This series of posts has been a journey for me.....reviewing some past quilts and braid techniques, and hunting up info to share, and tr...

   I went to continue working on the Faux Braid sheet....and I have misplaced it.  I am sure it is still somewhere in this computer, but wh...

 For the novice or those who live in fear of bias edges :     Once you have your fabric selected, do some cutting.  I generally cut segmen...

     Braids on the brain.....braid ideas swirling around and around.  I promised a series of posts to share tips and techniques on braid qu...

   Just for inspiration, I set up a new board on Pinterest..... Braid Quilts.    After a simple search,  I found a lot of different colorwa...

What a difference a cool front makes!  The weather was just perfect yesterday, so Sir Old Man and I tackled the large front bed that looked...

    I thought I would stir the pot with a little tease on the Faux Braid....my NewFO has begun.    I was in a rush, so pardon the wonky ...

   The house is quiet now....company is gone and the laundry is caught up. This week has flown by, yet even so I managed to get a bit done ...

   Once again, I find myself playing catch up and trying to get back to my plans.  I'm glad I got all the baking done on Thursday,  bec...

Is your body clock reset yet?  Am I the only one who struggles with the time change?  It always take me about 5 days to get back to a routi...

    Time to get some quilting done.....more practice doing the Jester's Hat from this month's challenge.  I had several emails ...

    Borders on and into the stack of projects "to be quilted" it goes.  It may be a couple months before I can do machine qui...

  I got back to joining the braid rows, finally.  All 6 braid runs are  together.  You can see the sides still need to be trimmed and squ...

   Yes, Day 75 for me....I woke up for the first time in 75 days with no pain.  When I said a cheerful  "Good Morning" to Sir Old...

  Day 65---Slightly stiff  today...probably the heat and humidity.  I am looking forward to PT this week so they can manipulate and relax...

  Day 56 and  yesterday, for the first time in 8 weeks, I was allowed to raise and move  my arm away from my body with assistance!  That is...

The scrappy braid has been hanging around since January, waiting to be finished.  It is now bound --with lots of left over strips---and labe...