One of the reasons I bought myself a fancy dancy high powered laptop was so I could spend time processing photos, working on videos for my online classes etc… someplace other than my upstairs studio. I get to see a bit more of my family, and it’s nice to change up the surroundings a bit.… Continue Reading
While rinsing out swatches I was dyeing for the shades, tints and session of my online class, I realized that I wanted to sew these into a long, narrow quilt. I’ve got the perfect wall for it! The pink bits are labels made from surveyor’s flagging tape, I write on it with a Sharpie marker… Continue Reading
The folks over at Quilting Arts have put together an e-book for beginning quilters made from articles from previous magazines, and my branch and bird article from the 2010 Quilt Scene is one of the articles! I’ve always love this photo that the photographer took of them, I love that granite bench in the… Continue Reading
It’s a blustery Sunday afternoon, and I was rinsing out a bunch of swatches that I dyed for the last session of my online class. While looking at each color, some of which were new and exciting to me, my mind travelled near and far. I got to think about where I was going with… Continue Reading
It’s a blustery Sunday afternoon, and I was rinsing out a bunch of swatches that I dyed for the last session of my online class. While looking at each color, some of which were new and exciting to me, my mind travelled near and far. I got to think about where I was going with… Continue Reading
This is the week of iPad sleeves! I usually use black or beige velcro, but was happy to have some red velcro in my drawer, I think it looks kinda funky! I’m becoming more comfortable with my new camera…I took all these pix as the sun was almost down, and didn’t have to do any… Continue Reading
I’ve got another patient client who really loves purple and the lime green I get when dyeing navy next to Chartreuse. Although I’d originally planned to put some birds on like I usually do, she saw a picture of those iPad envelopes I made last week with a dandelion motif and asked if I could do… Continue Reading
I’ve referred to my computer woes a few times in the past month, and now that my tale of woe has come to a sad end, I thought I’d share it with folks. It’s part cautionary tale, and partly I’m hoping to encourage other folks who end up having the same issue with this laptop… Continue Reading