October 2014 – weeknight quilting

Finish: STAR!!!

So, I love this quilt. I made the top during a class with the awesome Vanessa hosted by the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild. She was so wonderful and the class was wonderful. And then the top sat and sat and sat. Once I got through all of my red and blue and aqua, IContinue reading “Finish: STAR!!!”

I’m Skerred!

I made this light and airy quilt top a loooooong time ago – like early summer. I love it very much – feels airy and composed yet scrappy. I want to transform it into a quilt I can, ya know, use. But I’m skerred. I was going to send it out for quilting, because IContinue reading “I’m Skerred!”

WIP: Some Stitching

I have fallen in love with stitching while watching Midsomer Murders. No one can claim that I am not ready for being 80! I made an adorable alphabet using this pattern – just need to figure out what I am going to do with it now that it is done. Now I am working onContinue reading “WIP: Some Stitching”

“I always advise people never to give advice.” – P.G. Wodehouse

Really Bad Pictures of Food

My favorite recipe-giver, Winne Moranville recently posted a request for a great picture of her Any Night Baked Rice recipe, lamenting the fact that taking good pictures of food is hard and boring. True dat. I feel the same way. If she were going to have a contest for the WORST picture of her recipe,Continue reading “Really Bad Pictures of Food”

To Dream, Perchance to Braise

This arrived via Sunday (!!?!?!) postal service today. It makes me swoon. I hope to get a break from work long enough to braise a meal. Oh, it will be heaven.

Colors for Her

My stepdaughter (SD) has basically eschewed all things girly, especially girly-colored for almost as long as I have known her. When I was a tad bit churlish / naive / selfish, it used to bug me. Because I like girlie things, particularly colors. But now I correctly see this as just part of the tapestryContinue reading “Colors for Her”

Finish: Aqua and Red Wonky Sampler

This year I made a bazillion aqua and red blocks and then squirreled them away to become wrinkly and unloved. They were great skill builders – but they definitely were, um, random. Random block patterns chosen, and all random sizes because I was sewing beyond my skill. So when I became determined to use upContinue reading “Finish: Aqua and Red Wonky Sampler”

Corn Maze, Year 10

This is the 10th year we have gone to Carolyn’s Country Cousins / Liberty Corn Maze. It was one of the first things I did with the kids when I first started dating their dad. Now we are an old married couple and they are running ahead of us in the corn maze. Still fun –Continue reading “Corn Maze, Year 10”

WIP: Hexagon Placemats

I have been working on these for awhile. Six placemats for my dining room table. Am I seriously writing about decorating my dining room *again* on this blog? I promise there are additional aspects to my personality. Really, truly. These are tough, but fun. Using the ruler set from Jaybird Quilts. I love piecing them,Continue reading “WIP: Hexagon Placemats”