Pearl the Squirrel

I'm hitting an unprecedented spate of travel just now. Right before I left for the first trip I took a French Roses class at Common Thre...

A couple of weeks ago I had the incredible pleasure of having both my daughters home for a weekend. The younger one had to head out on Sunda...

In addition to my Gujarati embroidery class, I took a one-night class in needle felting. I'd bought the book Little Felted Animals more...

Yes, I'm a quilter, but I can't just leave it at that. Years ago I was a spinner and weaver, I've always been a knitter, and I l...

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...