Look what my Mom made—again!

Check out the new quilt our Little Man received for Christmas!  My mom had him draw a few dinosaur pictures.  She used the pictures to create the appliquéd blocks.  She also pieced the rest of the quilt and my aunt quilted it!     He also got a new set of bright orange (his [...]

My Pears!

I have to show off one of my Christmas presents. 

If you’ve been a blog reader for more than a few months,

you know that I can pears every year. 

Every year.

So…

imagine my surprise

and my laughter

when I opened my first [...]

Brown Bear, Brown Bear…

I have to show off one of Mom’s latest quilts and the sweet baby it was created for:

As for Thomas’s onesie: I fussy-cut a frog from the scraps. I applied it using head and bond and then zig-zagged around the edges. Too cute!

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A New Baby, A New Quilt

Welcome to the World Thomas William!

Sorry, I have no pictures to show, but I didn’t take my camera to the hospital yesterday. Thomas is the new son of a very close friend. His Mommy has loved my kids and cared for them like family. I gave her a few hand-made things, but none [...]

My Sewing Backstory-Part 1

A lot of folks have recently shared their sewing backstory. So, like Kristine, Dawn, and Summerset, I have decided to share mine. I grew up surrounded by women who sewed and the men who loved them and let them accumulate stashes and wander through fabric stores. Rather than give you dates and details, I [...]