New bee blocks continue to be made. This one is for the Bliss chapter of the charity group, do.Good.Stitches. It's based on a tutoria...

A little over four years ago, I met Stacey Day in a quilt design forum called  Quilt Design a Day .  A small group of us created  daily qu...

February's bee blocks got made quite quickly. I was lucky that both Rachael and Stacey chose fun blocks to make. For the Bliss circ...

When you haven't sewn in a couple of years, your skills start to slide. Points drift. Lines slip. Add a small dog nudging your pedal f...

Sometimes the horse bolts and you aren't sure if you'll ever ride again. Then one day, you see that horse standing out in the pas...

A couple of weeks ago, this little guy sweetly stared his way into my heart. Meet Peter Parker, the newest member of my family. Par...

Three months later, my boxes arrived in Los Angeles. My sewing machine presented a bit worse for wear. Her frame is now warped. She wobbl...

I've have long been a fan of the Googie architectural style and the signs from that period that dot the skyline in Southern...

North America was calling, so I packed up my house and took the biggest risk of my life. I've left New Zealand without a job, without...

Two weeks ago, I took a ferry ride from Wellington to Picton and then a train from Picton to Christchurch. As the photos waited on my...

I had never been to a broken city before. With its abandoned buildings and piles of bricks, Christchurch was confronting. It had been...

small circles, big smiles. simple felt crafting.

Using up more stray blocks. These were sample for an online tutorial. I merged them for a cushion.

Like many folks, I've amassed a large stack of stray quilt blocks. Some were destined for unfinished quilts, others were just test blo...

Weekend sewing. I've been making an effort to deplete my sewing stash - threads, zippers, fabric that lingers. Along with pothold...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I find myself drowning in scraps. I finish a project and have just a wee bit left over of a &...

"Is it a boat?" she asked. "Of course it's a boat!" he replied. "Why is it on the ground then?" she p...

Not long ago, a long time friend nudged me on when I needed it. "You've always been a badass", he said. I made a pennant s...

The sewing machine keeps running.  I've been doing some very basic quilts with the idea of thinning my stash and donating to charity....

#lovewinsquilt - organized by Kristin Link, photography by Bill Volckening Last year, I had the privilege of contributing to the #lovew...

One of the milestones that passed while I was absent from blogging is that I had an article published in QuiltCon magazine. QuiltCon...

Where'd Badskirt go? So many of you have sent me emails over the last six months checking in to see if I was ok and I am quite thankf...