Bits From The Scrap Basket

Ok, I admit. This is not the original block Janet Clare created for The Splendid Sampler . Janet's area of expertise is applique i...

Ah, it feels good being back at the machine. We've had a family concern and then a vacation so I'm 9 blocks behind. I decided t...

My sister, Lorna, is a sewist. She makes the most fabulous bags and has committed to making a custom bag for each member of our family for t...

Spent some time over dueling sewing machines with my sister yesterday. It was the first of many, I hope, and after hours of pattern decipher...

Next block in the series is DONE! This one by Lindsay Mayland. I decided to go renegade on this one... rebellious... even scandalo...

UNCLE! Me and my seam ripper give up! This is the latest block in The Splended Sampler quilt along.  The fifteenth block in the se...

Admittedly, when I saw the Checker Board pattern released as part of The Splendid Sampler series, I was a little underwhelmed. But now...