Warm Quilts

365 PROJECT - Buttons & Stitches - Day 90 My 365 day project - buttons and stitches - is one quarter complete. I have added satin...

cre·a·tiv·i·ty noun: the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work. (from Oxford...

A Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepages that commemorates holidays, events, achievements,...

Poem is from the Detroit News (1930). Photos were taken during visits to area antique shops. "QUILTS" In grandma's day so long ago...

365 PROJECT - Buttons & Stitches - Day 35 My 365 day project - buttons and stitches - is coming along. I'm adjusting shank buttons on top...

This quilt is coming along as I continue to work on the second of four quilt tops, described from one of The Fours, for a hurricane...

365 PROJECT - Buttons & Stitches - Day 14 Last year, I followed Ashley Hackshaw AKA Lil Blue Boo with her One Year of Stitches and...

I received the special gift to challenge my creativity - my boss asked me to choose a quilting class and do something I've never done...

My One Monthly Goal - OMG - for the Elm Street Quilts challenge is set for December. I will be piecing a quilt top, described from one of...

"Sky blue (no rain!) and white for fluffy clouds (no rain clouds!) And gold for sunny days (to recover and dry out)." The quilt top is...

I spent part of Friday volunteering at a nearby quilt shop for their annual Quilter's Quest - "Eight spectacular Bay Area quilt shops...

The Fours: a wildly supportive, compassionate and fun woman's group that I belong to. We've fine-tuned the four quilts we'll be sending...

Sending loving thoughts of hope to those in Harvey's path. I have been wanting to do something to help those affected by Hurricane /...

The call came in at 1:30pm, from a neighbor - "Get out! There's a fire across the road. Get out, now!!" Fire crews were already on-site...

Although I have a large container full of buttons of various shapes and sizes, it doesn't feel right to pull these from their colorfully...

Have you seen the Raf Simons' debut collection at Calvin Klein? The autumn/winter coats are based on an antique quilt, seen in the...

While the paintings of Henri Lebasque may reside in private collections, many more are on display in public and private museums and...

I have been thinking of a friend and want to make her a tiny keepsake. She has a multi-level house and I've been looking at the pewter...

The five-inch crystal bowl sat on my work table, providing inspiration and encouragement, as I sorted through remnants, ribbons, patterns...

From the Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs . . . "Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an...