Color on Quilts
As I go through quilting magazines, I see lots of ideas I want to try. I get as far as pulling out the inspiring articles and filing them in one of my numerous… Continue reading
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One More Thing in the Garden
This is another good thing that turned up in the garden. You may know that I have a small flock – three sheep and a goat, all of which were given to me. … Continue reading
The Best Things in the Garden
My vegetable garden is pretty overgrown, and it’s too hot to cook anything anyway. The best garden investment I made was a 99 cent package of zinnia seeds. Every day lots of bees… Continue reading
A Little Cowboy Quilt
My husband is off for a scuba weekend with one of our sons-in-law, so I have parked myself in the sewing room, trying to finish projects. Way back in January, I made a… Continue reading
Big and Bright Stitches
I’m still stitching along on the vintage quilt top. My aim is to do each block a little differently than the others. I just marvel at the way this quilter put dots, florals,… Continue reading
If I Made the Movies
One of the things that gets me through the blazing heat of August is Turner Classic Movies and their Summer Under the Stars. I love to sit in a cool room with some… Continue reading
A Plethora of Leisurely Projects
I have been having a great summer with a lot of enjoyable projects – I make a little progress on three or four of them each day. I’m not getting a whole lot… Continue reading
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
Reframing “Artistic Voice”
I have no problem making stuff. My starting point might be a design I see, a new technique, the materials themselves, or a need I hear about. Random inputs and ideas float through… Continue reading
More Beautiful Yellows
Here are the latest results from my dye jars* – Jenny Dean mentions hawthorn in her book Wild Color. She recommends using the flowers or berries, and says the leaves and twigs will… Continue reading