Not So Fast…

Spring has already thrown us for a few loops.  It was hot and humid for a while, and then it got almost chilly for a day or two. Some areas near us have had flooding rains, too, though we missed the worst of it. It’s been nice for the past few days, but I’m sure […]

A Little of Everything

This post has a little of this and a little of that.  (I’m trying to get back into the habit of posting more often!) Kuretake Granulating Watercolor A while back, I wrote about the Kuretake so-called granulating watercolors, which seem to be more about color separation than granulation (though they do granulate, too).   I think […]

“September Stars” Continues

We’re into September!  The river birches are already losing their leaves (some turning yellow before dropping, too), mushrooms have been popping up again, and it’s feeling more like autumn is truly around the corner.  The weather is still warm, but recent cloudy days have made it easy to believe that cooler temperatures can’t be far […]

Crumbs Into Stars

There has been a perceptible shift in the seasons.  The weather is still too hot for me, by far, though we have had some relief in the form of slightly cooler temperatures and drier air—however, no-one in their right mind expects autumnal weather in August.  Not on the Gulf Coast, at least!  What I’ve noticed […]

Dragging My Feet

Bring in the Crumbs I told myself I wasn’t “allowed” to start a new quilt project until I at least got started on the FMQ project that has been in the frame for literally years.  I did start looking at it and even quilted a bit, but I was running into the same problem that […]

Selvage Sawtooth Stars: Finished Flimsy

Last time, I had all 12 of the blocks for the Selvage Sawtooth Stars quilt finished, and as many on the design wall as could fit.  Next came adding on the sashing and cornerstones.  Here, I was in the middle of that process: It didn’t take too long to put together, and as I’m not […]

Continuing Selvage Sawtooth Stars

Out with the Old Laptop, In with the New July 2024 has been a crazy month, in terms of political news stories!  My own life has been much quieter than that, thank goodness, but one thing that has happened is that I got a new laptop.  The old one has been having some issues, and […]

Selvage Sawtooth Stars Progress

Simmering Through Summer It already feels like it’s been a hot, steamy summer, and we’re only now getting into the thick of it.  I suppose that’s one good thing about the usually alarming way that time zips past faster and faster:  If there’s a time of year you don’t particularly enjoy, at least it doesn’t […]

Two Finished Flimsies

Selvage Quilt: Flimsy Status Achieved! The (first) selvage quilt is a finished quilt-top!  I took a couple of photos before folding it up and putting it with the others waiting to be quilted.  I keep forgetting just how many there are in that backlog, now.  It’s time to get to work on that… But for […]

Quilt Progress & Watercolor Doodles

The other day, I just happened to be walking by our atrium door in perfect time to see one of those big, red-headed skinks come running up onto the porch, followed closely by a fairly long black racer snake—an action-adventure chase scene right outside the window! It was a life-or-death moment for the poor skink, […]