Completion

Wild thing Quilt

I love completion. A few weeks ago, as happens sometimes, I completed three projects within days of each other. One project is a wall piece for my sister, it was in the works for two years. one is a Drop-in (to my annual challenge) shawl that I started in March during the Bay Area Yarn… Continue reading Completion

Quilts of a Non-Quilter

I am not a quilter, yet somehow, I’ve made six quilts since May last year. This is thanks, of course, to my becoming involves with Quilting for Community. Here’s the back story: In early February 2022, I was in the process of making a fiber art wall piece for my cousin, Karen, out of her… Continue reading Quilts of a Non-Quilter

Five Year Plan

Cashmere knit car cover, made for The Elder Statesman, February 2024

About a year ago, Quilting for Community began hosting a Guided Autobiography group and I joined to fulfill my latent desire to write, of which This blog is also a manifestation. It ran for two five-week sessions, then paused. The writers conferred, reconfigured, and relaunched the group in January as the Q4C Writers’ Block. We… Continue reading Five Year Plan

Avenue 50

Avenue 50 Studio

What a nice day. Judy (my knitting around LA partner) and I went to the opening of Connie Rohman’s solo exhibition of The Thomas Guide Project at Avenue 50 Studio art gallery. It was a B-E-A-utiful day, warm enough to not wear a sweater, sunny and sparkling clear. The kind of day when everyone goes… Continue reading Avenue 50