Flying High
Tomorrow, 11/11 is Veteran’s Day or Armistice Day. It commemorates the end of World War I – the Great War. In the US, tomorrow will also mark the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery. One hundred years ago, an unknown...
Forget Me Not
For the last few months, over one hundred quilters participated in a quilt along (QAL) to promote Alzheimer’s Awareness. We were fortunate to have Ashli Lerman Montgomery of Quilt 2 End ALZ as a partner in this endeavor. Ashli provided information every other...
Thank Your Quilt Designers
How often have you listened to the radio and thought about how much you liked a song by a certain performer? If you are like me, you listen to the radio (Spotify, iTunes, etc.) so often that thought pops into my head probably daily (on a really good day hourly). We...
Peppermint Parfait
The Christmas holiday has some familiar smell for me: gingerbread, almond, chocolate, and peppermint. Peppermint is probably one of the ones I most strongly relate to Christmas. They remind me of the peppermint candies my grandmother would set out. My mouth starts to...
Femme Fatale
There are many femme fatale in history, like Mata Hari, Lucrezia Borgia, Salome, Delilah…. They all have these things in common – beauty and a seductive power that men can’t resist, which usually leads to their destruction. Mata Hari was a spy in...
Age of Aquarius
Time for a little geekiness about astrology, mythology, anthropology, and music. How can all of these be tied together? Through Aquarius, of course. It is amazing what you can learn when you play with an encyclopedia. Most people are probably familiar with Aquarius...
Ladies Tea
Has anyone guessed what my favorite hot beverage is? That’s right – TEA!!! In particular, I like black tea with a hint of sugar in it. It’s occasionally acceptable additional flavors added to it – like almond, vanilla, mint, or cinnamon. I...
Block Spotlight – Stripes Bordered Inside 4
This month, Jenny from EQ8 picked a sashing block for the spotlight. That was a new challenge. I play with sashing blocks quite a bit, but making this one special was my challenge this month. The first debate between me, myself and I was whether to use it as a sash...
