Things have settled down and I actually have been sewing a little bit.  Over the last week I have had several emails checking on me---tha...

   There is a saying  that says "it's going to get worse before it gets better."  As much as I would love to deny that and pro...

   Cooler temperatures finally settled on us this week.  Not really feeling like fall.....no color at all in the trees, but we have had much...

  Nothing, I got nothing done that I had planned.  That's OK.....it was time for a bit of fun this week it seems.  On Thursday we decide...

  Hearts have always been a favorite motif for me.  When I was able to do crazy quilting many years ago, I made lots of hearts, and gave the...

    I was just beginning a post on Monday, when we lost power.  Ugh!   A tree took out a power line.   We were prepared for it, but being pr...

Therapy Quilt and The Rest of My Story     While this blog is focused on my quilting projects, it is also a record of the events in my...

  Class/workshop went great on Monday......and I have been recuperating from all the energy used.   The gals did very good and seemed to cat...

  Returning after my leave of absence......While I have been reading some blogs, not much else has been done.   It has been a painful 2 week...

  While the foundation work is going on, I am temporarily sewing in the office.  It is cramped but doable with the Featherweight.   I have ...

  I will be spending lots of time sorting, purging, shifting everything in the sewing room.  It all has to be moved out for some foundation...

 I saw  this list of  prompts  for a gratitude journal.  As I read through them one caught my eye.       I remember saying that my ho...

Some good news, and some not so good news.    First, the good news.    Only 2 more weeks of PT and they will graduate me!  The third eval...

   Do you have a recessed table for your machine?  Or at least a large extension table to support your work?  I sure hope so, as it makes a...

  I had already decided to "make" my word for the year before I saw so many others doing it too.  Simple fusing of hand drawn let...

  Where have I been?  Right here.  What has been going on?  Cleaning out and moving things around.   I have been too exhausted to do more t...

 Does your machine have those programmed stitches on it that you never remember to use?   Or you don't know where to use them.......s...