Keep smiling (even when there is no time for blogging)

Rumack: Can you fly this plane, and land it? Ted Striker: Surely you can’t be serious. Rumack: I am serious… and don’t call me Shirley I love that line… and his delivery. Thanks Leslie.  

5 Trendy Trends Spotted in Houston

Reporting from the Bates Motel Hotel: Notes from the Road Back home, I’m still sorting out my notes and stash adoptees from Houston Quilt Market, but on the road, hotel rooms make for mind numbing boredom great down time to finally get some images posted. In my eyes, this year really did bring a sense … Continue reading →

Delicious Pairing: When Thread & Fabric Inspire

I am in that no-man’s (no-woman’s) land of the creative process between the assembling and the doing. This is the scary territory for me, where all of the doubting questions jump from behind seemingly good ideas or open up fissures in the floor below, causing me to fall down another rabbit hole of false direction. … Continue reading →

Kindness has a way…

…of catching you when you fall. I discovered this lovely review of Threads on Violette Severin’s Blog, Hand Quilting. Miss Violette actually said that the book was “one of the best quilting books of all time.” I’m sorry— it is probably bad form to gush over such a kind and generous review- but thank you! … Continue reading →