I’ve been chatting with Amy, who has been making her first Crazy Shortcut Quilt. She had a bit of a problem with the sashing and we’ve been emailing back and forth about that and the fact that her husband made her a quilting table, just like mine but hers is *PINK*! Hop on over to [...] Read more »
Best Cutting Video Ever
Debbie Caffrey, from her book Power Cutting. Even if you’ve been cutting strips for years, watch this video, it’s really, really cool. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bkJKQwq4FI&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1] Read more »
Updated demo video
I updated the video that shows the Crazy Shortcut Quilts demo. I finally got Sarah to film some footage (talk about pulling teeth!) and so I re-did the whole thing. Originally, all the videos were supposed to be “just for fun” and I had planned on taking a few comments and then re-doing them. Well, [...] Read more »
StyleList Interview!
We made it to the big time! Writer Mallory Whitfield wrote about our book, webs and Etsy shop for StyleList Magazine Blog. When I first found this site I spent hours there! Here’s our interview… Read more »
Great Homemade Table
I was browsing the creations at Instructables and I found this great table. If you have space in your sewing room for a free standing table (or even if it were pushed into a corner) this looks like a wonderful table for cutting and (with a pressing mat) maybe even pressing yardage. I want one! [...] Read more »
Easiest Ever Half Square Triangles
My friend Trish Stuart has a new video and I’ve never seen this technique before! Take a look and let me know what you think or comment to the video on YouTube or go to Trish’s website and let her know And be sure to pop in on her new blog! She’s just getting started [...] Read more »
Staying in Touch with Yahoo! and Webcams
My granddaughter and I are trying out some new technology. Sometimes we just have to see each other but we can’t always drive the 125 miles through Alaskan wilderness to be face to face. Actually, she can’t drive anywhere since she’s just 2 years old. So, we bought webcams. They aren’t great and the lag [...] Read more »
Snowboard Kiting
I had no idea………. I was driving my granddaughter Audrey to Girdwood (from Seward) to meet up with my daughter Sarah and send the baby home (she’d been with me since Friday afternoon). As we drive through Portage, a desolate windy no-mans-land known for accidents because of the windblown icy highway, what do we see [...] Read more »
I am Thankful that I have made it to 50 and have helped a few people along the way
I’d like to help more and I am going to make that a focus for 2009. I had a great time at the CASA auction, best of all was seeing a quilt leave my pile and go to a good home! I’ve been traveling, reading and contemplating and I left my camera with my daughter [...] Read more »
Quilting for a Very Good Cause
My daughter Sarah and I love to donate quilts to the CASA program for their Quilt Auction each November. We also use the auction to see and visit with quilters that we only see once a year – -at the auction! I look forward to seeing my pals Kathy Harte and Judy Wedemeyer and Ruth [...] Read more »
