Scraps and Threadtales

Last night members of my quilt guild helped out a local church group make bags for the elementary school teachers and staff. The bags were ...

I forgot how much I liked hand piecing! It is very slow but contemplative....right up my alley right now. I did start doing some of the app...

Finally after months of sewing on bindings and sleeves I let myself start something new! Ok, part of it is I've been too sick to do any...

Last weekend I worked at my guild's stall at the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta. We raise money by raffling off a quilt for Camp...

I have been remiss in posting lately. My list of to-do's (estimate on windows, maintenance on car, fix the slow computer, get the house...

Just wanted to let folks know that Tonya (aka Lazy Gal Quilter) is going fine after her surgery and may be home as soon as tomorrow (but mor...

I was thinking of holding this story off until Halloween but I am sure by then I will have forgotten it...or at least hope I will. How many...

This is what I call a holiday...Dh is out golfing and I get to sew all day without feeling guilty. Bonus - we are going to a friend's h...

Only 45 days until the guild quilt show and I still have 4 quilts to bind and sew sleeves onto. Yikes! So what am I doing? Dreaming abou...

I often mention my "lists" which include places to visit. quilts shows to see, museums not to miss, and foods I want to make. I a...

One of my favorite finds while up in New England last week was a vintage black gingham apron. I have tried to stop myself from starting to ...

At first glance Red Sox and quilt stores may seem an unlikely combination but that is the quickest way of describing my trip to New England ...

It is hot...really hot. Too hot to work on the pile of quilts that need binding. Too hot to stand near the ironing board (not that Brownie...

Just when you think your brain is truely fried a little miracle comes along...for me it was this quilt. Last week was a really bad MS week ...

"isn't is nice to think that tomorrow is a new day with no mistakes in it yet?" Anne of Green Gables Posting before coffee is ...

It has been too hot and a bit too stressful to get much sleep in the past week so I have found myself piecing at odd hours of the night... C...

Have you ever found yourself so unable to sleep that you just park yourself in your sewing room and randomly run things through the machine?...