At the last metting of our sewing guild, small plastic bags of fabric scraps were passed around to us with a challenge of using them to make 9″x9″ crazy quilt blocks for a charity quilt. This is what my haul looked like right after being removed from the bag.
The next picture is what I have after ironing it all.
The [...]
I admit that today I would much rather be sailing than sewing. I sometimes get an overwhelming urge to once more live and work at sea. Today’s one of those days that I’m missing the life of a sea person.
I had to memorize this poem when I was in the third grade and I’ve never [...]
It’s not fun. Splicing sheets, that is. I decided to cut three king sized sheets down to queen size. The first sheet worked just fine. I did all the trimming of the extra fabric first.
I zoomed right along with the first sheet, but there was just something about the second and third that didn’t [...]
Why the sadness? Because after working all night on Fridays, I’m just too tired to sew. I’m trying to figure out a way to get past this hump. Since I don’t work on Saturday nights, I do push myself to stay up a little later, but I just can’t get motivated to sew.
What gives you [...]
Don’t try to kid me. If you sew, do any kind of needlework or crafts, you have a stash. Some how, it always happens. We don’t start out intentionally building that stash. It just happens.
You start with a little left over yarn, fabric or craft supplies. Gee, it’s a crime to just toss it. [...]
The knitters are at it again. Pictures of mittens are pouring in. Check out Ann’s blog over at sheepshots to see the latest from the land of knitters. Mittenz 2009 will be warming a lot of hands at Cheyenne River Reservation this year. I’m ashamed to say that none of those mittens in the pictures were [...]
I’ve been peeking in on Ariel’s Antics. She’s made a gorgeous tote bag using the Professional Women’s Tote pattern from The Creative Thimble. It’s for her friend, Donna, and is pretty in purple. This is the second one she made. The first one has a lot of pink in the pattern, but has a lining that [...]
It’s mittnz time again for the knitters and crocheters who help keep all the hands (as well as heads, necks and feet) warm at the Cheyenne River Reservation. We will be blitzing the rez with mittens, gloves and wristers the first week in October. You can go to Sheep Shots and read Ann’s April 12th [...]
Otis College of Art and Design is located in Los Angeles. The programs at Otis include four-year BFA degrees in illustration, fine arts, graphic design, architecture, landscape design, interior design, fashion design, digital media, toy design, and product design. It also offers MFA degrees in fine arts, graphic design, public practice, and writing. Undergraduate students choose a major [...]
I have a couple fast and easy cookie recipes to share with you today. The first was given to me years ago when I was a young mother with a toddler. This was given to me by my neighbor Jo Anne C. when we lived in Columbus, IN.
The second recipe was given to me by [...]