I donated two copies of Chicken Soup for the Soul’s My Very Good, Very Bad Cat to a charity auction run by Readers & Writers for LGBT Chechens. It’s the book that made Lilo print-famous by including my essay about her fabric-eating misadventures. Be the winning bidder to get a signed copy of the book and a personalized thank you from … Read more
Sometimes when I make a quilt with both brightly colored and white fabrics, I or the quilt recipient washes it without putting a Shout Color Catcher Sheet in the machine with it, and it ends up looking like this: My solution for this problem has usually been Clorox Bleach Pens, but my local supermarket no longer carries them and I … Read more
My sister made me this blue comforter about 15 years ago. Unfortunately, the first house where I lived with it had a mouse problem so I ended up washing it in the machine more often than I should have otherwise. As a result, the edges have frayed. Some of the fabric wore through, too. Then Lilo the cat snacked on … Read more
I’ve been working on some alterations to my living room window quilt and finally finished them last week. Here’s what it looks like: Here’s how it started: The birds on the birch tree are something I silkscreened on the window quilt several years ago during a crafting party at a friend’s house. I have often thought that the quilt looked a little bare … Read more
My work requires a lot of typing and mousing, so I’m often looking for more ergonomic ways to use the computer. Last week I bought a Wacom Intuos Pen and Touch Small Tablet to use as a mouse. A few years ago, I bought the Apple Magic Trackpad for the same reasons, and now I wish I had bought this instead. The Intuos product … Read more
I finally found the photo of the back of the Seasons quilt I made for my niece’s adoption. It’s composed of whites, near-whites, and light browns from my scrap bins. I think I may like the back more than the front. The scraps with printing on them are leftovers from a cut-and-sew Humpty Dumpty doll fabric panel. My niece has been through … Read more
I made this quilt for my niece to celebrate her adoption. I picked the seasons theme because it took many of them for her adoption to finally go through – more than 3 years, actually. It’s based on The Seasons design by Australian quilter Sarah Fielke. She works a lot with large-print fabrics, so I gave that a shot in a … Read more
I finished this churn-dash quilt at the beginning of the month for my friend Tanya’s baby. It’s the first quilt I’ve completed in a while. I guess I was doing too much remodeling. It’s probably obvious, but I only piece with scraps!
