Piney Woods Prints
Mazzaus at Local and Bespoke has gotten me interested in leaf prints. I figured that as long as I am throwing plants in glass jars daily to sample for dye properties, I might… Continue reading
Category Archive: Craft Projects
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All-Around Craftsman
I come from a long line of women who created every kind of textile imaginable, but my dad also taught me many things about self-sufficiency and craftsmanship. From my growing up years, I… Continue reading
Animal Friends Festival Quilt
This is my first foray into the Blogger’s Quilt Festival! It has been going on for five years at Amy’s Creative Side but I just found out about it on bekahdu handmade, where Bekah… Continue reading
It’s Not Too Late to Make Plans for Pillow Fight Day
I was sad to discover that I have already missed Worldwide Quilting Day and Holi, the Color Festival, this year. I looked on the web for a master list of textile-related celebrations so… Continue reading
Fused Fibers
It’s Materials Madness March – a month where I am going to just play around with different materials, without having to complete any useful items. Back in 2002, I read an article in… Continue reading
Ribbon and Lace Angels
I have always been the family’s go-to recipient for things they no longer wanted, but deemed too good to throw out. As a result, I have bags of sewing notions and boxes of… Continue reading
Trinket Treasures
I don’t like it when stores start putting up Christmas decorations before Thanksgiving. But if you intend to give handmade gifts for Christmas, you have to start early, so I am going to… Continue reading
3-D Wall Quilt
I saw some free-standing quilt blocks in Jean Wells’ book Intuitive Color and Design: Adventures in Art Quilting. They were sort of a cross between a quilt block and a sculpture, using miniature… Continue reading