It has been a long time since I’ve done ANY sewing. It was the summer of walking and walk we did, but now it’s time to get back to business. When my husband Jim retired in July, he had never…
Everything But Sewing
My husband, Jim, retired July 10 and it has been a summer of major adjustment for me. For the past 35 years I have been used to him being gone from home for at least 12 hours five days a…
Beautiful Day on the Water
The weekend weather forecast was not very promising and it looked like Saturday would be the only warm, sunny day. It was beautiful when we got up so we loaded the kayaks on the car and headed up to Door…
Way More Work Than It Should Have Been
Did you ever have a project where it seemed that something went wrong every step of the way? Well that is this project for me. The quilt is called Porch Swing from Kim Brackett’s book Scrap-Basket Beauties. Since it uses…
40 Yard Dash
It was so fun owning a quilt shop. Like most shop owners I got into it because I love fabric and every day the UPS man would deliver boxes and boxes of beautiful fabric. In all those years I think…