I think when you get into general fiber arts (beading, embroidery, sewing, patterns, my own patterns, cotton, silk, velvet….on and on), the worst part is keeping it all in some order so you can accomplish something. I’m trying to put together a purse (picture to be posted today in process)
I have not been doing any stitching (especially bad since my show pieces are due in a week…eek!) but it’s just been way too hot! However, a gal who collects hankies found this picture (above) that I’d posted months ago for Stash Sunday and in finding her I found this
It’s almost 100 degrees – 93 by my Weatherbug on my computer, and the kids are running buck naked through the hose in the back yard (don’t worry, we have high fences! :-)) – I won’t post those photos for fear of weirdos on the net, but believe me it’s
I actually posted the post from the 5th today. UGH! I’m so behind! I’m working on my quilt tho…which is good since it has to be done on the 18th. I have the great idea to make my other piece into a bag, but of course, I’ve only made a
My incredibly creative friend, Claudia who’s responsible for setting up our craft group here, made this fantastic silk tie ipod holder. Our craft group is great! On Fridays we pitch in for a sitter and work on our projects together in a local church basement. Fun social time and good
Just saw this post on Whipup and can’t believe when I did a quick search for crazy quilt necktie quilts, bags, etc that I came up with nothing. Can everyone post some photos and then post a note over at Whipup? There are tons of things to do with silk
This is what we did this weekend! We GOT OUT OF TOWN! Hooray! It was absolutely wonderful. We stayed the first night in Leadville (which is 10,000 feet and I lived there until age 10). We took the “long way” and went over Loveland Pass, thus crossing the continental divide
This cool storm moved over last night. I just really liked the cloud formations (probably should have been a meteorologist! Anyway, typical Colorado summer storm! Just to update on my other project, Tina’s quilt is coming along pretty well. It may stall for a week or so, so I can
I know it’s a lame excuse, but do you ever have the problem that you have SO much to blog about that you can’t blog because it just seems overwhelming? I guess that’s been my problem. Yikes!The kids had a wonderful birthday party at Lakeside Amusement park in Denver. The
I finally have gotten back to the habit of reading all my favorite blogs. I probably need to go through and clean up my list – add some new ones, etc, but I still love my basic ones! I noticed over at Camille’s Place not only did she do a