Weeeeell, hello friends!!!  How are you??  I missed you last week!  Yes, I’m behind a week!  Not to worry- everything’s ok and Block 13’s post will be up on Wednesday, so we’ll be ready to get back on track with #14 on Monday (commence everyone with OCD, including myself, going nuts!)  I know!  A little funky this […]

I used to think that when a loved one aged and started to accumulate health problems, that the blow of their death would be a little easier to handle…perhaps because you know it’s coming, or because you’re thankful you got to spend so many great years with them, or because its difficult to see their […]

  This week’s block is really a fun one because it introduces a brand new unit, which I call a “fancy quarter square triangle”. The cool thing is, it really looks like a Y seam in this particular block due to that dark teal fabric being used in two adjacent blocks.  It’s a need aspect […]

  Well, I’m a little late posting about this week’s block, but hopefully it didn’t throw you for too much of a loop.  We are dealing with some crazy family-ish stuff over here in Dock land (all good!)- but crazy.  I’m also getting ready to teach at QuiltCon this weekend, and frantically trying to get […]

Hi all!  How was your weekend?  I hope it was good!  We had a deliciously mellow couple of days consisting primarily of coffee and cinnamon rolls, a couple of easy house projects, a matinee movie, and lots of jammies.  Oh, glorious un-busyness!  Feels great to slow down and just keep it simple. Ready for another […]

Aaahhhh…three day holiday weekend Monday’s are the BEST…especially when there’s a new quilt block to make! I LOVE this week’s block, because there are so many possibilities for fabric selection, and I think the center makes an absolute perfect spot to showcase a fussy cut motif.  In the lemony yellow version above I used a […]