My Oldest UFT

Grandma’s Dream Quilt for Rachelle
This quilt is my first-ever quilt. I have always admired quilts, old and new, and have wanted to learn to make them since the early ’80s. I’ve sewn and enjoyed handwork since I was a little girl. My grandmother showed me how to sew and embroider. Finally, [...]

My first wallhanging for Mom

Star Log Cabin Wallhanging
This is a wallhanging from Eleanor Burns’ Star Log Cabin in a Day book. It’s machine pieced and handquilted (mostly SID and some in the middle of the stars). I completed it on 31 December 2003, I think. It depends on when we actually celebrated Mom’s and oldest DS [...]

Website Revamping

I’m in the middle of revamping several of my websites–this one included–so I haven’t gotten a lot of piecing done in the last month. The need to have a little more income is forcing me to work on “work” related things. I thought I’d make some posts as I update and [...]