Author Archives: Quilting is in my Blood

My favorite finish in August is a baby quilt I made for some special people who are expecting another daughter. They are not comfortable with being named on this blog nor having any information shared on social media. I found … Continue reading →

My great-nephew, John, has had a very eventful 2024. He got married in June, his master’s degree in Computer Science from Cornell in July, and moved to California to start his new job as a software engineer at Intel in … Continue reading →

I have known my friend, Peter, since we both moved to New Mexico for grad school in 1994. He is from St. Louis, Missouri, and I moved to NM from northern California. We both started following baseball teams from the … Continue reading →

I worked on several different projects during the month of July. For my friend, Ed’s 50th birthday, I made him a bucket with a paper-pieced carrots using Leila Garduno’s free pattern. The second photo below shows a gardener’s hand shovel, … Continue reading →

My favorite finish in July is a baby quilt I made for my friend Kristen’s baby boy who is due August 21st. I used a great paper pieced pattern for an 18″ square T-Rex dinosaur designed by StarsandSunshine Etsy Shop. … Continue reading →

In May I participated in a Sawtooth Star block swap (unfinished 6.5″ with fussy cut centers) hosted by Mashe Modern. I made five sets of 10 blocks each plus an additional block for me to keep. The blocks that I … Continue reading →

I am joining the #2024QuiltingQ2CheckIn hosted by Yvonne at Quilting Jetgirl. I’m pleased with what I was able to get accomplished in April-June. Definitely my favorite finish is my Rainbow Cheetah pictured above with my cat Sunny letting me know she … Continue reading →

When I visited California in June, I had the privilege of seeing some vintage quilts. My cousin, Sally, had a quilt that was made from a quilt top that was found in a trunk belonging to my great-grandmother, Eliza Hannamon … Continue reading →

I am so happy to share that my Rainbow Cheetah Quilt is done! The finished quilt measures 70″ x 80″. I added extra background fabric to Violet Craft’s Cheetah Abstractions pattern to make this quilt fit on my bed. In Violet’s … Continue reading →

May was another productive month, and I accomplished most of my goals (see April 2024 Recap here). The secret sewing was for a trip to California 5/31/24-6/10/24 where I visited family and friends in Sacramento, the Bay Area, and in … Continue reading →