QCA Bee 1: Getting arty

I am not doing well with timing lately. Being convinced it was my turn to be Bee Mistress in October, I swapped my month (or so I thought) for September. Only to find out it’s August. Ooops. So this post is for the QCA Bee 1 girls… The QCA blocks so far have been very

ASS site-seeing

As the time is drawing near, I felt the Alternative Sewing Summit gurus should be offering some insights on site-seeing in and around Salt Lake City. As I’ve never been there before, I am the perfect ASS guru to offer you some unbiased opinions. So I have searched the magical inter web and gleaned the following

TGIFF: A sad little finish…

Lainey and Melody It’s a sad little finish this week and I’m expecting another ‘finish’ in the not too distant future. My poor little Lainey’s body has been failing her. In dog years, she’s 98. In human years, 14, which is damn good for a cavalier. As well as mitral valve (heart) disease, Lainey has

ASS Guru’s Walk on Water

Being that Danny is the only American on the panel, we felt it was only appropriate that she answer our next reader’s question. Danny has disguised the reader’s identity by lying about her locale, but as my city is being slandered for the sake of alliteration, I have to tell you it was Cindy who

TGIFF: Ruby Anniversary

Beth at Plum and June is hosting this week’s TGIFFriday. For myself, I have finished the Ruby Rail quilt – hip hip, HOORAY!  I had a jelly roll in Bonny and Camille’s Ruby and have been wanting to do a rail quilt for a while.  I quilted it with my bunged hand, so the lines

Retreat: Part 2 (In which we sew)

After showing you all that food we had on retreat, I should probably show you the sewing we did. I had the misfortune to get caught in a violent altercation between the car door which slammed open HARD against the bin as I was loading my last bag in the car to go to retreat.

Retreat! (Part One: in which we eat a lot)

Our new little Perth Modern Quilt group has been talking about having a retreat. As my dog-sitting credits are pretty much taken up for the year, I suggested we take over my parents’ place while they were away on holiday and have a mini-break. My parents live in a seaside settlement north of Perth, in

ASS Sunday: Peckish in Puyallup

It’s that crazy time of the week again where the ASS Gurus swing into action.  This week Peckish in Puyallup sent us a plea. Dear ASS Gurus,I’ve just been reading through my registration material more closely and I’ve just noticed that there are only 2 lunches and 1 dinner provided, what am I going to

Look who’s laughing!

These guys were having a good laugh at me while I was trying to take decent blog photos on the weekend. So I amped the zoom up and snapped a shot. (I apologise for the clouds but it is mid-winter).  Hooohaahahahahaa…  Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree Merry merry king of the bush is

Windows Bag: A few of my favourite things…

Do you ever get obsessed and COLLECT?  Last year it was text fabric. Then I had a brief flirtation with ‘place’ fabric (particularly maps). Lately, it’s been shot cotton, for which I blame Lynne of Lily’s Quilts. My latest love has been sewing plastic, and I have a feeling a whole lot of zips may