After painting the living room, awesome hubby built a custom size unit to house all the A/V electronic bits needed for our entertainment needs: That bottom left shelf is for DVD storage, so I made four baskets that perfectly fit in that space and hold all our DVDs!!! I snapped a couple of pix of… Continue Reading
Earlier this year we spiffied up my laundry room: Since then it’s been such a joy to do laundry in there. Well, maybe saying laundry gives me joy is a stretch, but…it’s a much happier place to be! And with everything looking so spiffy, my old solution of sorting out delicates wasn’t cutting it. (A… Continue Reading
I’m headed to Acadia, CA this afternoon to give a presentation to the Wandering Foot Quilt Guild this evening entitled “My Journey from Traditional to Art Quilter”. While I’m there, I’ll have some hand dyed fabric and DVDs for sale, so I decided to make these 2 baskets to hold them: I used some fantastic multicolor… Continue Reading
After teaching Free Motion Quilting over and over again, I’ve got a lot of practice quilting sandwiches around! I had an idea on what to do with them, and put together a pattern for the folks in the Fiber Art Connection. Aren’t these fun??? Continue Reading
Well, it’s time to stop making and time to start packing, setup for the biggest show I do each year starts tomorrow! Here’s where I stand with my list October Goals Indigo explorations: scarves and art quilts everyday art October 15 100% New zip clutches October 15 100% Studio Tour Postcards September 30 100% New Candied… Continue Reading
I’ve been working hard building up stocks for the 3-day show I’m doing, Art For Heaven’s Sake starts this Friday! While dyeing lots of indigo scarves, I’ve been dyeing some cotton sateen and linen as well, I’ve got 2 ideas up my sleeve. The first are these linen buckets: The round shape allows me to… Continue Reading
I’ve been making a couple of baby quilts for my cousin in a purple, grey and gold palette she and her husband chose. Once I had the tops pieced, I made a divided basket, pattern by Anna Graham of Noodlehead, it is PERFECT for holding diapers in one half, all the other supplies in the… Continue Reading
Last summer we renovated our kitchen ourselves, and I’ve really enjoyed it all year. There are a couple parts of the kitchen that needed some improvement, one of them is right here: There are like 4 or 5 half loaves of bread on the counter – although there’s not always that many, there’s always a… Continue Reading