Quilt Otaku

  I call these socks my socks of evil deeds. Always the villain uses purple and acid green in their costume in order to try to gain th...

Lately, I have had modern design on the brain.  Specifically, modern household items. I'm in love with the designs of Heini Riitahuht...

I am still making small chipboard notebooks that hold scraps of fabric and notes about projects. I'm a sucker for these little...

Today was "Roll in a Day / Day in a Roll" day. A bunch of photographers run all over the globe with their film cameras (rea...

I am still here stitching away by hand with my needle and thread , and my Japanese Taupe Fabrics...creating modern house quilt blocks....

I took a few photos of my Oakshott fabrics before I washed them.  What a neat and tidy little stack.  Ahhhh...organization.  So comforti...

This weekend my quilting/knitting group and family enjoyed a sheep shearing event at Hidden Villa in Los Altos, California. The ev...

I'm not the only one who happens to 'heart' Oakshott fabrics.   The Little Red Hen loves them, Completely Cauchy loves th...

I got the wild idea to organize my Japanese Taupe fabric collection. I am embarrassed to say the above is only a portion of my fabric...

Whenever the Purl Bee does a blog post with a project I always say to myself, "Gee, I'm going to make that!"   Hav...

Another treat I had while at the Voices in Cloth quilt show, was running into Debbie of Kasuri Dye Works .  She used to own a shop in Be...

When I was at the East Bay Heritage Quilt show, Voices in Cloth , I could not resist picking up a few small pieces of wool felt at the Ver...

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...