Category Archives: Inspiration

One Moment: My husband’s hands

I've posted previously about how I find the evidence of an artists's hands in their work to be inspirational. I spent the lion's share of yesterday writing a tutorial on how to make an ultimate storage cart (coming on Friday over at Lillyella). My twitter ...

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Inspiration in the Making

I thought I'd share some photos I took while making my Pocketin Boards. What was a stack of pockets waiting for topstiching became elements to use for playing ...

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Inspiration: Lisa Wharton

Lisa Wharton, of Urban Bird Online: her art is full of birds, and house images. She loves stacks, multiples of things. She is a printmaker, but doesn't repeat things, each piece she makes is one of a kind. Sound familiar? Seriously, kind of scary, how much  my process resembles ...

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Kicking Down Doors

It's Monday, and I've got a lot to do in the next month. So much so, that it overwhelmed me a bit this weekend, and as a result, I got less done than I thought I would, which is setting me up for a downward spiral. (Please note, ...

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Inspiration: Skinny LaMinx

I can't believe it's taken me this long to write about the inspiration I get from the work of Heather Moore, a.k.a. Skinny LaMinx! She's an illustrator and designer living in Cape Town, South Africa. She has a very distinctive style to her screenprinted fabric, ...

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Inspiration: “Hand-Art” Coordination

To all of you folks who've come by from Blogging it Forward, welcome! Fiona from Cafe Cartolina has handed over the torch to me, and I'd love to show you a bit about what inspires me. Actually, I do this quite a lot! ...

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My name is Candy Glendening….and I’m addicted to color! I dye fabric so I can have just the hue & texture I want, and then use it to make art quilts and “everyday art”.