It’s been a crazy busy month with little time or energy for creating art. However, Spring has sprung and I am starting a new fabric book.
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Spring and New Fabric Book
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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March Challenges
I’m not real good at long challenges. But this year I thought I’d see if I could awaken my art muse with this first one. This is a 100-day Creative Challenge with NanetteSewz.com. I took an online class, “Photo to Applique,” from Nanette awhile back. Here is my post about her class and my project.…
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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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Thrift Store Shopping in Maui
Another activity we do every time we travel is check out a couple thrift stores. This trip I shopped three. These are all in Kihei.
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Artists in Hawaii
We just returned from Maui where we met some artists. When we travel we always like to check out art and if we’re lucky we get to meet them.
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Here are my top five watched videos on my YouTube channel.
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Readers Favorite Posts 2024
I love looking back to see what were the most favorite posts with readers over this past year. Here are the top six from 2024. Links to the posts are in the titles.
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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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