The Hoffman is finished, as good as it will get. This picture shows the central image, the idea I started with. The whole composition, whi...

This list has been around for a while, but seeing it on Nellie's blog this morning reminded me of it, so here's my life. Things I...

I'm home, and hope to stay here awhile. It's hot and muggy, my husband has our deck torn apart, and there are strawberries to be mad...

I'm staying with my mom while my sister is away. My job is to keep her company, clean, cook, shop, etc. It has rained every day since ...

A month or so ago, when the lilacs were glorious, I wanted to try to make a little piece with stylized lilacs. I thought, "The leaf is...

The Blind Men and the Elephant by John Godfrey Saxe There were six men of Hindustan, to learning much inclined, Who went to see an eleph...

The June Alzheimer's Quilt Initiative Auction is underway, and my quilt Not Your Grandmother's Flower Garden is being auctioned. ...

Good-bye old friend, and welcome new. My faithful ping-pong table which I've used as a cutting table for about ten years has finally gon...

Quilt Studio is hosting a series of posts about fusible web, how we use it, what brands we like, etc. I don't use fusible web too much...

Thursday I drove up to Evanston to see my son awarded a major teaching award by Northwestern University. I'm so proud of him. He's...

I spent yesterday afternoon moving little paisley motifs from the Hoffman Challenge fabric around trying to get a look I liked. That was no...

Michelle at With Heart and Hands has asked people to post about scrap quilts on Memorial Day Weekend. A good idea, I think. The list of l...

Traveling is like a long-running Artist's Date, as described by Julia Cameron in The Artist's Way . You get to feast your inner art...

Germany and Austria were beautiful, the beer delicious, the buildings historic, the people friendly, the museums fascinating. (I even en...

Sunday we are leaving for 6 days in Innsbruck, Austria, followed by a weekend in Munich. Munich was a sweetener for me, since I didn't ...

I'm working on the Hoffman Challenge. It's past the point of being fun, and has become a list of steps to finish, including a few q...

I'm thrilled that Ami Simms has chosen two of my pieces, Bleeding Hearts and Crazy in the 70's , for this month's auction on T...

When I arrived at my sister's last week I found my red star quilt waiting for me with all the quilting completed. I'm so happy with...

This is just a quick post to prove I haven't disappeared. I'm at my sister's, enjoying the visit, but very busy. I've dust...

Tomorrow I'm driving to Chicago to see my son, daughter-in-law, and of course the twins. My original plan was drive over to the Chicago...