I haven't posted anything about crochet in a while and that's simply because I haven't done much crochet lately since football season ended. I think I've also been staying away from it because I was a little stuck on my 2 projects. One of them is this donation baby blanket. It's supposed to have a border on it but I kind of messed up the first row so I couldn't figure out how to do the border to get the top and bottom even. I finally decided that I could skip the border and call it done. ​ The blanket finished about 34" square, a nice size for a baby quilt. The pattern is from Yarnspirations ..read more

I can't share my two biggest projects right now but I did get caught up on veterans quilts and finished quilting this one by Karen and also finished one of mine. I thought the meeting was last night but one of my friends corrected me. The meeting is next week! So I'm ahead. I quilted this one in all-over leaves. That seemed to go well with the fabrics. ​ These are the t-shirts that I dyed for Eli and Ella. I hope to deliver them this weekend. I'm really pleased with how these turned out. ​Today is dyeing day so I don't know if I'll have anything to share tomorrow, unless the weather is go ..read more

I know I've had a lot Gradient news lately but that's because they are the fabrics you want. My stocks had gotten low so I've been working for weeks to get things restocked. This week I have 5 more for you back in stock.  Salt Marsh Salt Marsh is a gradient that has been on hiatus for a couple of years but I've brought it back because I'm considering a new project with this palette. ​ Monterey Bay Aurora Blue Sky Peacock There are a few more Gradients to come next week and that should have the shop full for a while.  Shop Gradients Now shop all fabric ..read more

The benefit of a cold and rainy weekend is that it makes for a great quilting weekend. I got busy on some veterans quilts. I had 6 that I wanted to get done by Tuesday. I got 4 finished. Two that I'll share today and two that I am binding so I'll share them when they are completely done. This one was made by Clara. She loves the 3 yard quilt patterns and then she adds borders to bring them up to the size we need for the VA hospital. I quilted it with overall leaves. ​ This one was pieced by Peg. She added the borders and sashing to some blocks from a scrappy block drive that the club did. S ..read more

Sun and Sand by Patricia Caldwell, 28" x 32" This week's inspiration comes from Patricia Caldwell.  This is an original art work using Sahara Gradient, Cocoa Gradient, Maize Shades, Terrain Stash Pack.  ​ Sun and Sand by Patricia Caldwell, detail She was kind enough to share two detail photos with us so that we could see her lovely quilting and embellishment. ​ Sun and Sand by Patricia Caldwell, detail For sharing, Patricia received a 20% coupon for the shop that's good for 3 months! If you have made anything with my hand dyed fabric I hope you will consider sharing it in ..read more

Last night we were invited back to Nadine and Jim's to see the finished mosaic. Her son did the grouting and the finished mosaic looks fantastic!  This mosaic was a great solution for a difficult problem. Their patio is under a very old Wisteria plant that has become so heavy on the pergola that it's cracked the patio. they can't replace the patio without risking killing the Wisteria. The patio had become a bad trip hazard, especially in this corner. This corner was 3" lower than the point where the other 3 slabs meet. Her 99 year-old mother tripped on it last year. We had talked a cou ..read more

I thought about doing some quilting but after I was finished dyeing, Chris and I went to visit Mom and take her some strawberries. After dinner I just didn't have any mojo for much of anything. But I do have some photos from around the homestead. Chris chopped wood 2 days ago and this afternoon he saw a wren building a nest in the pants he left outside. ​ She made a lot of progress in 2 days! We hated to destroy it but at least there weren't eggs yet. They used to build in the propane tank but they see to have abandoned that. One year they tried several times to build in the bumper of my c ..read more

My goals for April were: - quilt the big blue quilt - quilt 8 - 10 veterans quilts - bind a set of placemat ​- maybe start cutting out the Fab Farm quilt Well, I didn't get all of that done because my shoulder and back issues earlier in the month hampered me a little. But I did get the big blue quilt quilted this week. It just needs binding now. ​ I didn't get 8 - 10 veterans quilts done, but I did get 6 finished before things went south. I have 6 more in the TBQ closet that I want to get done by Tuesday....if I can. ​ Probably the biggest project for the month was the day of ..read more

New Stash Pack! Spring Greens Stash Pack This week I have a new Stash Pack for you! Spring Greens has 10 fat eighths of fabrics in bring green  tones ranging from bright limey green to the dark green of holly leaves. Stash Packs were originally designed for art quilters and applique artists but I love them for my traditional quilts, especially scrappy quilts.  Each Stash Pack has 5 streaky fabrics and 5 mottled fabrics. Here are larger views of all of them. The fabrics you receive will not look exactly like these but they will be these colors and general textures.&nbs ..read more

April was such a good reading month! Several of you have recommended West With Giraffes and you were right on target. It's a fun read. Then I had 3 mysteries by 3 of my favorite authors and Rules for Commuting was just a great light read. My one non-fiction was a bit of a letdown but I have some new ones in line for May that might be better.  What have you read this month that you would recommend to me? I can already tell you that my first May read is not going to be on my 2024 top 25 list. DNF The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie Ford. This is the 4th Ford book I've read. I loved&n ..read more