Zig Zag Scrappy Quilts

I have a few projects to work on with actual deadlines that are rapidly approaching, but what do I do?  Play with some scrappy string blocks I made a while back.  Sure is interesting how the muse operates, isn’t it?  Here is a picture of the two quilts so far:

They are not quite big enough [...]

Xmas in August

Sometime in 1999 I had the great idea to make crazy patch I spy quilts for my grandsons.  I planned on having an assortment of redwork type blocks alternating with crazy patch blocks made up of juvenile fabrics with ‘thingies’ on them. As I had no ‘thingy’ fabric at the time, I went to my [...]

Surprise Unveiled – Can I have another piece of chocolate cake?

Yesterday, the quilty thing that I cryptically mentioned a few posts back arrived at its destination. I made a little birthday cake wall hanging and sent it to my daughter, Jenny’s house. Both of the boys are having birthdays in the next couple weeks, so it seemed like a good time for it. In the [...]

A Day In The Life

Last night I made peanut butter cookies. I was thinking about them because last week I finished scanning all the old family photos that my sister Laura loaned me. Seeing all the pictures got me thinking of family and growing up.
One big memory I have is of my Gramma Webster’s peanut butter cookies. She made [...]