AI and Applique

Good Morning! I wanted a sunflower applique I could use to make a small art project. I found some clipart, but I wanted something a bit more whimsical. Why not ask AI to find me one? I went to Chatgpt and asked, Do you have a sunflower pattern that is organic with pieces I can…

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Another Easy Tote

I stopped by a local thrift shop looking for specific household linens to make bags and a top for me. Here is what I found at the one shop. All these goodies for $12. The bright yellow, red, black, brown and blue is a heavy canvas shower curtain. I fell in love with it immediately.…

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Ornament Exchange 2024

Happy Holidays! Every year instead of exchanging presents Dave and I make each other an ornament. We create it in secret and then reveal it on Christmas morning. Dave gets up earlier than I do, so he’ll put his ornament on the tree, and when I get up we go to the tree. I have…

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Fast Christmas Gift – Lip Balm Holder

Every year I look for something I can make for the girls’ group I belong to. We’ve all worked together years ago and have been meeting once a month for a meal for a long time. It started out as an evening meal, but now since we’re all retired we meet for lunch.

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Telling stories with fabric

As I mentioned recently I was giving a Zoom talk on Cloth Stories. It took place this past Thursday and it was so much fun. If you’d like to watch the recording, you can find it here.

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Incline Ice Dyeing

I’m back to show you Dharma Trading’s second three ice dyeing dyes incline ice dyed. The dyes are Dragon Heart, Intersteller, and Wild Thing.

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