by Kristin Echols | Apr 22, 2020 | Quilting
What a crazy couple of months it has been. My calendar was full of quilt classes to teach at quilt shops and guilds, and I was looking forward to participating in the Spokane area shop-hop in April (for you non-quilters, a shop-hop is when you and your buddies pile...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 21, 2020 | Quilting
Everything that I quilted and sewed in 2019. The year started off busy as I got ready for a trip to California to teach at a quilt guild and a couple quilt shops. I had to create multiple class samples and write patterns. I designed a new quilt-as-you-go pattern called Hugs or Kisses.
by Kristin Echols | Jan 20, 2019 | Quilting
A recap of my sewing and quilting projects in 2018.
by Kristin Echols | Jun 24, 2018 | Quilting
Thursday, June 21, was the longest day of the year. The sun rose at 4:51 AM and set at 8:51 PM giving us 16 hours of light in Worley, Idaho. As you can see from the chart below, we actually get more light than that because the Civil Twilight is the first and last...
by Kristin Echols | Oct 9, 2017 | Quilting, Travel
Due to our adventures in gastronomy while traveling, we usually eat a light breakfast of yogurt, berries and granola. Today was our first breakfast out. Sean recommended Blue Star Donuts instead of the usual Voodoo Donuts. At Blue Star, there was a selection of...
by Kristin Echols | Oct 6, 2017 | Quilting, Travel
On a driving day, we start out by figuring out how far we are driving to our next campsite. Today it was estimated at about 100 miles and 2 hours. We left South Beach at 10 AM and arrived at Nehalem Bay State Park at 5 PM. It turns out there is a lot of good stuff...