As I was making my new dance bag , I realized how shabby my little string backpack was.  It was some freebee from Rob's work years ago t...

The tote bag that holds my dancing stuff was starting to fray.  I could have repaired it, but bag was both too big (for regular dances)...

A trip to the Cape for Family Weekend had me return with a trunk full of fabric.  Literally - the whole trunk stuffed.  Unfortunately it sme...

I never have enough time to do all the things.  So I currently have a handful of photos I wanted to share but never got around to posti...

One last challenge for Project Quilting this season - something that could be held in my hand.  I've done my share of post cards and mug...

Another year of blogging my adventures.  Fifteen!?!   It was a quiet year - I had one big quilting project, not a lot of foster guinea pigs ...

When am I not busy??  It's time to catch up with LeeAnna's I Like Thursday with some good things that happened recently (dis...

I guess visiting the Drapes of Doom (a set of sound curtains used to dampen reflected sound in a dance hall) in February wasn't...

I have a handful of back-burner project just waiting for time or a reason to start them.  This week's Project Quilting Ombre chall...

Years ago I "fixed" a stained tank top by adding flowers all over it .  It was a fun project and I get a lot of compliments on it ...

I saw a sun hat made of strips of fabric.  I loved it!  The concept seemed so simple, like a coil rope bowl.  I wish I had taken a phot...

  I'm close to wrapping up a couple of projects.   Getting this jacket finished has been rough.  I wanted to put pockets on th...

Just as I was all set to start some serious work on my sweatshirt jacket, a few things jumped ahead in priority. Years ago I some amazing pa...

A post not about baby guinea pigs?!?  Yup - let's briefly go back to the Crafts portion of my blog.  In between watching Snap, Crackle ...

Lots of little leftovers from two recent quilting projects.  First are my small citrus sections from the Project Quilting challeng...

December has been enjoyable, with lots of likes to brighten my month!  I met up with three of my friends to swap goodies and stories.  ...

Last year I had promised my mother an embellished sweatshirt.  I bought a couple of sweatshirts but both were too big.  Mom found a swe...

My sewing projects are on hold as I've been repairing and conditioning two sewing machines and refinishing the sewing machine cabinet th...

I once heard that guinea pigs are like potato chips - you can't have just one.  It appears that old Singer sewing machines are the...

A request for bowl cozies piqued my interest because it was for a rectangle container rather than a round bowl.  The timing was good, t...