No, not again with the pictures of roses you say! I can’t help it, they’re just so beautiful. You know, I don’t get out much, right? My world is quite small, and this rose garden is a big part of it…I walk past it every time I leave or enter the house. The roses have just exploded!… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Mother’s Day is Coming
With Easter so late this year, Mother’s Day is around the corner! Yikes! One of the items on my to-do list is finally ready to go: I’ve added a fancy schmancy cart system to my online shop! Which means that I’ve got a way for you to see what’s been added to your cart while… Continue Reading
A Set of Nesting Buckets
The fabric basket I made to hold the fabrics for my fabric dyeing tutorial had been knocking around in my head for a long time…like 2 years or so! The combination of using a layer of SF101 and batting and turning the top of the basket over makes it quite sturdy, yet still flexible.… Continue Reading
Winners!
Well, I had fun reading all the supportive comments on my “Turning 5” post. I surely hope I find a way to offer more classes to more people as time goes by! Here’s the results: Sherry and Gail, look for emails from me! Those lucky gals will be choosing either a hand dyed scarf or… Continue Reading
Snapshots from our Easter
How was your Easter? We had a great day yesterday! (Edit: Before I forget, my giveaway ends tonight – head over to enter if you haven’t yet!) For the first time in forever, Andrew did NOT have a Sunday morning Easter gig (even churches feel the economic downturn!). So he got to SEE the kids participate… Continue Reading
Tutorial | Dyeing Primary Tints
I had a lot of fun writing up a beginning fabric dyeing tutorial for the folks at Sew Mama Sew, it covers probably the first type of dyeing a beginning dyer should do…making tints of a primary color. I had lot of fun folding, stacking and snapping pix of the finished product: But I ALSO… Continue Reading
Checking in on my April Goals
Well, today was a busy one! I gave a final exam at noon for one of my classes, and then had final poster presentations for my other class at 3 – not the best timing ever, but at least they’re over, and except for grading, I’m done with Spring semester! I’ll have the rest of… Continue Reading
Custom Hand Dyed Silk Stole for A Wedding
I had another customer drop by yesterday…this one met me at Red Dirt Art Festival last weekend. She was looking for a stole to wear with her wedding dress, which is a light honey, buff sort of color I’d probably call “champagne”. We looked at my scarves and her cell phone picture of it, and… Continue Reading