Monthly Archives: January 2011 On Sunday I knocked out a couple more blocks and decided that it was time to see them together. I’m a little disappointed. I’m not really sure why–I love the blocks individually, and I really liked seeing the first half dozen together…but I was underwhelmed when I put them up on my makeshift design board. […] Picked up Edna Elizabeth today. She was supposed to be done Thursday. She was not. She was not done Friday, either. And not on Saturday. And today when I stopped by the shop to pick up a free motion foot while we were in that area of town, it turns out that she was just […]  For my Nana’s birthday Friday, I made her an oven mitt and potholder to match the apron I made her for Christmas. I was really excited about this idea…until I was talking on the phone with my Nana and heard what my cousin was getting her. My cousin was taking her to Disneyland. I was […]  I have a bunch of projects from late last week to share. We’ve had a bit of a whopper of a month. In addition to Nic’s concussion after falling down the stairs, I dropped my camera and lens down a set of stairs and broke the lens in half, Nic totaled his Jeep two days […]  On Friday Will got to use the sewing machine for the first time. He got to operate the foot pedal and then sew the scrap I use as a lead/follow piece to conserve thread. This quilt is super exciting to me–I love the way it’s coming together. The number one question I’m asked is how […]  At this time yesterday I was sitting at the bottom of the stairs, listening to the 911 dispatcher , holding a towel to the cut on my husband’s head as he lay unconscious on the floor. Both kids had woken up to the sound of me screaming Nic’s name, trying to wake him up, running […] |
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