Hello again! I wanted to be here writing this blog post yesterday, but a cold kept me away, taking some time out to rest instead…
Read MoreIt has been quite some time since my last post . . .
Read MoreThe 100th block for this quilt was completed on July 15th, 2020 as part of the 100 project I did on Instagram with Frieda Oxenham. But, adding a border of fabric
Read MoreSorry I have not posted for over a month! I’m sure you’ll understand, especially because of the arrival of the 2019 novel Coronavirus. Before it had really hit here, I was busy finishing the quilt I was making for my son, Dallas
Read MoreWith family visiting and some boat trips on the river, I concentrated on photography this week. But I also did a bit of sewing and some stitchies…
Read MoreJan 29-Feb 11, 2020: Catching up with weeks 5 & 6 of my 52 weeks of creativity! This was a busy time for me as my family was coming to visit for a week on Feb 9th. Also, the first week I was swapping out the Stitchie swap…
Read MoreI’m noticing a pattern - so far, I’m not able to tick off all the things I want to accomplish, every week
Read MoreI think because I got busy working on the recycled quilt for my son Dallas, I forgot (twice!) to do a wrap up of my creative work for Jan 16-22
Read MoreOver at My Artistic Life, Helga Strauss has challenged us to play with pink & green! I decided to create a 9” x 12” art quilt. I laid fabrics out and then stitched them together on my machine, attaching them to a batting piece at the same time….
Read MoreI stitched the fabric image to a piece of hand painted fabric from my peace banner project. I made lots of extra painted fabric when i did that project, much to my delight now. I gathered the olive green velvet leaves and arranged them around the image…
Read MoreFor her gift I took vintage lace and paired it with a soft burlap type fabric, to frame a silky piece of fabric which backed an ARTchixStudio image (and words) and a piece of floral/bird fabric I had that I thought Linda would like…
Read MoreI started by simply choosing bright batik fabrics I imagined Frieda would like, as she has mentioned her love of bright fabrics. I ripped out a 12" x 12" section of two different pink & purple fabrics. Then I got the idea of doing something related to her garden…
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