Drywall? What does drywall have to do with a craft blog? Good question. It turns out that a little dry wall work was the impetus for big changes in our lives. It all started out rather simply. Our condo had been on the market for all most 60 days. Tons of people looked at it, but nobody put in an offer. Discouragement set in. The bathroom is the most dated room in the house. We [...]

After seven years of marriage Ross and I decided that we were responsible enough to own cats. Actually the conversation on the way to work went more like this: Ross: Why don’t we have any pets? Me: I don’t know. Ross: Don’t you think that it’s odd that we don’t have a pet. Me: No Ross: Well I think we should get a cat. Two week later we adopted Cedric and Penelope. After living with us [...]

At the beginning of every month, I try to do a little blog maintenance. Most of this revolves around updating my goals on the sidebar. Apparently July wasn’t a very productive month for me. I managed to complete my pattern review and read Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. For the record, I’m going to blame by sick sewing machine for my lack of production. Well on to another month. I’m hopeful for August. My [...]

I love the color black. I like to wear it, use it my quilts, and decorate with it-in small dosages.The thing about black is a little goes a long way. I really discovered this in making quilts. A good quilt with have a wide variety of color value. Most quilts have a lot of light and medium valued fabric, but no dark valued fabric. By adding black, all values are present, and the eye can see [...]

I wasn’t going to participate in the Encyclopedia of Me meme until I read Megan’s post. She wrote about agony, a close cousin to anxiety; an emotion that controls me. A few years ago I realized that I hate feeling anxious. I can’t barely sit still to watch a suspenseful move even though I want to know how the story ends. Not only do I deal with anxiety for outside sources,  I create my own. I torment [...]

When I started to quilt five years ago, I thought scrap quilts were for insane people. I mean how was it even possible to have that many scraps that could be put together? (By the way, I now know better) Of course, one could argue all quilts are “scrap” quilts. Personally, I don’t buy that definition. I like well coordinated quilts. Let’s return to the present. In the same breath I told myself that I [...]