This is where you find me exploring a variety of creative adventures mostly about but not limited to quilting. I'm a firm believer that one increases their creativity by being open to and playing with a variety of cretative endeavors ... at least that my excuse for today. Enjoy your sourjourn through my studio playroom. May you find encouragement and inspiration, and on occassion, a little pin-prick that may be thought-provoking or spark your imagination. Thank you for stopping by.
(SUN COMPASS wholecloth quilting by Dani Fisk)
By special request: SUN COMPASS WHOLE CLOTH ADDITIONS ... No more having to divide or trim patterns that come in the collection. I've taken the hard work out of the process for you with just a few quick "strokes with the mouse pointer ...
Surprise sighting ... there were three of these tiny tree frog snuggled into the lawn chairs on Jan's porch during all our comings and goings during our Statler Retreat 2011 2010 in Sisters, Oregon.
After the first taste I knew I had died and gone to heaven! The menu:
* a hefty serving of GAZPACHO (freshly made chilled overnight to heighten the melding of flavors) garnished with avocado and sour cream
* grilled prawns seasoned with lemon pepper
* Tuscan Artisan bread "painted" with EVOO and toasted ...
You can find the shape everywhere ... in art, in architecture, in nature, on the floor, on the wall, and used as a religious iconic motif.
Hexagons have been used as the shape of everything from the bath house to the shape of the pulpit. Tile artists create many different designs ...
Have you gotten your copy of the September issue of American Quilter?
Did you see page 68?
Did you happen to notice the name of the designer for Dragonfly Blossoms? You're right if you guessed my name.
It was a long time in coming but finally the pattern made ...
A great tip and demonstration of the process of using the longarm to stitch the backing to the zippered leadered canvases was shared by Jan Sims at our Statler Retreat 2010 in Sisters, Oregon this last July. Stitching the backing to the leaders when loading a quilt dramatically speeds the ...
An idea for a new study series has been percolating in my mind for several months now and I think I'm ready to make the commitment to bring it to fruition. Last Spring in response to a digital art challenge connected with the Alice film release I reread Alice ...
Andrea and I had a good chuckle last night about zucchini. Yes, we all have plenty growing in our gardens faster than we can even begin to pick and beg the neighbors to enjoy.
For me, zucchini is like the be-all-end-all kind of vegetable. Zucchini is like the chameleon of ...
One of the activities I've enjoyed the most (most of the time) in our new home is a flat space for gardening. My last gardening adventures happened when the kids were toddlers. We had a nice large space for a garden which then became the new two-car garage. That ...
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Imagine my surprise while sitting at my kitchen island thumbing through the latest quilting catalog as I was eating lunch. I turned to the next page and saw one of my quilting patchwork patterns Queen Annes Lace featured with a big splashy NEW sticker! How fun ...
I created this pattern ...
... snack time lounging ...
The question: "Hey, Kay, where have you been? You dropped off the face of the earth in April!"
The answer:
being a grandmother
Tanglewood rehearsals and picnic concerts
being a grandmother
in Oregon catching up with dear friends and teaching
being a grandmother
walking with fireflies and ...
