A couple of years ago, I discovered the Dear Jane Quilt. For some unknown reason I was attracted to this quilt. I wanted to make my own. I thought about it for a year before I did anything. In February 2004, I bought the Dear Jane software. I liked the idea of being able to print templates or foundation pieces. A few weeks later I bought 2 bolts of fabric. Why two bolts? I want [...]

Scrap quilts elude me. I should clarify. I’ve seen scrap quilts that amaze me. I just don’t have any idea how to make a masterpiece out of scraps. Why is this topic worth a blog entry? Despite not knowing what to do with scraps, I save them. My scrap collection grows and my ideas fail to develop. This behavior has to to stop. Two options: throw away scraps or use the scraps. I can’t stop [...]

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 [...]

So what projects have I been working on lately? This blog! For prosperity’s sake I include a screen shot of the current layout. I’ve spent too much time playing with the layout and basic functionality. I can’t help myself. I love to figure out how things work. I have a small list of things that I still want to figure out, like: PHP includes Dynamic archives Dynamic Photo Gallery This list along with my REAL [...]