FIBER THOUGHTS

When I worked at the law firm in California, I enjoyed all the art work in the buildings. The firm even had an art committee for selecting...

Several years ago the QuiltArt list had a discussion about tacky yard art. As often happens on that list, soon a challenge was issued to m...

My mini group (the Ducks) met today for a marathon piecing session. Our guild, the Cobblestone Quilters Guild , is making quilts for the f...

As I mentioned back last month ( here )I made a purse while sewing at Karen's . Here's a photo of the purse from that day. ( photos...

My quilt guild has a retreat every summer. The theme of this year's retreat is the 60's. We've each been asked to bring a phot...

Deb over at Red Shoe Ramblings always has some interesting questions. Here are some she asked in honor of the July 4th Holiday. It’s a sum...

Happy 4th of July! Yesterday was my sister-in-law Janice's birthday and today is my grand-nephew Brandon's birthday. Happy Birthda...

I'm taking part in Tomme Fent's fractured quilt challenge. There are 40 of us taking part. We were all provided with this photo o...

Karen over at Quilting with Karen has tagged me with the 7 random facts meme. So...here they are. 1. I'm still kind of afraid of the ...

I've hesitated updating my blog because I didn't want the baby photos to drop out of the prime viewing spot. Chrystal shared more p...

Hayden Elizabeth was born yesterday, June 18 at 4:32 p.m. weighing in at 7 lb 1 oz and measuring 20" long. She's beautiful isn...

We've been on baby watch for the past week. Poor Chrystal has had a couple of times when she thought "this might be it" but i...

Every year my guild, The Cobblestone Quilters adopts a community service project. This year it's baby quilts for a couple of our local...

My friend Karen has a separate studio on her property. It's the manufactured home her mother-in-law used to live in before they had to...

My quilt guild (the Cobblestone Quilters )will celebrate its 25th anniversary in 2008. I have volunteered to coordinate a quilt challenge f...

Our mini quilt group met for sit and stitch this morning and while there my friend Karen mentioned that I haven't been updating my blog...

Our friends Jim & Susie (that's them over there on the left) recently purchased their retirement home on Lake Gaston at the NC/VA bo...

Noah's school had a blood drive today. They sent home sign-up sheets a week or so ago and mentioned that one of the donors would win a ...

Viriginia, one of my quilting friends, lost her husband last week and this morning was the funeral. She and Jim moved to South Carolina fro...

Yesterday a group from my quilt guild went on a bus trip to Mary Jo's Cloth Store in Gastonia, NC, a suburb of Charlotte. We also made...