It’s a Lazy day over at the Blog Hop. Joan has put the DayZ Deux fabric to work on a Bucket Tote. Now, I’ve already established that I’m a fan of Lazy Girl Designs. Here’s why:

1. Bags are functional. I use them all the time because I’m forever hauling “stuff” with me to stave off boredom and make the most of sitting and waiting.

Take a look at the following pages and images. What do they have in common? Twinkle quilt over at the DayZ Dozen Blog Hop. My critique group writing blog. Mike’s photography pages. […]

Things are hopping over at the Lazy Girl Designs blog hop.

Did you note the Retro-Aprons? My father’s basement is the repository of an overwhelming collection of Family Junk. If I didn’t live 6,000 miles away, it’s likely that a good bit of it would be in my house, as there’s a reason it hasn’t been “let go.” Every time I visit my father, I bring a few things home with me. Most recently, I brought this:

The DayZ Dozen Blog Hop started yesterday over at Lazy Girl Designs. Yesterday’s pattern was “Ring Around the Flowers Quilt,” by Holly Holderman, the creator of the fabric design, and owner of LakeHouse Dry Goods. Part of her motivation in creating the fabric was the desire to incorporate circles in her quilts. Circles are tough! But not when they are part of the fabric design. Another aspect of her quilt pattern that I like is the way the flower colors coordinate. She pieces 2 different-colored flowers for each flower motif in the pattern, and the 2-color pairs look great together. Do I really need to say how much I like the Bright Colors? And the black to set them off? I love Holly’s color sense.

Lazy Girl, Joan Hawley, has announced a Blog Hop featuring 12 projects from 12 quilt designers, using fabrics from the new DayZ Deux collection from LakeHouse Dry Goods. What’s this? You say […]

Call me a chicken, but I find washing needlework scarier than reading Stephen King books. No doubt that’s because I sometimes do the first, and I never do the second.