Life’s happenings and new beginnings…

Hello again,yeah I know - MIA again. It seems this year can't get up on a good leg when it comes to our beloved pets. After having to say goodby to our cat Marko in January, two more goodbys - more shocking and sad too. Our darling grand-puppy…

Blog Hop winner!

Hi everyone  and happy Monday!It has been a busy weekend over here and hope yours was wonderful.Before we do the lucky draw, I just have to say how delighted I am with all your comments! I so enjoyed reading each and every one of your ways…

Flying Geese adventures – a tutorial!

Hi everyone, can't you just smell that spring is in the air? :) I can hear birds singing now in the early mornings and look what just popped in my front yard: Saturday was a beautiful day here in western NY and after teaching a great Beginners…

It’s BlogHop time!

It's March!Time for nature wake-up!Time for me to get glued to my sewing machine and sew, sew, SEW! (more about that later)Time for quilters to celebrate - time to play and have a Blog Hop and a giveaway of course! :)We need to beat those winter…

Nature’s beauties and giveaway winners

Hi everyone,first - sorry to be late and not post the giveaway winners yesterday! :(This blog post was half-written last night before I just fell asleep - together with the laptop on my lap! Sheeesh....Figured it was better not to stumble through…

“Stars of the Season” – new quilt pattern (and a giveaway too!)

Hello everyone,how is your winter going?Over here in Northeast it is still frozen and snowy, but for us "Buffalonians" not really a big deal. Actually, they say this winter is quite "under-snowed" - we did not get as much as we are used to,…

Tribute to Marko the Cat

Hi everyone,first I have to apologize for not following up on my intentions of having that fun and giveaway on the Local Quilt Shop Day, but life came in the way...Unfortunately we had to say goodby to our beloved cat, Marko after almost 19…

Celebrate your local quilt shop!

Hi everyone,hope your 2013 is still going strong? Resolutions still intact? :) He, he...Mine, not so much...Year starting a bit crazy, lots of work (at work), some flu...still catching up - yeah, boring stuff.SO - lets talk about something FUN…

New year, new plans and dreams, new celebrations

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!OK the "new" of the year is slowly fading since we are 8 days into it, but I figured you were bombarded with so many New Year well-wishes in first few days, I should wait a few days...hey, that's my story and I'm sticking…

The joys of the season, the sadness of reality…

...and as the life goes on, the giveaway winner too! :)This is the season with so many additional joys in our lives, we count our blessings a bit more carefully, we think of distant friends, we cook, decorate, shop, wrap presents....and then…