Bond Cliff, Pemigewasset Wilderness, New Hampshire

Quilting with Timna Tarr

Yesterday, I spent the day at a workshop run by the Merrimack Valley Quilters Guild.  The workshop was led by Timna Tarr. The project was improvisational piecing. Improvisational piecing can be difficult, even scary for quilters.  We are accustom to precisely measuring and stitching our pieces together. With improvisational piecing,

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3 Day, 6 Mountains, 20+ Miles

Actually, it was 7 mountains but the AMC does not count one toward the NH 4K’s. This past Thursday, my friend Carol and I set out to conquer 6 of the 7 mountains left for us to complete the 48 – 4ooo foot mountains in NH. With the assistance from

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I won a Frivol

What’s a Frivol? It’s a precut kit from Moda fabrics to make a wall hanging. I was at the Merrimack Valley Quilt guild show this weekend.  I usually don’t purchase any of the penny raffle tickets.  But this year, they had 2 Frivols.  So I purchased 2 sheets of tickets

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Advice

Blog-tember Friday, Sept. 30: Picture this, you’ve been stopped on the street by the photographer of Humans of New York, and he asks, “What advice would you give to a large group of people?” Share a picture of yourself along with the advice. Advice? I’m not sure.  I would have

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5 Blogs I Follow

Blog-tember Thursday, Sept. 29: Your Fab Five. Share your favorite bloggers/besties and tell us what you love about them! Share a link and give a shout out. Abby Glassenberg blog, While She Naps, is one of the first blogs I started following. She had great tips on blogging and craft

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Year in Pictures

Blog-tember Wednesday, Sept. 28: The top five pictures that illustrate your year so far. How do you narrow down all those pictures?  I’ll try. Our one and only snowmobile ride ended with a visit to the emergency room and surgery for Tom.  A broken clavicle and 3 broken ribs.  He’s

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Hi, I'm Cathy

Quilting is my creative outlet. 
My goal is to share my love of quilting in a way that will make you want to quilt and continue to improve your skills while learning new techniques.

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