I haven’t shared a brick oven pizza oven progress post with you in awhile, but hubby has been plugging away at it!!! After building a form and putting 1000 pounds of gravel in the bottom, he had to go buy a ton of concrete; that’s a literal ton, not a figurative ton! Doesn’t look like… Continue Reading
It’s still so very hot during most of the day, so when I’m dyeing with Procion MX dyes I have to get out first thing in the morning in order to let the fabric batch while it’s hot. But indigo dyeing has a much shorter processing time, so I’ve found that I like to dye… Continue Reading
In between working on Dyeing 104 and of course the day job, I’m continuing my exploration of dyeing with Indigo! I’m planning on having a large assortment of scarves for sale at shows this Fall, the first one is coming up in less than a month, I’m also planning on putting them for sale on… Continue Reading
The month is zooming by! I JUST sent the Holiday Studio postcards off to the printer, that’s one big PHEW! Although it’s months away, I want to be able to hand out cards at my shows in October and November and wanted the cheapest, slowest shipping option. I did get all the silk dyed, washed… Continue Reading
I got the cutest picture from my cousin a couple of weeks ago! Here’s Lucy at her 2 month birthday: Oh my goodness, that smile! SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!! If you remember, I made some things for her nursery: We got to visit her just a week ago, and I was happy to hear that a couple… Continue Reading
I’ve been so busy that it’s taken me a couple of weeks to share my latest magazine publication! I’ve got 2 projects in the 2015 edition of Quilting Arts Holiday, my Retro Ornament Wall Quilt and my cute little Bird Ornaments! Every time my work is in a magazine, I marvel at how they… Continue Reading
Well, it’s back to the day job for me! Labor Day was spent last minute prepping for my classes I teach at the University. I had folded some scarf blanks earlier on the long weekend, but needed to revitalize my indigo dyepot so the folded scarves were languishing. By the time my class stuff was… Continue Reading
I’ve finally had time to process the pictures I took of Liam’s modulating squares quilt I made him to take to college! As a reminder, Waaay back LAST January, I started making a pair of quilts for Liam and Logan. Logan’s quilt is made from a rainbow of colors, with centers of many hues of… Continue Reading