Lynne from Lily's Quilts wrote a post on advice for new bloggers the other day.  While I'm not a new blogger, I'm always eager to learn from other bloggers - especially ones whose blogs I enjoy as much as Lynne's.  Advice point #11 was "...

I resisted the idea of Pinterest for a long time.  I thought it would be just another time sink for me.  Another way to spend lots of time looking at wonderful images and not making wonderful things.  If you aren't familiar with Pinterest, it is...

At the Brighton Modern Quilters meeting on Monday night many members brought tons of scraps.  The group is making the Tokyo Subway Map quilt by Elizabeth Hartman of Oh, Fransson! and thought some scrap trading would assist their personal stashes. In spite of the fact that...

I went to the Brighton Modern Quilters meeting on Monday night.   We had scheduled a sit and stitch, but I forgot about that until I was walking out the door.  I went anyway and had a great time.  We all had lots of fun projects...

Ephemeral Elegance is my Project Modern entry.  The challenge was to make a quilt from an inspiration photo.  I showed my photo in my last post.  I chose this photo because I have wanted to do a modern version of a traditional floral applique quilt...

I worked really hard this weekend on my Project Modern entry.  It is finished and the photos have been sent to the contest address!  I am really happy with how it turned out. My sister and her family stayed with us over Thanksgiving (Wed, Thurs, Fri) and left...