This is a post that I’ve delayed writing for several weeks, not because I didn’t want to write it. More like, I don’t feel like my words can do justice for my feelings. So reading knowing, this all means a lot to me even if my words fail me Three years ago, I started the Salt Lake Modern Quilt Guild more for myself than anything else. The modern quilting movement was gaining ground. New chapters [...]

A couple of years ago, I discovered Alie Edwards’ scrapbooking blog. While I never really caught on to scrapbooking, I did like the idea of choosing a one little word to represent a year. For 2011, I choose dare. I did a couple of things that were challenging for me, including starting grad school. In 2012, work was my word. I don’t mean work as in my day job. More like, work the action verb. [...]

About a month ago, I was feeling a little overwhelmed by my unfinished projects. I really didn’t even know how many I had. I decided to buy plastic totes for each project to help quantify the craziness. I bought eight. It didn’t take long to fill them up. This doesn’t even count two hand projects that I keep in the family room. I only sorted projects with fabric actually cut up. I have more fabric [...]

When I decided to participate in the challenge, I told myself that I need to make a quilt that I wanted. While mini quilts are fun, I don’t exactly get to check of a to-do item. I accomplished several goals with this quilt. First, the quilt is for my husband. He thinks I give away too many quilts. Second, I wanted to use some of the fun London prints that have popped up this year. [...]

On Sunday, I turned in my final assignment for the semester. Since then, I’ve been trying to catch up, which means cleaning my neglected house, lots of laundry, and a bit of sewing. Over the past couple of nights, I made these four blocks. These blocks are for a charity quilt. All of the fabric is scraps. The first block is some what of a disaster. I used the fabric from my gallery quilt, where [...]

Yes, one year ago I starting working on my Central Park Quilt. School and Christmas present quilts pushed it to the back of the pile. About a month ago, I realized that the quilt only needed to be quilted. I even had the fabric for the back and binding. I didn’t have time to quilt it. So… I took the plunge and paid the amazing Kayli from Quilt Finishing to wrap up this project. No [...]