Category Archives: Everyday Art

A Commissioned Set of Nesting Baskets

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Oh my goodness, I just love these! Way back around Easter time, I made a set of nesting baskets in Easter colors. Of course, I’d been meaning to make something like this for over 2 years! I was happy with the construction, and a local customer of mine asked me to make me a set…

Poll | Convertible Totes

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As I begin the run up to Fall shows, I would love to make some of the convertible totes that I worked up the prototype for this summer. Although I haven’t worked with commercially printed fabric for years, Daisy Janie’s new Shades of Grey fabric was just the perfect foil for my hand-dyed jewel tones:…

A few pillows – inspired by buttons!

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I made a few pillows this weekend, inspired by some cute buttons. I developed some new botanical sketches from the flowers on them: and came up with new color combos inspired by them as well.   These are in an ever growing pile of things to pack for Cleveland. Even with all the stuff I’ve…

Botanical Sketch Pillows

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I’m still in web spruce up mode. I’ve finally added another page to my shop with botanical sketch pillows.

Introducing the Versatile Messenger Bag Pattern

New in the shop: My Versatile Messenger Bag Pattern

Oh my goodness, this pattern has been a long time coming! I’ve written several patterns for magazines in between starting and finishing this – I guess I should give myself deadlines like the magazine folks do! My messenger bags are extremely functional – I’ve put a lot of thought into creating something that helps you…

How I Love my Dual Screen Monitors

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I’ve been working hard on finishing up my messenger bag pattern, and having the dual screen monitors has been invaluable. I keep the developing pattern on the small screen, and work on the pictures for the next figure in photoshop on the big screen. As many of the figures have several smaller pictures, it’s really…

One for the road!

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Holy Moly! I kinda dropped off the map, didn’t I? Well I’ve been busy busy picking up Andrew and Liam from the big airport (LAX – ugh! Usually we’re able to fly in and out of a smaller airport that’s much closer to home) after their big adventure. My Droid broke (thank GOD for my…

Introducing…the Convertible Tote!

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I’ve wanted to make a bag like this for a long time. Something lightweight, something that was not too tall, but COULD be taller if you needed it to. The convergence of summer vacation and Daisy Janie’s awesome Shades of Grey fabric and I finally had time to make a couple of prototypes! What I’ve…

Another Custom Card Holder

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Back about a year and a half ago, I made a holder for 3″ x 5″ index cards for a customer, she wanted something pretty to hold these cards she uses for work each day. So I made one for her that matched a little notepad she had purchased from me. Well, I got a…

Coming Soon…

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I got a couple of things crossed off the list this week (excuse the pictures, the time between finishing these and shipping these was very short)! Now I’ve gotta write the patterns, but both my iPad sleeve and journal covers will be patterns in Quilting Arts Gifts this winter!

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