Happy Thanksgiving (a bit late)
I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving! We had a great time, and the food was awesome. And now that the kids have all gone home, we can decompress.…
Time to catch up
Boy, time goes fast, especially when you're busy. I just realized a week or two ago that I haven't even started preparing for Christmas yet. Yikes! Here's what I've been…
The quilt so far
This is taking so much longer than I expected! I wanted to have this done this past weekend, but I'm only about halfway done. I even did a marathon 14-hour…
Getting ready to quilt, finally!
Today I finally managed to get my step-daughter's quilt loaded on the longarm! (And the cats are officially banned from the room.) It was a real project just to do…
Fixing my nephew’s quilt
A couple of months ago I made a trade with my sister-in-law. She had a barrel composter I wanted, and she also had a quilt that needed repair. So we…
Eyes and a recipe
THANK YOU for all your kind thoughts and prayers for me! I'm grateful, and I'm always touched by the kindness tatters show to one another. Here's an update on what's…
Eye troubles and deadlines
It looks like it might be a while before I can tat. I went to the eye doctor last week and we discovered that my left eye has a blind…
New free tatting pattern!
Hi all! I finally have a free pattern for you. Remember my post about the lid? Here's the entire box along with the pattern. Click here to get the pattern for…
Quilts for the doctor and receptionist
So you know, I'm still working on the tatted box! It's complete, I just need to draw out the pattern. I thought I'd show you a couple of my recent…
The first of Mom’s quilts
My mother loved to quilt. A number of years ago, she decided it was time she got all her quilt tops done and invested in a longarm machine. After she…