In case you hadn’t noticed, I’ve been on a mission around here to get things done. Projects I’ve pushed off for months, or years, but who’s really tracking the actual number of days? All the half-finished projects that lurk on my shelves and sit unflinching on edges of tables. Lists of thank you gifts to…
Created using Lynn of Molly Chicken’s original pattern and tutorial. Leil is sleeping over at her best friend’s house tonight. Blue is for the birthday girl, Pink for the birthday girl’s little sister, and Yellow for Leil. There are so many things I want to say about Lynn and this pattern. A simple design packed…
You’d think something simple like a 7″ x 7″ zippered pouch would be an easy code to crack. Not in my sewing room. I obsess over making the thing square. Perfecting those teeny, tiny areas opposite the zipper stop and the zipper pull. I employ a rather convoluted approach to sewing the exterior layer separate…
“warm, warm, warm, hot… hot! oh… really cold”. Gosh this was fun. Good ol’ giggle fun. Like take a guess, be lucky sort of fun. I had some great laughs (who can’t use those) and a lot of great ideas! Maybe my back to school projects aren’t finished yet. Well, no one guessed correctly, which…
A little photo tutorial on how to bury serger threads. This is a quick trick I learned in a ‘How to Use Your Serger’ class I took at Esther’s. It was taught by my friend Johanna Branley. The best money I’ve EVER spent on a class. Johanna has the most amazing talent of being able…
8 random things. OK, I just couldn’t edit anymore, so 10. Thanks Amy! I talk to myself constantly. All good, but to myself none-the-less. I was awarded a gold medal for Home Economics my Junior year in High School. In addition to the actual medal, hung on a red, white and blue ribbon, I received…
I received this stunning piece of art from Lisa Leonard on Tuesday. I’ve worn it non-stop. Each time the Quilting Arts challenge was determined to kick my booty I looked down, smiled, and kept beading. I like single words. I can appreciate sayings. Like whole sentence types of stuff. But I REALLY like the one…
I’m frantically working on the final embellishment for the vacation postcards. Deadline…is…looming… and I’m determined to make it. A personal challenge thing. I wanted to pop in and share some things I’m doing this go around. I’m not an experienced beader. I enjoy it but have not formally learned how to do it on fiber….
Something new I’m trying around here: spending at least one day of the weekend doing a project around my house. The kitchen curtains kicked off the idea. In the last month I’ve painted the powder room, installed light fixtures in the girls bedrooms, and hung curtains in our bedroom. The light fixture boxes had mailing…
Just let me know if you can’t take looking at one…more…Note Taker. I’ve decided they’re like textile comfort food. Same with pencil rolls. Making something again and again that I’m intimately familiar with. Knowing exactly how it’s going to turn out, each and every time. Alternating these projects with endless iteration on new designs is…
