Quiet, noisy, at home, outside. A project for every place. This is the quiet one. (But it still talks to me) (See how this project grew to be here.
The softness of Spring is like the softness of dreams. All Liberty prints and Lecien dots. Peep!
Thank you very much for the messages that are coming in asking if my family and I are safe here in Tokyo. We are well. Warm and safe and at home on this Friday night. By a stroke of luck, my husband ...
(Inside Keiko Goke’s quilted garden) Day three had me looking at all of the stars with new eyes. The “Wa” quilt category had some treasures this year. I added many more photographs ...
My set of photographs from the 2011 Tokyo International Great Quilt Festival is here. Enjoy! And of course I put the set in with my whole collection of quilt show photographs here. Some thoughts from...
I made this little bunny from one of our favorite classic books, Watashi no wanpiisu. This other new, beautiful book contains patterns for dolls and other small items straight from some of the most w...
New tenugui tumblers from Kamawanu, called “Soda”. Are you thirsty yet?
That Hillary. What a supergirl. And a superfriend for putting a matched set of heroes in a sweet little package that arrived yesterday. Did you know that she has a book coming out this summer? So exc...
I was so pleased to receive this outtake from The Sartorialist’s recent trip to Tokyo. (kidding!!!) The pants pattern is my trusty old Simplicity 4206, in a heavier home-dec weight cotton polka...
…your sense of humor. The 53-patch 49-patch.
The scenic route home from school, under the yaezakura blooms. A new bag for her cup that she takes to school with her bento every day. Some lovely places to match the season: cholon clothing tutoria...
And now there are six! These pieces are so small, I can use all the help I can get. In this block, I can see a pieced patch, a square from my baby’s ruffle pants, vintage, Kaffe, and fabric won...
Little by little. Blocks emerge. (I am piecing some of the one inch squares, too; see the one in this block?) No end in sight. (To neither my enthusiasm, nor my stash of fabrics–nothing will ...
Thought I would share today some of my sewing and quilting space. This room gets a lot of light, and feels so peaceful. This is where I have been cutting hundreds of 1.5 inch squares! It was a rain...
“Tell me a story.” That is what I often think when I see a quilt, new or old, that intrigues me enough to want to know more. So far in these blocks, with 1 inch finished squares, there ar...
It was a breathtaking sight–the central open space, surrounded by a large ring of bursting cherry blossoms. A circle of security, friendship, life.
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