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.
The proof is in the pudding ... er ... ah ... I mean ... the COLOR CATCHER! Remember my writing about washing quilts the other day. The focus of the article was all about the batting and the lovely soft antique crinkley look and feel of the quilt after the washing, but there was ...
The snows came down and the ground was white. This could be amazing thread work, painted wholecloth, applique ... use all of it or crop the section that speaks to you.
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How many of you wash your quilts? Most of my quilts have never been washed. Most of them are class/booth samples and spend most of their lives folded on the shelf, traveling in a suitcase from shop to show, or hanging in a shop to advertise a class. But ...
Don't throw away those tattered and torn denims just yet. Here's a great idea for creating a frame for a favorite photo. Print the photo on your favorite photo transfer product. I like to use Printed Treasures. Gather up your embellishments and plan your stitching. I like the ...
This year I've made a commitment to myself to pursue my creative side with gusto and to that end I'm keeping a calendar journal. I'm using digital scrap booking to assemble thoughts, bits and pieces of ephemera, photos, clip art, memories ... all kinds of stuff. You'll ...
I just couldn't resist this cute curvaceous pin up vintage gas station artwork to celebrate this day. Pumping my own gas is a whole new skill and (don't laugh) something that has been scarey to me. You see, in Oregon we're not allowed to pump our own ...
You may have heard via the grapevine that we have moved. Yes you heard correctly. We purchased a house in Lenox Dale MA in the Berkshire Mountains of Western Massachusetts and are currently selling our home in Oregon. To explain my long absence … how did this all come about?
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