I've discovered plarn, yarn made from plastic bags. I was teaching myself to crochet, from videos and pages on the internet. First I mad...

Last of the garden harvest was these onions. It was fun digging for them, like having an Easter egg hunt. ;) They didn't get as big a...

I haven't posted in months - I've spent more time on facebook than on my blog. I did realize that I ought to be doing both, because ...

I took a quilting class today from Anne Lullie on making mosaic quilts. She also gave us some pointers on using the color wheel to help cho...

I saw the pattern link for this on the quiltville chat yahoo group, and had to try it. And since I had some batik out from the last quilt I...

I've found three like this so far. They're not big or ripe enough to pick yet. I've still got several more on the vine, I ho...

Okay, I know it's really called Hoppin' John, lol But since the fresh stuff was from my garden, I can change the name, right? The...

Cantaloupe! I've got lots growing, luckily they're all different sizes. Only one big one, but five medium size ones, and a handful...

Here's Babyloupe! I never knew that teeny cantaloupes had fuzz, did you? It's about the size of the end of your thumb. It looks s...

Just a quick post—I was away for the weekend and came home to a nice lot of ripe veggies: That's one last snowpea, but paired with my...

Well, today's my reveal day, and I get to show you all what my final Spinout quilt top looks like: I loved doing this one in batiks, ...

I've been reading online about doing cantaloupes in a container garden, and one site mentioned that you could grow them in less space if...

Finally got the binding done on this one—and it's been sitting for YEARS waiting to be bound. I'm such a procrastinator. Had the b...

Well, it's the end of May, and here's the State of the Container Garden. My onions are doing okay, and the cauliflower in the wadin...

I made a couple of hotpads for Mom for Mother's Day, picking colors that were nice for spring. Here she is holding them: And here...

Ready for some garden pictures? Here's my banana pepper plant, with lots of buds all tucked in the center there. I bet I'll have b...

Hope everyone had a good holiday! I was off Friday, had to work Saturday, so it was a short weekend for me, but I did get a little gardenin...