Ta-Da! Announcing my Fastest Quilt Ever!
While it's true that I have been yearning to make a bear's paw quilt for over a decade, I didn't actually plan this one until a month ago.A month! From concept to finish! Let me tell you some of the...
View ArticleA finish! (And it only took a year...)
Last January - and here I'm talking about the one in 2012 - my sister asked me to make a challah cover for her. We avidly discussed design and fabric. It had to be soothing. Larger than average....
View ArticleA Find
I live in a small town in Israel, and every so often, we enjoy a visit in the Old City of Jerusalem.A small, ancient city that is accessible only by foot, it contains four distinct communities...
View ArticleA little bit of this and that...
I was in London last week. Did I mention that? I went to visit my family, and to drape my bear's paw quilt on my father's lap. And so I did.I also made Dad a tallit bag (a tallit is a prayer shawl,...
View ArticleImprov! Plaid! Log Cabins!
A project I've been thinking about for a while has finally reached a Washed-And-Ironed status. A Ready-to-Roll moment. A Be-Still-My-Heart pile.Of course I now have to introduce my friends the fabrics...
View ArticleBook Tuesday!
Welcome to my first ever Book Tuesday! I am somewhat addicted to books, possibly as addicted to books as to fabric (don't tell my fabric, it could start a civil war.) So, starting today, Tuesdays will...
View ArticleLog Cabins; and, Am I Crazy?
But not in that order.Firstly, let's explore the craziness.What was the most insane sewing project you undertook? I mean, most-hours-invested-on-most-fruitless-project?Here's mine.In over a decade of...
View ArticleBook Tuesday!
A long, looong time ago, back when I was barely 30 and had a brand spanking new sewing machine sitting on my dining room table, I decided to learn how to quilt.I don't know where this thought emerged...
View ArticleWordless Log Cabins
Oh come on. Wordless? Me?I have been thinking about the recipient of this quilt, and what they might think is interesting, and if the blocks are too dull, and wondering what fabric I could use for the...
View ArticleBook Tuesday!
Historical fiction? Check. Strong female protagonist? Check.Coming of age story? Check.Got quilting in it? Check. I was jumping up and down with excitement when I discovered this in my local library (O...
View ArticleMay Update (And Some Sewing Too)
I haven't been posting as often as I'd like. But I've been doing a lot of traveling... Sadly, my father is not well, and lives in the UK, and, well... I don't. So I've been getting to know the ins and...
View ArticleBlogiversary! Woo-Hoo!
Hey folks, this is a very exciting moment! I've been blogging a year!Here's what I've learned:I like blogging!I want to sew and blog more than I do.The main and most important thing that has happened...
View ArticleBuilding a Home
Here comes a story of a little house, about 12" tall, that has - so far - taken several hours of eye-straining work. I can't say how many because I lost track. And it's not even finished yet. But...
View ArticleAnd The Winner Is.... (Drumroll Please...)
Congratulations to Comment Leaver #3 - that's Archie the Wonder Dog! Fabric will be winging its way to you this week - all the way from Israel!Just be in touch and let me know where I can mail your...
View ArticleEnd Of Year Beanbags
My 2nd grader wanted me to make some beanbags / rice bags for her teacher as an end of year gift. She picked out the fabric and I got to work.If you sew, even a little bit, you can figure these out...
View ArticleBook Tuesday!
I have this problem with fiction: at a certain point in the book I begin to think that the characters exist in real life. Maybe I believe this most when I fall in love with the characters; the...
View ArticleJune Sewing, Or, Why Can't I Get Anything Done?
I have been sewing a lot this month. I mean, by my standards, ie, hardly at all. But nothing is moving forward in any grand way, and this is bothering me. I don't feel the need to set goals, or create...
View ArticleWow. Just wow.
Ha ha, did I really mark June as a month in which I barely sewed?Try July on for size, sister!I live in a rather, ahem, warm part of the globe, and some days I feel like I'm breathing through molasses;...
View ArticleImpulse Shopping
I am very tired and strung out these days.Luckily, my sister bought me a gift certificate for my birthday for Hawthorne Threads, yay!So look what I bought today! Yes, all grey. They called out to me...
View ArticleDad
I don't know how to write this post.But I am sharing with my quilting community that my Dad is gone. He passed last week.We are all grateful that his suffering is over. (Want to vent about liver...
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