I have had the laziest of summer breaks. No blogging. Hardly any photos taken and extremely little crafting was done.You see ….. between late November and early January we have both kids’ birthdays, both Grandmothers’ birthdays, Hannuka and Christmas to celebrate. Read More »

2011 has been a challenge on many levels for me and my family. That’s why I can’t wait to ring in 2012!!I hope the coming year brings love, happiness, good health and great creativity for all of us. Read More »

And now, here is my final contribution to The Beehive .A finished quilt made by me and 11 fabulous women.   Specifically: Sheridan , Amy , Karlyn , Belinda , Kat , Megan , Julie , Jo , Annabel , Tanya and Megs .   To appease my husband (who says “its too busy and bright to have in a bedroom … Read More »

After 2 lovely years together, the members of the Beehive have decided not to continue with the Bee next year.Although it has been a lovely bunch of stitchers, making such beautiful quilts together, many of us have new priorities to contend with in 2012 and the Beehive has simply had to take a back seat  : (These are my last blocks for the Beehive. Read More »

For Jake’s teacher who had a birthday last week. All quilted, finished and bound.   You can see more info about this quilt in this earlier post .Hope you are having a stitchin’ weekend. Read More »

I am lucky on so many levels!!Today, I am lucky to have in-laws whose holiday house is now built and ready for us to HOLIDAY in!!!We have been madly purchasing furniture so that the house is ready for a Christmas-time visit.And I was incredibly lucky to find a couple of fabulous chairs being discarded by the roadside a few months back. Read More »

Our Ella is 6 and the last month in our family has been all about HER!!First came the invitation to see the Prep children showing off their projects for this term. That is (apparently) a dolphin! Then came the school circus concert. Yes, Jake was in the concert too but my ‘Festival of Jake’ post will be coming in a few weeks. Read More »

I’ve been remiss in posting about this but here goes … I’m in a magazine!!!!!This one … This is my first published quilt pattern and I’m so excited. Here is my ‘Scrappy Log Cabin’ quilt as it is shown in the magazine …  And here is a photo that I took in my backyard  You can get a free download of the magazine (online version) here . Read More »

Congratulations to Simone who said: I look for modern quilts that are realistic to make. They can be large or even complicated quilts, but if there is an explanation that could be followed with great photos, a layout diagram for blocks, I get Read More »

When my 7 year old son asked for “a periodic table quilt” for his next birthday, I was a bit flabbergasted. Where to start???But trusty Mary came up with the perfect idea ….. get Michelle to print the design with her fancy shmancy (and extremely awesome) new fabric printing business and ask Cindy to help out with creating the digital file. Read More »

You know Kathreen don’t you? She’s the WhipUp chic!!And she’s written a quilt book. Yay!!! The first section of the book looks at communal quilting projects like quilt bees, friendship quilts, etc. Read More »

2 Saturdays ago (I know … I’m a rotten blogger these days ….sorry for the delayed update) I spent a fabulous day with a bunch of ladies eager to learn all about bag making from the master herself . Read More »

Been stitching! Helps me to feel better. This quilt will be a gift for Jake’s teacher after 2 years of magnificent teaching and support. Jake has come so far in the last 2 years and I give his teacher a significant chunk of the credit. We are so very grateful. Read More »

Thank you to everyone who has left beautiful and supportive comments on my last post.I have read all your comments and have appreciated every single one … even though I haven’t responded to them individually. I hope you understand.I am feeling ready to move forward and need to step back into crafty blog posts. Read More »

I’ve been wondering how to write this post. I have no real answer so have decided to just write and see what comes out.On Friday October 7th, just before he was due to leave for synagogue services for Yom Kippur , my Dad had a massive stroke. He was rushed to hospital in an ambulance where he spent the night in the Emergency Department. Read More »

So I’m making a whole cloth quilt out of Anna Maria ‘s Loulouthi Totem print .  I had to piece two lengths together which was a challenge but I’m fairly pleased with my joinery skills…. Can you see the join running across the center of the image? And for the back, another fabric from the same range. Read More »

Often, when I’m making a quilt, I make a LOT of blocks and then arrange them to the design and size I like. This usually means left-over blocks to make little baby quilts with.So when I made this quilt for Ella’s next birthday …   … there were enough blocks left over to make this cute little baby quilt … Read More »

Its a busy time of the year for us. Jewish New Year begins tomorrow night and we are hosting a dinner for 26 people. Among those 26 are my niece and nephew who each have birthdays this week.For my niece, who is turning 40, I asked her to chose a colour scheme and she chose “dark red and burnt orange”. Read More »

My ever-patient-and-indulgent husband!!!We now have a patchworked artwork above the bed, a quilt on the wall, a quilt on the bed (of course) and now patchworked cushions too!  He must love me, that one  Thanks to Malka for the hand made charm squares. Can’t wait to see your new fabrics up close and personal. Read More »

This month in the Beehive , Tanya has asked for a Mod Mosaic block using Elizabeth’s cushion tutorial . Rather than making cushions, Tanya plans to make a quilt for her son. This is a fiddly and time consuming block to make so I can understand why Tanya wanted to share the load. Read More »