Wow!  This post marks the completion of a 10-year quilt project! Ten (10!) years ago I started a series of quilts , my own personal c...

We had just a few holiday plans, no travel, no guests, and so I decided that sewing on all sorts of back-burner projects of my own was T...

How many of you have had this experience - a group of people take a class or workshop together, get along well, trade contact info, vow t...

I made a small polka dot themed quilt as part of the copyright study at Just Wanna Quilt .   The basic question is to find the line betw...

I've had a bit of a lull between repair projects these last couple of weeks, and have been enjoying working on projects that are mostly ...

It's that time of year again! Next weekend is the annual Fine Art of Fiber show at the Chicago Botanic Garden. Thursday 11/1, ...

The Evanston Art Center is once again hosting an exhibit as part of the Evanston Made arts month in June. I'm just finishing up my ent...

I took this photo of my design wall last March, to celebrate being able to walk around enough on my healing foot to get back to pacing aroun...

Here come the next three Something From Nothing quilts.  The series is all made from unwanted materials, primarily out-of-date decorator sam...

This week takes a prize of some sort for having three newly-finished quilts signed, sealed, and delivered in just one short week. My homet...

If I was writing a catchy newspaper headline it might read something like this: Local Quilter Inspired by Late Night Stitching Session! ...

After a long dry spell due to a broken foot, I am finally able to stand and walk long enough to get back into my sewing room and back to pla...

Sitting out in the back, beading and buttoning on my FFF (folded fabric flowers) project.  This will be another little quilt in the Somethin...

I'm so excited!  Over the last couple of months, I've finished 6 new quilts for my Something From Nothing series.  And I have 4 more...

  "Objectivity is of the very essence of photography, its contribution and at the same time its limitation...." I found thi...

A short while ago, I repaired a late 19th century baby-sized crazy quilt.  The quilt's owner shared her family photos to add to my blog...

  For the past few years, I've been creating a quilt series called Something From Nothing.  These are generally just-for-fun, design e...

So, the other day, my husband and I were at the bank to sign some papers on a financial thingy.  We were ushered into a conference room and ...

Today I am debuting the three new quilts in my "Something From Nothing" series!  (To read more about how this series works, see th...

My entry in this year's Fine Art of Fiber show is another in my series of quilts called  Something From Nothing .  This is my own litt...