Quilt Otaku

I started and finished a new knit beanie for our 7 yr old this week. It was fun to be able to have a tiny project to take around with me...

In most cases, you have to be a vampire , or Yoda himself in order to live more than 700 years. I probably won't live that long ...

With little ones being the usual priority in our lives, taking some time to have a 'date day' with my DH is something I'm...

We didn't do any big trips on our 3 day weekend, but we did have a great time chilling out at home. - Listening to the Song...

There are four birthday signature quilts floating around our family universe, well in progress.   I am making one for each of my boys...

My sister is quite the creative seamstress.   She brought these little monster toys with her when she visited us.  They are her han...

It's that time of year again for me:  Birthday Season! My sons have their back to back birthdays in the next couple of weeks, so c...

Does finishing an awesome project make you happy or sad? For me, it's both:  Yeah!  and Boo !!! at the same moment. I'm thrill...

The fine art of removing something gooey from one's nose is at times a popular pastime for the company I keep.  My kids, of course, n...

Foxtail Creek Studio has captured not only my heart, but my pins and needles too. I have almost finished the final block in my moder...

Every good little hand applique nut needs silk thread in billions of colors in order to match her fabrics.  I have been doing applique f...

I don't usually show the 'full final' photo of my modern quilts blocks on my blog, but this time I could not restrain myself...

Hard to believe summer is ending here and school is on the menu starting tomorrow.  We found out who is in our class this year.  Lots o...

We got new neighbors on one side of our house this year and they have not been as diligent about trimming back their nectarine tree. Gos...

I decided to try and get through a very small new knit project during the summer Olympics this year.  The games had so many amazi...

When I heard that Liberty of London was coming out with a line of fabric specifically for quilters (over at Diary of a Quilter ), I got pr...

You don't have to go far to see beautiful wool pincushions . My current favorites out there in the universe include: Ring pincu...

I have said many good things about Japan already, and of course encourage you to visit there. A few parting thoughts from my trip the...

I spend the day in San Francisco, California recently and ran into an old school photo booth from 1947.  We were at this lab called Rayk...

Tiny pieces of fabric: got it. Teenie hexagon pieces of paper for the backing:  yup. A thirst for sewing extremely small whip sti...