having fun at home
Today I’m traveling to Texas to celebrate my daughter’s 29th birthday with her. In fact, I want to celebrate this last year because she finally realized her goal to work with Wycliffe Bible Translators. When I picked up my chai latte at the airport, the …
Today I’m celebrating my completed Arrowhead Lake blocks for round three of my Choose Your Own Adventure Quilt at Camp Oda May. These twenty blocks are my favorites! So even though the construction was slow, the time was well spent. Happily, I can enjoy this …
During August I began listening to podcasts while sitting at my sewing machine, and my new-to-me favorite podcast is Happier with Gretchen Rubin. Gretchen is the author of three New York Times bestsellers: The Four Tendencies, Better Than Before, and The Happiness Project. The Happier podcast, which …
This summer my camp crush is on the Arrowhead Lake quilt block. Just take a look! See what I mean? So far at Camp Oda May, I completed the center medallion (Star Valley), round 1 (Creek Crossing with Tulip corners), and round 2 (Pinwheel Point …
Elizabeth Hartman designed the wonderful Pineapple Farm pattern that includes three sizes of quilts (nap, lap, and picnic) and a 20″ square pillow. My August goal is to make two pillows for my neighbor, and she wants them before she moves to Atlanta. Thankfully I …
It’s the last weekend of July, which means I can celebrate two things: my son’s birthday and a finished quilt. Woohoo! Two weeks ago I delivered my Pineapple Punch quilt to Nancy at Grace and Peace Quilting and requested the Verve design. When I saw …
During July summer weather reigns in all its hot, steamy glory. Last weekend at our cabin the temperature was 90°F with a dewpoint of 76° and a feels-like temperature of 103°F. Thankfully I found respite from the heat on my shady front porch and in the …
This week Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic introduced Block 4 Roman Cross for the Moda Block Heads 2 quilt along. The completed block measures 12.5″ and is made up of 41 little pieces. But don’t let that and the biased edges intimidate you! My block came …
Today the Fat Quarter Shop is releasing a free shortcut quilt pattern, Fat Quarter Snowballs, and a kit featuring Wintertide fabric by Janet Clare. I made my version of Fat Quarter Snowballs from Kate Spain’s Bungalow fabric line, plus a few additional yellow prints from …
Today I listened to the American Patchwork and Quilting podcast and learned that block-of-the-month and sampler quilts are very popular with quilters because we like the slow, steady pace and camaraderie of making blocks with other people. That’s exactly why I decided to sew along with …