25 years ago today: Although this is the “silver” anniversary, Andrew is giving me lots of brass…many, many trombones with International Trombone Festival starting tomorrow! We’ll celebrate this momentous occasion with a trip to Colorado next month, and this week just rejoice in the spare moments of time around all trombones, all the time! If I didn’t have… Continue Reading
It’s been scorching hot here, and if I get up early in the morning I can get some dyeing done before it gets too hot, and then the batching doesn’t take long in that Southern California sun! Just a week ago my backyard looked like this: In the back of that pic is a… Continue Reading
Yahoo! I’ve finally dyed the new linen curtains I made for my music/dining room! Most of the year, my dining room table lives pushed up against the window so the center is open for Hubby and Liam to practice trombone. Years ago, this window looked like this: I soon ditched the sheers, since this window… Continue Reading
More and more of my day is being taking up with prepping for the huge International Trombone Festival that starts in under 2 weeks, YIKES! But I’m still finding bits of time to work on the list: June Goals Baby quilt for Matt & Dreya June 30 60% Dye couch Slipcover for Mary June 30… Continue Reading
Hot off the ironing board, the top for the baby quilt I’m making for my cousin’s new baby! It’s pretty big for a baby quilt, 40″ x 56″, But it sure will add a pop or two of color to the nursery! Now, on to quilting it!!! Continue Reading
Today is the last day of school for Logan, hooray! This year was a tough one for Logan (and his parents). It’s done, and he’s learned a lot from everything. Here’s hoping that a month of R&R followed by a month of awesome learning about all the ins and outs of filmmaking at the CSSSA will… Continue Reading
Woohoo! on Monday I got the center of the sun appliqued, and I really like it! I then pieced a little cabin in the woods: Then I started pieceing the rows together, from the bottom up. I’ll be adding a couple of trees as I go: Continue Reading
I was able to keep going on the baby quilt for baby Maia the very next day! I started by piecing the rest of the trees: And then doing a first layout on my design wall. Sorry all these pix aren’t very good, I had low light and didn’t want to set up the tripod.… Continue Reading