To start, I have a “duh, what a totally good idea” tip…Rhonda on our retreat had her Crazy Quilt Stitches book bound…you get the binding cut off and replaced at Kinkos…makes it SO much easier to use and it only cost $6. My understanding is that Carol Samples, not only
I was late again with Stash sunday, but I have one all prepared so I’m going to leave it for this Sunday (clever eh? That way I’m a week ahead not a week behind!) I’m off to the dentist this morning…I HATE dentists. Not the usual reasons…I have a fairly
The last post I put up took me a couple of days to get up…which was annoying to say the least.I’m in process of doing some work to my blog over the next couple of days and I may even move to WordPress…not sure, still looking into it. But while
I got a little beading done day before yesterday, when my Ott Lite finally arrived home! I’m SO totally excited about that. I bought it in a mark down bin at Joanne Fabrics for $11. Their note on it said it lit in a few places. So, I took it
Happy Halloween! It’s chilly outside and the only excuse I have for the slight blur is I was shivering! We had a great day…the kids both had wonderful parties at school and Rex and I went out for dinner.I’m busy resizing and cleaning up pictures and trying to catch up
I finally got a chance to catch my breath. Mainly because I’m leaving the house in chaos today. Our last guest left at 2:30am this morning….the Halloween party started at 4pm. It was a long, long, LONG day! Anyway, the retreat was very fun and really productive. I think just
My little monkey with the one from the zoo! Originally uploaded by rexandsharkey. I have been swamped this week….what with…hmmm, not sure! But today is the Halloween party. So, we’re busy cleaning and such. I can’t believe I haven’t even had time to post progress on the blocks and the
Dysfunctional logcabin- center panelOriginally uploaded by Spamantha 23. Darn it, you know you have known someone your whole life when you both have the same fabric and made things out of it for our homes! Actually she and I just met, but I did think it was an amazing coincidence!
Be sure to take a look at this site/drawing. It’s to this really cool drawing….be sure to sit all the way through it, the drawing skill is amazing and the flash is pretty neat too (perfect for computer art geeks!). I’m off for a weekend in the Colorado mountains to
stashsun1017 Originally uploaded by rexandsharkey. The velvet is from one of my Grandmother’s flapper dresses, we should have “feel-o-vision” here because it’s the most lovely velvet ever. It’s an odd rust orange color, but I love it. The other I included because one of the joys of crazy quilting is