Doodlebugs and Rosebuds Quilts

 Last December my mom's last sibling died. My aunt was a beautiful quilter and stitcher.  A few months before she died, she found out sh...

 A friend from church is going to be a grandmother for the first time any day now. I am meeting her for lunch tomorrow and wanted to get thi...

 It's been a minute or two since I have been here. For two months or so, not much was going on in my Hidey Hole for various reasons. My ...

 It's so nice when a pile of forgotten parts is found and quickly become a new quilt. Several years ago I made this Brick Wall quilt and...

I just finished my first Veterans quilt for 2025.     This quilt is not my normal color palette or my normal style of quilt, but it went tog...

 There are certain patterns and quilt designs that I am really drawn to. One of them is "Canyon Dance". It's an old pattern an...

 I have to say, I'm not a fan of making sampler quilts, but for some reason I decided to use a jelly roll and a fat quarter bundle and m...

 In my last blog post, I mentioned that I have joined the UFO 2025 Challenge.   The first UFO I tackled is one that I started years ago and ...

If you are on Instagram, you may have seen that Jandi Dean is hosting a UFO challenge for 2025.   While I am not one to usually start someth...

As I look back on 2024 and what I was able to accomplish, it was a very good year.    A lot of time was spent in my Hidey Hole, making baby ...

 My sewing machine is back home and working! For those who have Bernina sewing machines, it's best to plug them into a surge protector s...

 I had my sewing machine in the shop in September for its annual clean and service. They had it for almost 3 weeks then, which was fine beca...

 These three quilts have been hanging in my Hidey Hole for quite some time. It feels so good to have them finished AND delivered!!       I d...

 The other day I posted a baby quilt made using a Kitchen Table Quilting pattern, "The Irene Quilt". Today I have another quilt fi...