If you overheard a couple of quilters chatting, you might think they were talking about sweets from a bakery. “I used two Jelly Rolls to make this.” “Honey Buns make great log cabin blocks.” Or “I have a Layer Cake I want to use up–do you have a great pattern using Layer Cakes.” Huh? WhatContinue reading “Bakery Sweets?”
Author Archives: Judith Oswald
Island dreaming…
My son and his family are spending Spring Break in Hawaii—again. This trip is much easier to do if one lives on the west coast! Their photos this year are showing me a different side of the islands . If it wasn’t for a few glimpses of the ocean and beach, I would think theyContinue reading “Island dreaming…”
Log Cabins
My cousin likes to say, “Abe Lincoln and I were both born in a log cabin!” Eighty nine years ago she was born in a rustic log cabin in southwest Missouri. She was the first child of a very young couple starting out in the middle of the Great Depression. I would have been fascinatedContinue reading “Log Cabins”
Do you see the “other” pattern?
I am fascinated by drawings that upon a second examination, a new design or face or animal appears. The drawing becomes much more complex than it first appeared. After you have discovered the more intricate design you will never see original the same way again. Some quilt blocks are designed so that when they areContinue reading “Do you see the “other” pattern?”
Please enjoy it now!
Each time I place this saucer in front of my husband for his dessert or salad, he protests. He doesn’t want to use it because it was my Grandpa Van’s saucer and he is afraid he will break it. I have explained over and over that if it has lasted well over 100 years, itContinue reading “Please enjoy it now!”
National Quilting Day
Happy National Quilting Day! The actual date jumps around but it is always the third Saturday in March. Interesting that is just before the start of official spring. Winter and quilting go together in my world. Of course, I quilt year around, but in spring, summer and fall, I must give up time from myContinue reading “National Quilting Day”
Happy Birthday, Miss N
My youngest grandchild, Miss N turns 10 years old tomorrow. I will never forget the week she arrived–my strong, intelligent, independent mother left this life and my strong, intelligent and will be very independent granddaughter entered this life. Tears of grief and tears of joy My Mom had one granddaughter for whom she made girlyContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Miss N”
Nostalgic for Lucy
Did you grow up watching “I Love Lucy”? We didn’t have a TV for much of my childhood, so re-runs and the iconic grape stomping and candy assembly line scenes was my introduction to this much loved comedy. “I Love Lucy” is one of the images that comes to my mind when I get nostalgicContinue reading “Nostalgic for Lucy”
Bunnies!
I just love bunny rabbits. Yes, they ate my lilies outside my sewing room window…and the cone flowers… and the special Kansas wild flowers I babied. Pre-Taka, we thought that the bunnies would not want to live in a yard owned by a dog and that they would move on and our flowers would beContinue reading “Bunnies!”
Wearin’ or Decorating with the Green
According to my Ancestry.com’s DNA analysis I am only 7% Irish, but on St. Patrick’s day I will boast of my Irish roots. St. Patrick’s day is a fun day of wearing green, sporting a shamrock, drinking green colored beverages, and greeting others with “Erin go Bragh”. St. Patrick’s Day, celebrated on March 17, commemoratedContinue reading “Wearin’ or Decorating with the Green”
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