Good evening my friends. Today was a busy day of cleaning and slight furniture re-arranging so that Christmas tree can come in. We got the tree too – just before our granddaughters came over for a sleepover, so no photos of anything just yet… As we read several bedtime stories and I tucked them in […]
Hello again my friends, on this day 4 of blog writing challenge, lets talk about favorite tools. Honestly, I could probably write for days about this, since I am one of those firm believers in having the right tool for the job and also having the best possible tool you can afford for the job. […]
Hello friends, here we are again, on a third day for the Blog Writing Challenge – I am really enjoying this! It inspired me to think more about my blog, to try and plan my posts and write them in advance. Not to mention going to visit all other participating bloggers – seriously, the quilting […]
Hello everyone and happy Wednesday! Winter is finally here in western NY and first winter’s snow is falling… I just love it! As promissed yesterday, I am here EVERY day this month and today I want to share with you one of my recent quilt finishes – RAMBLER quilt! Rambler is one of the newest […]
Hello friends, long time no-see, right? Well – I decided: I WILL BLAME IT ON THE PANDEMIC! OK, here is a more rational and somewhat serious explanation – I actually do think that this pandemic life, that includes so so so much screen time these days (you know, Zooms, Webex, MS Teams… endless meetings in […]
Hello friends, today I come here to show you yet another amazing, magical fabric collection created by my endlessly talented friend, Art Gallery Fabric Designer, Katarina Roccella. PICTURESQUE is so full of beautiful detail, amazing colors, flowers and – Unicorns!!! As they always do – creative people at Art Gallery Fabrics created a beautiful Lookbook, […]
Hello friends! Yes, I did disappear a bit here and I am here to offer you my apologies! 🙁 No sooner than I decided to have this regular feature, some technical difficulties of my blog stopped me in my tracks. Without boring you with details, I was attempting some updates and upgrades and things did […]
Good Monday morning friends and happy Labor Day to all in US! Yes, we are turning the corner and I can see the fall coming… Crisp mornings, colors changing, bountiful harvest at the Farmer’s market – it all brings the season change and to me that is somehow very comforting, how about you? Not to […]
Hi everyone – HAPPY SEPTEMBER!! What in a world is “Mondays with Mara” you may ask…. Well, I want to be here with you on a VERY regular basis and decided I need some regular blog features – hence, Mondays with Mara, aka – ME! 🙂 I gave it this very general title to come […]
Hello again friends! I hope your summer is going well and you are able to stay safe, well and sane amidst all the stressful reality we all have around us. I am specially thinking of and sending hugs to all parents with school children, as they face the impossible choices and scary prospective with school […]