Our Christmas was just the four of us, and it’s been a lovely week. We’ve been enjoying lots of good meals, movies, and playing with our new toys! (I got an iPad mini – WHEEE!) I thought I’d show a few pix from the day: Ah, gotta love the classic sitting at the top of… Continue Reading
I’ve got just one more present to make, and a heckuva lot of celebrating and relaxing to do! I’ll be back to share soon enough, but until then, Happy Holidays! Continue Reading
One reason I like to blog is that it helps me remember events – in fact the act of blogging seems to cement the memory in my mind a bit, and it sure is fun to look back at past events in some sort of organized fashion, rather than looking through a folder of pix… Continue Reading
Oh my, it’s been busy in Candy Claus’s workshop! There are lots of things I can’t blog about, but I believe this one is safe! Here’s a mega-messenger I made, combining the browns from my warm palette with the gold of my jewel tone, so I had to dye some gold canvas to make this… Continue Reading
After working with the linen that I dyed for my new pillows, I decided to make some convertible clutches with the linen: I loved working with the linen! These clutches have some structure in how they are constructed…I’m tossing over in my mind on sewing a bag with less structure from the linen… Yay linen! Continue Reading
Although it seems like a zillion years ago, it’s really been a little over 2 years since I started publishing articles for the awesome folks at Quilting Arts. The folks at Quilting Arts have used an article I wrote for them a couple of years ago and re-published it in a free e-book called… Continue Reading
Between watching the news about the horrors of Sandy Hook Elementary School, reading FB post after FB post of people shocked and saddened and angered by the events, I’ve lost some Christmas spirit. At some point yesterday I walked away from the computer and got some dyeing done and finished grading my last set of final exams.… Continue Reading
I had a fantastic time at my studio tour last weekend! Saturday was a whirlwind of activity. Sunday was slower, but still we had good traffic. The other artists also reported lots of traffic, so we all were happy! Here’s my house all spruced up for the event: I totally copied the folks who staged… Continue Reading