My family went to Lake Tahoe in California in August. I hadn't been there in quite a few years, and boy has it changed. There are parts of it that are so built up and resort-y, it almost breaks my heart. However, with their usual forward-thinking, the Californians saw this coming, and there is still plenty of protected wilderness out there, thank goodness. (One of the things I still miss terribly about California is how there are parks and open spaces everywhere. Even in

I've been planning to put a new quilt on my bed for at least three years. The one I had before was literally eaten by the sun and it's so faded the original colors are unrecognizable. Still, a queen sized bed quilt is rather a pain to make and even more daunting to quilt. Plus, I had exactly ZERO inspiration. So I just quit trying to come up with an idea. Until I made the Shadow Box Quilt. Originally it was supposed to be a wall hanging, but it just kept getting bigger an

Hello again. It's me, Carrie aka the zen quilter! It’s been quite a while since my last blog. I think maybe I wrote after the election (which I still cannot talk about!) But I can't remember writing anything since then. So first, I apologize to those of you who actually read and followed my blog regularly. The truth is, I just gave up. It seemed like there were so many people out there who were just starting blogs and having so much more success than I, who had been blog