FIBER THOUGHTS

I got my car all packed up and took off for Houston just before 8:00 this morning. As soon as I got on the freeway I noticed that my coolan...

I leave in the morning for Houston to attend the International Quilt Festival. I'll be driving because of my fear of flying. I could p...

Last summer at Quilt Surface Design Symposium I took a class with Vikki Pignatelli . One evening while in the classroom working on my clas...

I discovered from this website of Bizarre American Holidays that I was born on Measure Your Feet day. My special day (January 23rd) actuall...

Today is Jerry's 55th birthday. I think that qualifies him for ordering from the senior menu at Denny's. Good thing I'm SO muc...

Last Saturday our guild had Quilter's Day Out where we all worked on an easy lone star top. I don't usually do pattern quilts, but ...

The Tigers beat up on the A's in the ALCS and sadly our season is over, although since Detroit is my hometown, I can't be too upset....

The A's are on their way to the second round of the playoffs. Amazingly the Detroit Tigers took the Yankees out in round one. The A...

My friend Liz, who grew up across the street from me, was visiting back in Detroit early this year. Neither one of us has lived in the city...

3 weeks ago we discovered a problem in our shower which entailed removing a bunch of tiles, replacing some of the backing board and then ret...

Noah likes to bake cakes and cupcakes. We made a red velvet cake the other day. I'd never made one from a mix before and was surprised...

As I was emptying the dishwasher this morning, I noticed that the rinse agent dispenser needed refilling. I grabbed the bottle from under t...

When we lived in San Jose we were Oakland A's season ticket holders. The couple that had seats behind us convinced us one year to join ...

While the nation is observing the 5th anniversary of the terror attacks on NY and DC, I'm also thinking about my sister-in-law Rosemary ...

We picked a popular week in which to get married. Craig & Chrystal were married on September 2nd. Our friends John & June on the 3...

We decided the shower in our bathroom needed recaulking. What was supposed to be a quick cheap job has turned into a real problem. While c...

Craig, Chrystal & Noah stopped by today & I was snapping a bunch of photos. Although the quality of this one of Jerry & Craig i...

I just received photos of the quilt made for me in the Grab Bag challenge and I have to say I really love it! It was made for me by Patti B...

The leader of our grab bag quilt challenge posted a photo of the quilt I made on the challenge web site so now I can post a photo of it here...

I've mentioned before ( here )about the grab bag quilts. I finished mine last week and sent it off to the coordinator. I just found ou...