My inspiration for this quarterly theme was a color study book from 1821, Werner’s Nomenclature of Colours by Patrick Syme. It is my favorite color book because the author matched each color to… Continue reading
I am so happy to join this group! I have been wanting to get something finished for the monthly Scrap Happy Day on the 15th, and I finally made it. I bought big… Continue reading
Last summer we took charge of the family archives, about 12 big cartons full of loose papers and photos. The last few days, I have been working steadily to digitize the family letters… Continue reading
Number 5: The sound of a well-tuned sewing machine, stitching steadily as a train clacking over tracks. Number 4: The scent of Magic Sizing steaming up from under a hot iron. Number 3: … Continue reading
Tropical Storm Harvey is still kicking in my area of Southeast Texas. We have had four days of steady rain, over 20 inches, where I live, but otherwise everything is fine here. Once… Continue reading
Last week we got to visit Fort Smith and Bentonville, Arkansas. The plan was to drive straight to Bentonville to meet a relics dealer and hand off a collection of my husband’s grandfather… Continue reading
When my sister saw this one on the design wall, she said, “Whew, that’s bright!” Well, I live surrounded by a wall of green on all four sides of our property, and I… Continue reading
The first time I heard the word pixilated was long before digital imaging. In the early 1980s, we often spent weekends with some friends on an Arkansas farm. A few times we played… Continue reading
It all started when I saw a post on 16-patch blocks. Sarah of Confessions of a Fabric Addict had a lovely, thorough tutorial on many ways to piece 16-patches, but the part that… Continue reading
The Austin Zoo is not your typical city zoo. Its animals are mostly rescues and retirees — acquired from people who discovered that their exotic pets were too much to handle, from research… Continue reading
