Splash! in my Garden
Splash! In My Garden
For a long time I have wanted to make the adorable "Paisley Splash" pattern by Windham Fabrics. I just needed the right excuse. So when Richard and I got the…
Saguaros at Sunset
Plants from Desert to Tropics and Beyond
The winters at our home in the Chihuahan Desert of New Mexico are not exactly barren, but I still get impatient for more greenery. That might explain why I made…
Ladies' Slipper and Ferns
Cyanotype Nature Blocks
In December Richard and I had an opportunity to participate in an artisan market day, and that gave me a chance to think about some projects besides the children's quilts…
Butterflies Take Over My Garden
Summer Quilts
For our summer in Minnesota I packed materials to work on several quilts for Project Linus, and here are five that I turned in when we returned to Las Cruces…
Pandas in Bamboo
Pink and Black
It was not intentional, but three of my last quilts for Project Linus just turned out to be pink and black. In April I wanted to use up part of…
Noah's Ark
Noah’s Ark
This project is a descendant of one of my Linus quilts which featured a fabric panel with a group of jungle animals. Some friends who saw a photo of that…
Bunny Hop
Bunnies and Bees
Spring has arrived in our backyard, with the bees madly working the rosemary flowers and a mourning dove raising her nestlings right in the Argentine giant cactus. There is also…
When Cats Wish Upon a Star
Canines and Felines
Looking back at the quilts I have made for Project Linus over the past five years, I was struck by how many gravitate to birds, insects and critters of all…
Catching Up
Quite a hiatus since my last quilt report. Quilting gets a little complicated for me during the summer. In 2023 we spent six weeks in Minnesota, visiting Russell, Julia and…
Katya's Animal Crackers
Quilts for Grandchildren: Part 2
While celebrating our first grandson's sixth birthday last week, I was remembering making his baby quilt. "Ilya's Aviary" was one of the last projects that I quilted by hand. It…