Great Towering Textiles

The cat approves too. He hasn't seen a foot in a sock for months. Elizabethsable knit these for me from yarn I brought to camp for s...

Mailing out the quilt for machine quilting. Next, I think, last winter's holiday placemats. And maybe a skirt. Or pants.

Another quilt top quickly done. True, this is one of the ones which are for charity. But Baba was reported to hide the scissors on a Sunda...

I am determined to use up the remaining fabric for the backing. No one says you can't be determined while playing. Competitive?...

It's not news:  there is a lot of extreme unseasonable weather for this part of the summer.  Pick your place on a map:  it's either ...

Why does a flaw in the fabric surface after cutting and stitching. Why? On to the reverse manual. And on to piecing a section of t...

A Guilt Quilt - The blocks have been languishing for decades. Blocks are imperfect - fabric not all pure for quilt sources, and there...

Carting these off to thrift store. Mother had them out, did we want them before they left. I took them home for a fast look before they he...

Thirty+ years ago, this was an intended pillow. I think it was a gift for my mother. Saw it last Christmas, carefully stowed in a drawer...

In addition to the usual May end of term events, the past days saw the following activity, in no particular order: Office relocating - two...

It really is the start of summer break if I'm sewing at my mother's dining table!

Basic math: Too much work + too little time = Busy. (Breakfast at home + two packed meals)x 7 days = Really want to eat dinner at home s...

See the vine that travels center, starting at bottom, curving to right and then left? See the curves on the lowest green section and the ...

Not sure the stripe will do. I can foresee changes in the yarn that won't mesh with this.

Do not know what possessed me. Had wrestled my way through the little bump of red wool from mittenfarce over a summer knitting camp weekend...

The blog is on the back burner. I've not lost interest - I do fear, however, that in terms of blog-years* I've neglected it as long...

Goodbye, Big Button.