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.

I’m having so much fun making all these house variations. I’m wondering if I need some patchwork trees (like the one’s Aunt Sandy likes). I’m reminded of this vintage house play set that I found when my girls were little. 

As of today the Swiss government has declared an extraordinary situation. All shops and restaurants will be closed and all gatherings of more than five people will be prohibited. But we can still go for a walk – thank goodness! And we can still have a picnic. And Brian can still enjoy a beer with…

The white fabric is an old thrifted sheet. I’ve been using some of its pretty handmade embroidery – do you see it?

Well it’s gotten serious around here as far as the coronavirus goes. The canton of Zurich has made further restrictions about gatherings and all schools have been closed. I know many many people are in the same situation. Here’s our empty freezer section at the grocery store this morning. It has me thinking about home.…