Pearl the Squirrel

In August I had the opportunity to visit the Texas Quilt Museum in LaGrange. (I was in Texas to speak to the Lone Star Quilt Study Group ...

Christmas and Chanukah are less than a week away, and like everyone else, I'm in the throes of preparation for family and guests to arr...

Last week, just before leaving for QuiltCon, I got an email from the University of Iowa Press saying that one copy of my book was availabl...

I'm back from the better part of a week in Minnesota with my aunt, and getting ready to head out again, this time for Texas. (And while...

I'm sure to readers of Pearl the Squirrel, it appears that all I've been doing is breathing deeply...quietly...far away from my c...

I've decided that while I'm finishing up my book (see previous post, numeral 1), the only way Pearl the Squirrel posts will exist i...

Poor, neglected blog. If there are any readers left out there, I certainly appreciate you! Here's what's been keeping me busy: 1....

I try not to bore you with a tale of every article and blog post I write, but I do have to share that while I was at the grocery store on W...

For the fall issue of Stitch  magazine, I wrote a story about Days for Girls, an organization that's working to break the cycle of p...

My vacation sewing seemed to inspire me to keep at it and since I've returned I've finished another Sorbetto top (my favorite yet)...

I promise, it's on the way. But I also covered Quilt Market for True Up and Quilt Country and I have a few deadlines I need to hit. So ...

Sometimes the world of quilting and sewing seems very big, and other times it seems like a small town, where everyone is somehow connected ...

Lisa Wilcox Case It's a little after the fact, but I thought I'd share some of the photos I shot for the master knitting ce...

So those half-square triangles hit the mailbox on Tuesday, and it was something of a relief to have them out of the house. Soon another 140...

Colleen & Roger Hicks Featherweight table My recent Etsy post on Featherweights was such a treat for me. First, it enabled me to ...

Just spent a few days in Wisconsin—the first day was devoted to research and shooting photos for an upcoming Etsy story. The second day w...