Beginning Quilting class

Look what my students are up to!! These two girls took my basic sewing class earlier this year, and they are now learning to make a quilt. I am so proud of them. The pic shows half of the required blocks. Can't wait to see how they decide to arrange them. Wait till you see them surrounded by the awesome border fabric they chose.

Anniversary.

MDH and I have been married 34 years today. What an adventure it has been. Our anniversaries have been celebrated in a variety of places around the world and the U.S. We have three beautiful/handsome children who are all independent now. Time to think about what to do with all this space that surrounds us at home.

Any ideas?

Super Students

In the first of three sessions to teach basic sewing, the students make a pillowcase. It is so much fun to see them get excited about their new skills. Here are some pics from the last two class sessions:

Back from the frozen north.

Alaska trip was amazing. Beautiful scenery and fun cruise. Below I'm holding a future sled dog. We got to ride in a wheeled sled, which is what the mushers use to train the dogs out of snow season. The dogs are so strong, the mushers have to move them by hanging on to their collars and only allowing two legs to touch the ground. Every dog in that place wanted to be hitched up to the sled. What a caterwauling when the mushers went out to select the ones they wanted.

What happened to the time?

It has been about 6 months since my last post. Not sure what happened. Life, I guess. Anyway, I am determined to get busy again, so expect to hear from me about my upcoming, once in a lifetime cruise to Alaska. DH and I are both celebrating BIG birthdays this year, so this is our treat. And we're throwing in our 30 aniversary, which was 4 years ago, but we couldn't do the trip then!


Have been busy sewing, teaching, sewing and teaching some more. I love it.

Sewed a four-patch-posey quilt from some very bright gold and red floral. It turned out great. Don't you love those tiny square in square cornerstones? They drove me crazy.

Also, made a quilt of valor with a friend - she did the front, I did the borders and the back and binding. Great team work. Here it is before binding:

Contributed to the guild's challenge in March. The quilts were raffled so I had to give it up. Not sure about that part. We had to use 12 little red polka dotted circles. It's called Caterpillar Dreams.

More to come. Stay tuned.