Saying Goodbye, written 1 week ago, I am bracing myself for a 'Goodbye'.Pauline, Clytie and Francis are off to a new home.I did this piece a few years ago inspired by The Harris Museum, in Preston. I chose three characters I was very familiar with. I thought I'd tell you how I did it here. If you wa...

What I did this weekend..., written 13 hours ago, I spent the weekend putting the finishing touches on some new journals for the shop: I love that penguin one and the mittens are too much fun. I couldn't resist buying a sheet of that paper when I saw it....

Collaborations, written 3 days ago, Since I have moved all my studio to the Red Thread it has brought a lot of new opportunities to expand my creative work. I am an very independent and usually have trouble asking for help from or working with...

Nextfest, written 2 days ago, Every year Wired magazine sponsors a show of future technology called Nextfest. This year it is in Chicago at Millennium Park, what an awesome show! I would love to see so much this technology used now. This is the description from the website: WIRED NextFest is the pre...

Making Felted Balls, written 1 week ago, To make the ornaments shown in Quilting Arts Gifts, you need to make felted wool balls or you can buy pre-felted balls from the Artgirlz or Quilting Arts. I like to make felted balls myself because I can have fun playing with colors and shapes. How to make th...

Norge rundt - Arround Norway, written 5 days ago, In an interview with the Norwegian Television (NRK), Trond Einar Solberg Indsetviken explained the importance of watercolour as a serious medium of painting and as a form of art standing by itself.This form of art is what Trond Einar will be taking w...

Journal week 2, written 7 hours ago, Groan.  Where do the days fly to?   I finished last week's journal on Thursday but have only just got round to downloading the pics from my camera.  I went to Bristol on Saturday and saw a cool Gocco exhibition in the Here Gallery - called Even Dwarves Starte...

Weights, written 15 hours ago, The purse hook hardware did not arrive on Saturday as hoped. What a disappointment. The original source had one problem after another. I'm glad to have found an alternate supplier who can make good on her promises.By now, if you are on my email list, you have received ...

Autumn Reading, written 1 day ago, Loving the autumn leaves we're seeing here. But it's a brief season and then it's all downhill, weatherwise. What to do? Unfortunately, I have few options. I live here.Reading.I had found a bargain-priced copy of On Beauty by Zadie Smith on the bookstore remainder ...

Artist, quilter.

This Is..., written 3 weeks ago, Just a quick post to update you on what's happening around here. DH and I have been working off and on re-doing our deck. Since he works third shift, we have to work on it when he's got time and/or feels up to it. So I still have not really done much in the way of ge...

Phelps Phans, written 6 days ago, First - thanks for all the congratulations. I'm really thrilled to be in Quilt National and I appreciate everybody's thoughts. They send an awful lot of paperwork to be filled out, which I spent the weekend doing. Yesterday I shipped my piece to the Dairy Barn for t...

Banner Work, written 2 weeks ago, Those last 6 feet of the 17 foot banner are a killer. I decided to work on the top so that I could get my greatest worry out of the way...well sort of. The design isn't the issue for me. It's the structural stability. All that bottom weight has to hang from the top....

The Studio, Almost There, written 2 hours ago, Last weekend my husband, son-in-law, David, and Spider Man helped create the shelving unit.Then, during the week my husband came back and finished it up. This is a very primitive unit but is 24" deep and 16' long. They have been created to hold bin...

The history of everyday life including what people wore, quilts they made and how this compares to life today.

I'VE BEEN TAGGED!, written 14 hours ago, I've been tagged by Karma at Booty Baby Blog !The rules:1. Post the rules on your blog.2. Write 7 random things about yourself.3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post.4. Pass on the tag.Okay 7 Random things:1. I am the proud Mother of 5, one angel baby and 4 ...

Hand Dyed Fabrics, written 1 week ago, I am attempting to post a picture of one of my hand dyed fabrics that I dyed some time before. As you can see the color has held beautifully and you will never guess what it was dyed in.Yes, It was an organic substance, no it doesn't have an aroma to it, yes it...

Weekend Wool Gathering, written 10 hours ago,

Rust is like a Cat, written 12 hours ago, Update: Rusting fabric with pre-conceived designs does not work. Rust does its own thing..it runs, it moves, it takes, it doesn't take...it is like trying to work with a cat...it runs you and not the other way around. The rust, like the cat is in charge. My ...

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