The special edition Studios issue of Cloth Paper Scissors should be on the newstand April 1. It includes my project instructions for a 12-pocket colored pencil roll. I know the pre-orders hit mailboxes this week because I’ve already received some very lovely e-mails. Thank you! A HUGE thanks to Kelly of Whatever is Lovely and…
I’m TOTALLY inspired each time I visit the Crafty Friends of Pink Chalk Studio Flickr group. I pull up each new image. Pore over how you’ve interpreted the pattern. Make a note to self to stamp names on twill tape for pencil roll gifts for small friends. Smile back at the joyful faces in the…
My first official blog post appeared March 10, 2006 right here on this very web address. Wow. 2 years later I feel like I’ve connected with that little creative voice that lives inside. I sometimes have to listen particularly hard. The noise of kids, husband, and house all competing for their share of me. I’m…
Switchplates were the March 2008 theme for my Out of the Box creativity challenge. I took some in progress photos but not a full-blown tutorial. I even forgot to take a stylized photo of the one I traded that night, very unlike me! Fortunately making these are extremely addictive so I had plenty more for…
Thank goodness. Do you ever volunteer to help out with something and end up completely, totally underestimating the time it will take? The artwork and image transfer to fabric via Bubble Jet Set was all handled by the 2nd grade class moms. Marybeth O’Halloran of White Lotus Quilting did the exquisite long arm quilting, each…
I received this thank you card in the mail today. My creativity group exchanged the projects we made for our March challenge. My recipient told me how much she enjoyed receiving mine and where she was using it in her home. LOVE the thread tails. I adore this lovely post by Jeanne Williamson. I think…
A friend of mine traveled with her sister to China last month to bring home her newly adopted niece. I had the wonderful opportunity of running into them all on the street and meeting Xin, a beautiful almost two year old with a huge smile. I immediately started scheming on this quilt for her. It’s…
As I passed by Pam Clarke’s booth the TV with a video playing of her machine quilting technique caught my eye. It was demonstrating this lowercase L design. Now, my first thought was “I don’t really need a book telling me how to machine quilt an L” but it peaked my interest so I stopped…
Sew Expo always features a large number of independent pattern designers. Companies that are writing patterns for home sewers that focus on a good fit. When I was 20 I could buy any pattern, cut it out, sew it up and it would fit perfectly. I was also called chicken legs and skin and bones…
Yippeeee! March is my month for the Virtual Quilting Bee. New (the polka dots) and old were cut up and mailed off to each member of the group. I’ve requested a log cabin block or variation there of, ala Gee’s Bend and Nancy Crow. Can’t wait to see what these creative bees come up with!…
