I could have finished this yesterday but I'm holding myself to limited time quilting so I will finish it today. I haven't picked a binding yet so I might have to wait until I dye something for the binding. I'll be happy to load some veterans quilts again soon! ​ I am so glad that I started this quilt. It's really re-energized me for making quilts. I've been a little lost since the blue quilt was finished. I just love making these houses and I got another street done yesterday. The two longest streets are now done. I think in this photo you can now see the gradient effect in the background. I ..read more

Yesterday was "dyeing day" so I really didn't get much else accomplished. Most of this dyeing was for custom orders, including a UVA shirt for Chris to give to a friend of his. ​ I did get a couple more rows quilted on the big blue quilt. The end is in sight and I think it will be done this weekend. I should have it ready to deliver it to my SIL at family beach week. ​ I haven't done a ton of crochet since the end of football season but I work on this blanket a little each week and I'm almost ready to add the border. Today I have some bloodwork, a errands trip to Walmart and acupuncture. T ..read more

Yesterday I had lunch with Mom and my cousin and then I went to the repair shop to make the appointment to get my car fixed. May 6 is the date to drop it off. The weather has also been beautiful and I've tried to spend time outside every day. Yesterday it was for a long walk in the neighborhood. On the way out the driveway I checked on the baby bluebirds. We have 4 in this clutch and them are at least a week old now. ​ It's also been nice to be back to quilting. I've gotten a couple of rows quilted on the big blue quilt every day and it's about half done now. ​ I love the cloud look on the ..read more

Pillow Cover by Ann Jensen, 18" Today's inspiration is a new pillow cover from Ann Jensen. Makana Honu was made with Gradients and batiks. For sharing, Ann 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 the Customer Gallery.  The only rule is that projects have to be complete. It doesn't have to be made totally from hand dyed fabric, just include a recognizable amount ..read more

Today I'm helping my friend move so I thought I'd share the rest of my weekend events. It was sewing weekend for my quilt club. I always look forward to our 2 days of sewing together. On Friday we had 16 people, one of our largest groups ever. During the 2 days I got all of these blocks made and I sewed the top together Saturday night. I now have 3 of my own veterans quilt tops that need to be quilted along with about 7 more....once the big blue quilt is done. ​ On Friday afternoon I went into Short Pump (yes, that's a town name because "back in the day" there was a short pump where people c ..read more

I accomplished a lot of things this weekend but today I'm only going to talk about yesterday. It's the first time since July 2020 that I've had an opportunity to mosaic. It was a great day although my back is a little unhappy. ​ My friend, Nadine, has a back patio with a pergola and a HUGE Wisteria tree on it. The weight of the tree on the patio slabs has cracked and tilted the slabs over time. It's a huge trip hazard. They are afraid to replace the slabs because it might kill the Wisteria. We've been talking for several years about doing a patchwork mosaic to level out two areas of the pati ..read more

It's been a couple of days. I didn't post yesterday because I dyed fabric Wednesday and that's all I accomplished. Yesterday was a little more productive. ​How's the pollen where you are? Yesterday I hosed off my car at 11:00 and it was green again by 1:00! I normally wouldn't look forward to rain but we will all appreciate a couple of showers this weekend. ​ I started the day yesterday by getting my second acupuncture treatment and it seems to especially be helping my right foot issues. I'll keep it up for a few weeks and see how it goes. After I got home I decided to put some borders on t ..read more

Our friends returned home Monday and we are slowly getting back to our normal life. I decided that I'd get the big blue quilt loaded so that I'll quilt it before the veterans quilt tops that I picked up last night at the club meeting. I think I know how I'm going to quilt this with some simple continuous curve motifs. ​ I didn't have anything ready to start sewing so I decided to tackle this bin of fabric scraps. These are the quilt back leftovers from veterans quilts that I've quilted. This pile was much higher before I started putting together veterans quilt kits but I couldn't use all of ..read more

Last week I had time to dye some new Reflection fabrics. I originally designed these as water and sky fabrics for landscape quilters but I like them for borders on traditional quilts. I'm sure your imagination is better than mine for uses for these streaky fabrics. ​I have 5 new ones this week and a big selection in the shop if these don't meet your needs. Bhana Patria Ociel Irria Falak shop now ..read more

Our friends left this morning to return to England. We had a really lovely visit. We had tons of rain during their visit but out last day, yesterday, was beautiful. We love it when they visit. We are so compatible that we could all probably live together. We are already planning their next visit. In between time with our friends I got the last 2 quilts quilted and ready to return to the piecers tomorrow night. These two quilt were made by either Jennifer or her mom, Clara. They are a dynamic duo and make lots of quilts for our veterans. ​ I'm still favoring my shoulder, although it's bette ..read more