Have a Merry Red & Gray Holiday: Five Scrappy Fabric Ornament Ideas

December 3, 2013.Reading time 9 minutes.

The Christmas Holiday theme around our house this year is red, gray and white. Cozy, shabby, handmade. This post showcases five different types of ornaments; the majority fashioned out of the Red & Gray Christmas (tutorial) Quilt’s extra fabric and a quick idea for making cards using (you guessed it) fabric scraps.. It is not […]

Have a Merry Red & Gray Holiday: Quilt Tutorial

December 1, 2013.Reading time 7 minutes.

The Christmas Holiday theme around our house this year is red, gray and white. This tutorial guides you through a speedy, yet undeniably cozy, lap sized quilt, perfect for napping and decorating the back of a sofa or chair. This quilt is all about the central focus fabric, accentuated with three simple freehand geometric applique […]

Giraffe Quilt Story

November 30, 2013.Reading time 12 minutes.

This lap or child sized quilt was inspired by a nursery’s color and themes: giraffe, pink, teal and caramel. The pallet feels so fresh and modern yet retro too (just my style). For this design I wanted to keep it simple: centered on the colors and playful. I settled on three over sized log-cabin rectangles […]

Reach & Read: When We Were Strangers

November 29, 2013.Reading time 1 minute.

When We Were Strangers by Pamela Schoenewaldt – a book review By the cover alone, you should already know why I chose this book. Sew! A needle pulling thread….. Starring a wonderfully strong female character, Irma, set amidst the historical fiction back drop of late 19th century immigrant America. A true coming of age story […]

Life Boat Thoughts: Help – Do. Don’t Offer.

November 25, 2013.Reading time 3 minutes.

Why share on my blog? Fight Inertia! Realizing the importance of relationships and that like everything else in life, you reap what you sow. This will also ensure a high level of accountability and internalization as I incorporate it into Odds & Hens. Not sharing because I am good at it, sharing because you deserve […]

Reach & Reach: Heads in Beds

November 22, 2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

Heads in Beds A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality By Jacob Tomsky Airport impulse purchase and maybe better to read on the flight headed into vacation than one home, so that you have time to apply Mr. Tomsky’s recommendations. Can’t say I was surprised/shocked per se by what was shared in this […]