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Small, 2 foot square quilt top showing 4 cats with their tails wrapped around each other in the middle. Yellow polka dot fabric separates the cats. There is a black and white, chunky, border.

More Cool Quilted Cats

October 31, 2023

Here’s an updated variation of something I made a couple of months ago.

Cool Colorado

September 30, 2023

We made a short visit to Colorado earlier this month. It was too early to catch fall colors, but any time you get to spend in Rocky Mountain National Park is a good … Read more

4 Cool Quilted Cats

August 31, 2023

I put together this cute little item a few days ago.

For reasons not entirely understood, I undertook to program an app using SwiftUI and Xcode on my Mac. I succeeded! Having previously written a bot for Mastodon which, upon request, shares a random … Read more

Spring Flowers

May 31, 2023

I took these photos in April and forgot to post them. My tulips are in their second year and doing well. The surprise was the hyacinths. This is their first year and they … Read more

Shop Hop Rocks!

April 21, 2023

April means it’s time once again for the annual Kansas Nebraska Shop Hop! We participated in our first one last year and have done two Shop Hop related treks so far this year. … Read more

Variable Star quilt block featuring pink kitties in the middle

Fave Quilt Blocks of 22, part 2

March 31, 2023

Here are the 7 of my favorite quilt blocks from all that I sewed last year. (You can see the first 6 here in My Favorite Quilt Blocks: 2022, part one. All 13 … Read more

My favorite block from my first year of sewing is the 12" Blazing Star, designed by Eleanor Burns. It has a wonderful 3D effect caused by light and dark blues on the inner part of the star and yellow and green for the outer points. The background is black with white polka dots which really makes things pop!

My Favorite Quilt Blocks: 2022

February 28, 2023

Here are a few of my favorite quilt blocks from the ones I sewed in my first year of sewing, 2022. Larger versions are available on Flickr. This is part one of two … Read more

20 year old Bernina 153 QE sewing machine, in standard white, on the left. 2022 Kaffe Fassett Bernina 475QE sewing machine in beautiful teal with painted flowers from KF's fabric.

How it Started; How it’s Going

January 31, 2023

I began my sewing journey in January of 2022, using a 20 year old (but basically brand new, for reasons) Bernina quilter’s sewing machine. By watching a variety of videos, and doing a … Read more