I Must Be Full

I’ve never been there, but these colors just felt like Egypt to me.  The quilt is 49 x 56 and has a nice border that is not showing in the picture.      This quilt happened because I had a few leftover blocks from a quilt I had made for my nephew Nathan.    I only had a [...]

Hand-dyed fabric and quilt created in August 2002. If I take a picture of every sell-able quilt in the house then perhaps I can set up my own Etsy store. Ha!   This is all cotton and measures 41″ x 41″.  $400

I do a lot of knitting, and sometimes the projects do not work out as I originally intended.  Before Christmas I knit a colorful bag that I  “fulled” (fiber term for shrinking). This bag was intended as a disguise and protection for a Kindle. The Kindle-cover recipient didn’t much care for the creation.   Never [...]

This is post number one for me on this new blog site…therefore this is a test. This morning I picked up four quilts that had been hanging at Plaza Design in Arcata. Nothing sold…price too high? no interest? lousy holiday economy? Whatever. They are back at home, and instead of just folding them up and [...]

Took more than an hour in the oven — looks good to me.  Anyone for dessert, before dinner?

I had an abundance of leeks from “the farm”, and we have this great cookbook by Molly Katzen –The Vegetable Dishes I can’t Live Without.  Did I *really* need a printed recipe to accomplish this appetizer?  Sliced leeks with a bit of olive oil, baked in a 275 degree oven for more than an hour.  [...]

I’m tired of looking at the thumb when I open “Today In…”

BEWARE OF POWER TOOLS.

The hospital techs refer to this as a “hitchhiker splint”.  In our four hours in the ER Monday night when we heard this term bantered about we invisioned one of those metal finger braces wrapped in a simple bandage.  But no.  A bad cut and a broken thumb is considered quite serious and deserves the [...]

Happy Birthday Bryce!   Love, Aunt Donna and Uncle Ray