Archive for the Cabin Category

The addition

By Kimberly on February 14, 2021 / Cabin / 18 Comments

You might remember the cabin studio “make-over” we did last April. (If not, you can check it out HERE.) In July 2020, we gave the green light to our contractor to start renovating portions of our cabin including adding a laundry room and bathroom on the lower

Back up to speed.

By Kimberly on February 9, 2021 / /create, Cabin, Cats, Family, Friends, Home / 61 Comments

It’s been a quiet on my end lately. We’ve been flying under the radar for the past several weeks. Because honestly, 2021 was not the “fresh start” we were hoping for to move beyond 2020. The week after Christmas and the weekend following New Year’s found my

The Silver Lining

By Kimberly on May 25, 2020 / Blessings, Cabin, Continental M7, Family, Home, Janome, Janome 15000, Janome 9450, Janome M7, Janome National Spokesperson, Quilt Studio / 26 Comments

How are you doing through this COVID-19 event? I pray you and your loved ones are healthy and well. If you have been affected by this terrible pandemic, I pray things improve quickly and you’re back to feeling as right as rain very soon. As for me,

Something new to share!

By Kimberly on March 27, 2020 / 9450, Cabin, Cheeto, Continental M7, Home, Janome, Janome 9400, Janome 9450, Janome M7, Janome National Spokesperson, Solidish / 36 Comments

UPDATE! My PERFECT PINES pattern is now available as a download on my website! My Precision Flying Geese Ruler is required to make this pattern (you’ll need it to squeeze out cutting the little triangles from the leftover bits to make the pieced border trees!) I’m excited

The kindness of a friend

By Kimberly on September 14, 2019 / Cabin, Dog, Family, Friends, Home, Hope / 10 Comments

More tears were flowing at our house yesterday. But they were good tears. Tears of love, good memories, joy for our sweet little Divot and the kindness of our dear friend, Sherri Manios. Last year, when Tuffy passed away, she sent us a gorgeous drawing drawn from

The Big Reveal

By Kimberly on April 12, 2019 / 9450, Cabin, Janome, Janome 9450, Janome National Spokesperson, Pineapple, Uncategorized / 89 Comments

For the past five years or so, I’ve had an idea in my mind for a quilt I wanted to design and make for no other purpose than the thought of it simply made me happy. But there was never enough time. I keep myself so busy

Where was I?

By Kimberly on December 11, 2018 / Cabin, Christmas, Family, Friends, Fun, Holiday, International Quilt Festival, International Quilt Market, Janome, Janome National Spokesperson / 23 Comments

A quick catch-up So much has happened in the last month or so and I’ve been remiss in not posting more frequently here on the blog. I thought about writing a long follow-up about my trips and teaching engagements, such as the International Quilt Market and Festival

A golden weekend

By Kimberly on October 20, 2018 / Cabin, Family, Fun, Lake Arrowhead / 6 Comments

“It’s another golden Tamakwa day.” Does anyone recognize that line from a popular 1993 movie? Can you guess the movie? (Looking forward to seeing your answers in the comments.) That line has been going through my head as we’re at the cabin in Lake Arrowhead for a quick

California living

By Kimberly on September 20, 2018 / Cabin, Family, Fun / 9 Comments

Before we moved to California, my husband used to tell me, “you can swim at the beach in the morning and ski in the mountains in the evening.” Of course I couldn’t quite wrap my mind around this concept. Until now. And now that we’ve completed our

It’s all about perspective

By Kimberly on January 9, 2018 / Cabin / 3 Comments

Having grown up in Ohio and living most of my life east of the Mississippi, I had never truly experienced drought until we began our transition moving from the east coast to the west coast last October. For many months Southern California has been experiencing extreme drought