Since my last post, I’ve pretty much changed my mind about almost everything!! Before I get into that, here are a couple embellishments I made for the pages. These irises I’ve made before and you can find my tutorial here. They will go on my spread about planting the iris beds. I also made some…
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One thing I have wanted to do since sewing those master bathroom curtains is to sew curtains for the small bath and my studio. I also wanted to dye a piece of white fabric that was given to me. It has a pattern and I was hoping the dye would bring out the design. The…
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Unfortunately, not much art going on the last several weeks. I did pick up this skirt at a consignment shop. I’ve cut the lining out and now I have this beautiful fabric to work with. Not sure what I’m going to do with it, but it’s so pretty!
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I’ve been watching several videos on YouTube about Swedish Death Cleaning. I guess with the passing of my sis I’ve been thinking a lot about all of the stuff I have that I never use. I feel it’s time to either use it or let someone else enjoy it. So I was looking at fabric…
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The last time I sewed potholders was back in 2018, and they are now in pretty bad shape. It was time to make some new ones. They also make quick and easy gifts.
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I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for gift ideas; things I can make that won’t take a lot of time but would hopefully be welcomed. I thought I’d share today a few of my favorite gift ideas and tutorials.
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Last December I read a post on Mel Beach’s blog about the I found a Quilted Heart Project and her November heART challenge. Check out her post here. In that post she has links to her set up and the four weeks. First of all, this was all about using stuff she already have in…
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I mentioned in the last post that I took a zoom class last Saturday taught by Judy Gelzinis Donovan called Creating New Cloth From Old Lace. The class was held at the online Mancuso quilt festival. If you are at all interested in this technique, she’ll be teaching another Zoom class next month. The information…
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In my quest to use my scraps, I decided to make a snippet roll. This is not a new idea. In fact, the very first article I found about them was written in 2011. I’ve been seeing them a lot in the past year or so, but just didn’t take the time to make one.…
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