The Quilt Quine

For some reason I have had the word "discombobulated", meaning confused or muddled, stuck in my head and it seems an appropriate ...

It took me a whole day to do all of the sums required to complete the tax return that I could have done months ago. In theory a spreadshee...

The week got the off to a gentle start when the children returned to school without a single flake of snow scuppering my plans but I stocke...

Despite my good intentions, things are not yet back to "normal" after the festive season. It has been all too easy to get up lat...

Starting a New Year feels rather like the end of a party; there is a certain amount of tidying up to do before gearing up to new projects....

The week before Christmas went by in a blur. I quilted non-stop so that the African quilt would be ready for special delivery Christma...

I know there are 52 weeks in a year and I could plan early for Christmas but it never happens. Maybe one year it would be fun to do all of...

I had originally planned to cut off the awkward edges of the African tumbler blocks but that would have been taking a shortcut and I conced...

My whole schedule went by the wayside this week as I was under the weather for a couple of days. Being ill is such a waste of time so I aft...

It has been hard to tear myself away from my latest fiction addiction and concentrate on writing my book about a quilted Yurt while I have ...

I made a trip down to Glasgow in the Landy to do a talk about my quilts and travels for "The Glasgow Gathering of Quilters". The...

I paid the ransom in customs and received the Accuquilt GO cutter that I had ordered ages ago from the USA. I was really impressed at how n...

Things were not going according to plan on Thursday; maybe it was due to the tail end of Hallowe'en influences! First, three days'...

By now I should know better than to plan out my week. I received two phone calls from schools on Monday asking me to do some supply teachi...

Landrover dashboards were obviously designed to hold salt, vinegar and pots of mushy peas. We had an uneventful train trip back from Norfol...

Norma made an excuse to take friends, Ina and Kay to Chicago IKEA so they very kindly took me to the airport afterwards. A cheeky person i...

Friday was a busy teaching day at the Museum, spending time demonstrating and doing hands-on sessions with the APQS Lenni. There was a mini...

Sunday was yet another beautiful day when Norma and I set out on our drive to Wisconsin. We drove past traditional wooden farmsteads, red b...

On Monday I did a little exploring around Des Moines on my own as I would be waiting until the afternoon for the Yurt to arrive from Wisco...

After I battled my way through half of a giant waffle that I made myself at the hotel breakfast buffet, Norma collected me and we went off...