Alice's House

A couple of years ago I participated in the first Quilt Shop Hop Across Texas.  I made it to about ten shops and thoroughly enjoyed myself i...

Somewhere out there there is a leather handbag, lined with an exterior pocket and magnetic closure.  It is a great looking but simple bag an...

I just finished another top from the Saturday Strippers group.  I think it is the first time I have actually finished the project, in the st...

Alex, my beautiful red haired boy dachshund, died suddenly today after being hit by a school bus.  I was away at the time but Paul tol...

While browsing Facebook today someone posted a beautiful dog crate cover.  Immediately there was an outcry about how expensive they were.  S...

My organizing philosophy has always been centered around the maxim that every room needs a junk drawer.  When that drawer gets full then you...

Just after the Houston International Quilt Festival in early November Martha and I went on a quilting cruise to the western Caribbean.  A qu...

2012 was a pretty crappy year in so many ways but there were a few bright spots that I hope will carry on into 2013.  Here is my perspective...

This tale began on my birthday when the Jaunty Janetta gave me a hand-spun, hand-dyed lace weight skein of yarn.  It came from the FJCruiser...

There are a whole series of fancy ribbon yarns out there that are meant to be joined together  into a lush boa-type scarf.  I made a white o...