In my last post, I mentioned the Practical Design workshop I've participated in for the last few years. I recently got my hands on th...

I've mentioned the monthly Practical Design workshop I attend -- or try to attend! -- and lately I've been working on catching up ...

The bad news: I was up way too late last night working, and I will be spending today and tonight putting in a lot of hours to finish a big ...

At our ranch retreat, we presented the quilts from our Second Annual Quilt Challenge. Last April, a couple of intrepid fabric shoppers sele...

Oh my! I've had all sorts of goings-on over the last two weeks, so I have a lot of blogging to catch up. Before we headed off to San ...

So, we made a break from our real lives (get it, "spring break?!"), headed south, and have found ourselves in beautiful San Diego....

Thank goodness for deadlines. Sometimes they push me to do something I wouldn't do ... and this month, the Twelve by 12 April 1 deadli...

I know I keep saying this, but we are going through a sort of funny time in our household. Every day is a mix of good things and challeng...

I was so excited to get my hands on the newest book by Jane Davila and Elin Waterston, Art Quilts at Play (C&T Publishing, 2009.) I...

I can't seem to stop taking pictures of the fruit trees that are blooming around our neighborhood. I'm in love with the soft bill...

I've just returned to a visit with my aunt Carole and uncle Jack who live in Penn Valley, a town in the Sierra foothills of Northern C...

We are all taking part in one of Caroline's homework assignments this weekend, and we're darn proud of it. In fact, we're ecs...

So, how'd you do on the Civics quiz?! Here are the answers, in case you were wondering: 1. What are the three branches of the US go...

Miss C has been studying for her trimester final in history class, and they have been studying the Constitution and the Bill of Rights a...

"Small things amuse small minds," my mother used to joke when one of us kids would become absorbed by something silly. I think of...

You haven't seen me in a while, I know. It's been far too long since I've visited, and many is the time I've been tempted t...

Several months ago, I got telephone call from a woman who introduced herself as Liz and explained that she'd gotten my name from my frie...

Yesterday, I gave myself a play day. I had an artist date with myself, and I had a grand time. My first stop was a tree farm in the area. ...

The fruit trees are starting to bloom, and there are clouds of pink brightening many of the streets in town. Our flowering plum tree is s...

I'm ready for spring! Our little flowering plum tree has started to bloom, and it has put me in a seriously PINK mood. You've se...