New Hobby: Hammered Dulcimer!

For a long, long time, I’ve admired the sound of the hammered dulcimer.  I don’t even know for certain when I first heard the instrument or learned what it was, but I used to associate it with the Appalachian Mountains.  (More on that later…)  Maybe they were playing a CD in one of the souvenir […]

4th UFO Underway! Disappearing Four-Patch

As mentioned in the last entry, the fourth UFO project of the year is underway.   I have no idea how long this one has been stashed away, but I’m sure it’s been several years.   This project started with a layer cake Mom gave me.  The colors and prints are in the “shabby chic” style, I […]

3rd UFO Done! String HST Quilt Top

 Yeah!  The third UFO project of the year has achieved “quilt top” status!   I suspected this one would go pretty quickly, and it did.  In the last blog entry, I had started sewing the string blocks into half-square triangles with a plain white background.  There were quite a few on the design wall, even at […]

3rd UFO Project Underway!

My third UFO project “reactivation” of the new year is underway!   I did take a little time to clean under the needle plate of the Juki, but it really didn’t look that bad, so it wasn’t strictly necessary.  It’s probably a good habit to get into, though, cleaning it out every project or two (or […]