The World Surrounding Me

The design above was cut into wood (4 times! – all very precisely!) and put onto a miniature piano by my Grandpa. I took a picture of the design, put it into a graphic design software, and turned it into a vector drawing. Examining all the shapes in the detail that’s required to do that kind [...]

I have set myself up for a new quilting challenge! I am challenging myself to make one quilt block a day, with the following rules: Blocks must all finish to 6″ or 12″. Blocks must all include at least one piece of a particular white tone-on-tone fabric. (I’ve got a ton of this fabric, so [...]

Cell phone picture, where I finally captured the topic for day 12: sunset!

  Day 11: Something Blue     A Hawaiian-applique inspired button, purchased at Quilt Passions in Kona on the Big Island of Hawaii. It is sitting on some fabric purchased (from the clearance area!) at Fourth & Main Quilt Shop in Cannon Falls, MN. (I took this photo yesterday, but forgot to post it. So, there [...]

Day 10: Childhood Memory   My mom found this bunny, which was mine as a child, and returned it to me a few months ago. I photographed it with my car in the background on purpose because I think this is the same bunny I used to send with my dad when he drove from [...]

We won a trip to Playa Viva, a resort on the Pacific coast of Mexico, via Greenling, the local produce/grocery company we’ve been using for the past few months! They tried to ambush us, Publishers Clearing House style, but alas – I ran an errand so I wasn’t at home. But, they came back later, [...]

Day 9: Someone I Love I love Matt Laswell. (I’ve taken better pictures of him before, but never on a random Monday after working out. He has great eyes.)

Day 8: A Bad Habit   The message says “Spending more time with your phone than the friends in the same room.” Not that *I* have ever done this or have ever known anyone else to do this. (Oh wait, a worse bad habit would be LYING!) This is one of those “do unto others” [...]

Day 7: Fruit     Melon, Blueberries, Grapes We’ve made it a whole week with this project!

Day 6: From a Low Angle   Comic Book Guy, aka “our new home security system.” He looks so threatening here!