My friend Laura over at Almost Empty Nest is doing a roundup on “empty nest hobbies.” She honored me by asking if I would write a post on how I became a quilter. You can read that post here. While I was writing it, it occurred to me…
When I wrote those last few blog posts on quilt binding, my goal was to help you make binding that lasts. The beauty of your quilt should stand the test of time. But my mind kept meandering to that word “bind.” It’s sort of an old…
Sometimes things just don’t go the way we plan when we start off making a quilt. Today I want to share what I did in the face of a disappointing experience as a quilter. I’m not sharing it because I have a need to vent – I’m pretty…
Tonight I decided it was time to pick up the pieces and move on. Literally. I found a bunch of little pieces, completed this Tree of Life Quilt Block and it felt good. The past few weeks have been a bit of an emotional roller coaster: Highs, lows, bad…