Quilt Otaku

They say that it's finally autumn.  I'm working on getting ready.  Some time back my family got me a sweaters worth of purple ya...

Inkodye is a product that uses light sensitive ink to make an image on fabric. I've seen some cool and creative uses of it lately a...

If I see quilting cotton or cotton jersey that is organic, I like to use it.  It makes me feel like having it next to my skin will be a s...

I'm making a couple more signature blocks for some 6 year olds and a 9 year old who will celebrate their birthdays in September. By ...

I realized how behind I am on mounting recent viewmaster film we have shot into paper mounts for the kids to use in their viewmasters .  ...

I ran into this photo I took back in 2012. It made me smile and I thought that it might do the same for you. Apparently it seemed like ...

It's been forever since I have had the itch to write a blog post.  This blog has for many years been my baby and my happy place.   ...

We just got back from a week of running around London with the family. Did we go there only to visit Liberty of London ?  Of course not...

A dear friend of the family just returned from Nagano Japan and brought these silk fabrics home for me.  They are 14" wide and were...

I would say I'm over the moon with these socks but it's more like over the rainbow.  It has not been super warm yet for me so ...

Many mornings I ask the boys if today is crazy hair day.  That is because they don't like to brush their hair or maybe because they ...

Around a hundred years ago Henry Ford said you could have one of his Model T cars in "Any color so long as it's black." ...

Creative work for me has its own ebb and flow. There is always something going on, but things move between one focused project and sever...

It isn't often you see beautiful beach photos in black and white.  The resorts want to show you all the glorious colors of the sky and...

All the hipster mod quilt makers seem to have their own twist on a plus themed quilt these days.   It isn't hard to find images of ...

With warmer weather finally here and some end of the year school activities on the horizon, it seems that summer is either here or almost ...

Name:  First Argyle Sock for my darling 8 yr old Born: April 5th, 2014 Date Missing:  April 25th, 2014 Missing From: my messy office, b...

It's not easy to wear a macaroni necklace out in public, but I have been known to do so if a particularly good one comes home from s...

For some reason our TV brings up a screen saver tied to my flickr stream.   My DH probably thought I would like it and my guess is he se...

It's been busy for me lately for many reasons, some good and some less than fun. My blog is of course my happy place so I'm taki...