Pearl the Squirrel

I've got mixed feelings about pre-cuts. Initially I thought they limited creativity, in the same way that I sometimes think lines of fab...

It's been a long time since I worked on a quilt top. But Saturday Sondra and I got together to sew matching quilts for our friend Anne ...

My Etsy story about the Bily Clock Museum went up today. Going to Spillville to do research and shoot photos for the story ended up being ...

Quite awhile since my last post. I mentioned there'd been some changes in my household, and it's true. I was able to take early reti...

Lots of life changes in our house. But one constant remains...I have unfinished quilts in my sewing room. So, in an effort to "start my...

If you're traveling east on I-80 in the next couple of days, give wide berth to this Budget van, piloted by two smart and funny young wo...

Between the writing and the traveling, not a lot of sewing has happened. But I have been somewhat obsessed with punchneedle (or as my daught...

My quilt guild has a devoted group of charity quilters. They make quilts for cancer patients, for young, single moms, for the domestic v...

A few shots from Spain...a pop of color, a twist of iron, the old and the new...

Our trip to Spain was at the very beginning of the World Cup, and people didn't seem too excited yet. Apparently Spain has a propensity ...