Over a year ago, I took an applique class with a friend. I wanted to improve my applique skills. The class made this wall hanging: I finished the four applique blocks in about a month. Then I started to set things together. When I started the project, I intended on following the pattern. Then I decided that I was more creative than the pattern. I got this far: For over a year, I made no [...]

Last fall, I went with two friends to visit a couple of quilt stores in Utah County. After lunch, one friend suggested stopping by a local yarn store (LYS). I thought why not. I’ve never been to a yarn store. An hour later, I was a the proud owner of a set of knitting needles and cotton yarn. Cheryl was my first knitting teacher. She taught me to cast-on, knit, purl, and cast-off. In a [...]

Two weeks ago, I listed a couple of things I wanted to accomplish with this website. I’ve managed to accomplish number 1 and number 3. Its a miracle. PHP includes: When I started this website, I knew that it had to be easy to maintain. I knew enough about web development to create shtml pages. My navigation menu and footer were included in the web pages through a txt file include. It worked well until [...]