I'm keeping my fingers crossed that we are heading back to some semblance of normalcy around here. First, thanks to everyone who emai...

I was one of those kids who could sit for hours with a coloring book and crayons and just color away quite contentedly. (I have fond memor...

Madeleine Albright is one of the women I admire most in the world. She's smart, she's funny, she has common sense, and she has cle...

I seem to have mounds and mounds of quilt scraps in the form of strips, so I was eager to see the newest book by Australian quiltmakers Ju...

So, I've had this thing in my head. I'm not an artist. I'm a quilter who makes art quilts. I try to use art principles in my pie...

First, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to all of you who commented and/or emailed me with advice and sympathy about the migraine situation...

Have any of you ever heard of "childhood migraine syndrome?" Have you ever dealt with frequent migraines in kids or adolescents? ...

I'm so excited! My first partipation in a gallery show, along with others from my "gilded lilies" art group! The gallery dire...

I am so happy, and so relieved, and so hopeful. (Aaron Sorkin couldn't have scripted that speech any better.)

And yes we will! Please VOTE!

Um, Happy Autumn!

Life has been frustrating lately. Too much work, too many school meetings, too much household stuff (yikes -- getting the carpets cleaned m...

Look what I did! Fondling, folding, sorting... A day well spent.

Yesterday, I had one of those days where I had a list of errands and appointments, and I knew I was going to have gaps of time in between...

This is the time of year when I really start missing New Hampshire. Even though I'm a 3rd generation Californian, there was something ...

This is another "one thing leads to another" post. Does this happen to you, too? You set out to accomplish one chore, which create...

This delightful quilt is "Pup Art" by Nancy S. Brown, and it won the Viewers' Choice award at the recent Pacific Internationa...

You know I love quilt books. But you know whose books I love more than any others? Kaffe Fassett's. Yep, I have every one. And I will p...

I apologize for the recent silence -- I have been off having fun at my twice-yearly quilting retreat at the Bishop's Ranch. Clearing th...