Archive for January, 2009

aural heaven

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

oh readers, dear readers, i am in aural heaven.  i just got back from a bobby mcferrin concert and my ears are so very, very happy.  also, my voice.  and my heart.  i dearly love to hear this man perform.  i dearly love to be in his audiences because he lets us be an integral [...]

meeting a new small friend

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

here are a few photos from a fun visit i had today, to meet the new daughter of some friends of mine. thanks, friends, for wonderful conversation, yummy cookies and tea, and a grand time meeting your baby girl.  she’s beautiful.

all caught up with common threads

Monday, January 19th, 2009

i finished jenny’s block today.  i loved working with these fabrics.  i think i’ve decided that (at least for me) the secret to sucessful “wonky blocks” is to cut the pieces freehand with scissors instead of trying to use a rotary cutter and straightedge ruler.  i hope she likes it!

finally, the quilt!

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

it’s so reassuring to see that other people have trouble photographing quilts well in winter!  i have struggled to get a good shot of this one and i think this is the best it’s going to get: i made this quilt as a gift for a friend of mine in exchange for one of her [...]

catching up with common threads

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

holiday craziness sort of knocked me off schedule with the common threads quilting bee (and i think i’m not the only one), so here are two blocks i recently finished: these fabrics were sent by nadia with a special request for embroidery.  i used the flowers in the upper left fabric as inspiration. i’m still [...]

tiny tidbits from a laptop refugee

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

my laptop’s video card fizzled out a few days ago, so i am beholden to my generous husband to share his computer with me so that i can post every once in awhile.  but i still wanted to share a few tiny happy things from the past few days (christmas reverie will be continued as [...]

we interrupt this christmas retrospective…

Friday, January 9th, 2009

to bring you a special report about a new craft love of mine. this is actually the second new craft love for me in the span of about 3 short weeks, so my brain is buzzing with possibilities, but i’ll tell you about the first of the two in another post. i just have to [...]

games galore (christmas, part iv)

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

i think i played more games this christmas than i have ever played in that short of a stretch of time before in my life.  pictured above is one of the many new (for me) games that i learned–ticket to ride.  i’ve known about this game for awhile, but for some reason, i’ve been reluctant [...]

cute kids (or christmas, part 3)

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

i am fortunate enough to have my best friend from college living in the same small (faraway) town as my sister, so whenever we go out to visit family, i often stay at my friend’s house and enjoy a little extra time to visit with her.  on this trip, i got to meet her new [...]

a trip to d.c.

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

my dad’s birthday is a few days before christmas and this year he wanted to take a family trip to the smithsonian in washington d.c. for his birthday present.  we were happy to oblige. the day was bitterly cold and windy, but we managed to make it from our parked car to a chinese restaurant [...]