggers have been there and shared their photos. T...

Last weekend I taught our applique class at Verb (now carrying Liberty fabric - w00t !).  The block is our 9th block in a series ...