I was catching up on some blog reading today and came across this post about “women’s art” by Sandra Dallas: I love quilts. I appreciate the artistry and workmanship and the fact they are women’s art. But mostly, I love finding the secrets they tell. But I also love
So, I’ve posted a few pictures of this “in progress” but here it is (I’ll explain the pen in a second): I’m really happy with it and trying to decide if my next one (I have 3 towels) should be the same – or a slight variation or completely different.
Wow, I am SO behind. However, this is a look at the beginning lace class I took a few weeks ago. The good news is that the teacher is following up with another class, so maybe my next piece won’t look so bad! ha h First, I want to thank
Lookie what I’m working on: Those of you who know me, know I’m a mid-century nut as well as embroiderer, blogger and other vices. A while ago I bought some pattern from Sublime Stitching, yet when I went to stitch them onto towels, I just couldn’t put them into designs
So, what have I been doing? My in-laws have been visiting from Australia and as you can imagine we do a lot of sitting and chatting. I’m sure I’ve mentioned that my husband has taken up knitting and so he had many questions to ask my mother in law –
Such a cute baby. And frankly he’s adorable now. Matey moo is my buddy and my sweetheart. I just adore him and as I always tell him and my husband, “he’ll always be my baby”. What’s amazing is this adorable little boy is now this: An adorable big boy.
A month ago (sheesh time flies) – I taught a class at the Rocky Mountain Crazy quilters about the button hole. We started with “Buttonhole 101” and then worked through some options you might use in crazy quilting. Here’s my sample cloth: the top left is the “101” and then
I’m not sure how many of you watch fashion/tv blogs, but TLo (formerly Project Rungay) just posted this cute cute purse that Tilda Swinton was carrying. There are more over on Olympia Le-Tan’s online shop and they are fabulous – reproductions in embroidery of some fabulous book covers. However, hold
So, this weekend, I’m leading a class on embellishment at the Rocky Mountain Crazy Quilters. Which is kind of like saying “I’ll teach you how to make a crazy quilt in a day” sort of class – overwhelmed? Added to that is the fact that we have “beginners” and “way,