Report From Home

We're back! Back to winter, friends, and our crowded, messy house. And we couldn't be happier.

That's a lie. I could be happier - if I had a camera. In case you didn't know, digital cameras don't like dips in the ocean, no matter how brief.

New camera is on order. And I will post more pictures from our trips - lots of inspiration for new quilts. In the meantime, we are trying to get some order on our house and I am on a label making binge.

For a brief glimpse on our trip make some lime pie. More to come.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from all of us - Hubby, Little Miss Sunshine, and the Monster included.

We are celebrating in Mexico this year. No presents, no stockings, no baking, and no turkey dinner. But sand, sun, fishing, and infinite days spent in the water. We'll see you in the New Year.

It Was a Good Idea

Oh, but how the execution sucked. This is why I don't make bags and things with lots of different, somewhat intricate ways of manufacture. Or maybe it is why I'm not one to sew anything but quilts.

I had this grand idea to make a special travel colouring book for the Monster for our upcoming Christmas vacation. Something new for the plane ride and something to keep markers contained.


It started with an idea, a pattern drafted, and some delicious fabrics. Somewhere between my brain and the sewing machine something went screwy. It looks great, but the markers fall out, it is too big for the chosen book, and it doesn't close tight enough to keep everything contained. Laying open and flat it is handy, but that's about it.

It's worth another shot, but not this week. We leave on Sunday and I have way too much to do. I think we'll just be putting the markers in a ziploc and the paper in the little backpack I bought her.

Will I Make It?

I'm referring to more than getting the baby quilt done on time, although I am making progress on that.

The renovations have bathed the house in a fine layer of dust and a not so fine layer of mud. Hubby is working so hard to get the basics done so we can actually finish the basement. At some point in the future this space will be my sewing studio. At some point...

Back to the quilt. I went with triangles. And some circles, of course. Are you surprised? I'm trying to work on it in the midst of the mess. Not in the basement - the state of that space means I'm even afraid the laundry isn't getting clean - but in the dining room. That's the joy of a baby quilt, it doesn't take up much space when you are working on it.