Just Rhubarb Pie from the Zingerman’s Bakehouse Cookbook

I’m determined to use up as much of my scrap pile as I can and in the most tedious way possible. So I started English Paper Piecing hexagons. I think these little shapes require small scale prints. Very soothing hand work. My family thinks I have lost my mind.  Also, some baskets, some cheese and…

They’re tight. They’re heading out for a run/roller blade. I love ’em.

Here they all are – just for fun. Scroll, scroll, scroll.

While our world is spinning and feeling out of control spring marches on as usual. And my sewing project continues at our very sunny dinning room table. This quilt is heavily influenced by the Flower Shop quilt I made last year. Each house is a solid color and and I mostly used the scraps from…

Hard to believe it’s only been one week that we’ve been stuck in the house trying to battle the coronavirus. Here a few things we’ve been doing. The girls were feeling a little frustrated with school stuff on Friday so we spent the afternoon crafting. We made window room bird feeders. We’ve done it before.…

Yesterday I made six quilt blocks – six new houses. I also started to think about how I want to put the blocks together. I put all the images of the blocks in my drawing program and arranged them in a bunch of different ways. I think I like them lined up simply the best.…

I took our car in yesterday morning – we had a scheduled oil change etc. that was planned weeks ago and the car place was open so I took it in. It’s the first time I’ve been out for a few days. It felt strange. I returned home on an eerily empty train. We’ve had…

I’m up to 18 blocks now. It was so hot with the sun beating in this morning I had to take a break.