*** "in hand" is no longer running. a big thank you to all my contributors for sharing your lovely projects, but i've made ...

 along about the fall of last year, i became slightly obsessed with a certain quilt by rachel hauser of stitched in color fame: the vinta...

 it's no secret in this space that i'm a bit mad about sandi henderson 's designs. that portabello pixie lady is just my abso...

 tuesday mornings my four oldest children have an art class in a nearby neighborhood. when the weather is nice, the little girls and i pla...

 really, i have not much to report on the sewing and quilting front since i'm still plugging away at the dogwood quilting on my penny ...

 the lovely and brilliant sarah schraw of sarah quilts thought up this wonderful idea for any sewers at home on a riday night: why not se...

 my friend, rebecca, has 5 boys ranging in ages from 16 to 5. she's one of my heroes because she's openly honest about how difficu...

not only did the quilting stitching go well on this quilt, i had pretty smooth sailing through the machine binding, too. since this is a ...

 once s1 and i got the "marmalade" charm squares all laid out in a pleasing configuration, i was able to get them put together q...

friday, i gave d2 a quilting math problem. i had one charm pack of bonnie and camille 's "marmalade" for moda , one yard of ...