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day of the dead quilt 26 Aug 2013 | 07:26 pm
Please pardon the lapse in regular postings while I get two kids ready for new schools (middle and high school, people!) in just a matter of days. We are back to school shopping, cleaning out closets,...
day of the dead quilt 12 Aug 2013 | 05:25 pm
And just like that, I started thinking about Halloween! What random creative tangents are you guys off on today?
i meant to clean the studio... 9 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
...but once I decided that my desk/sewing table would not be clean clean until I made a proper cover for my sewing machine... Well... no real cleaning was going to happen till then. Tell me you know w...
just a plain ol' summer tuesday 6 Aug 2013 | 05:45 pm
We made messes all day. Just the way we wanted to.
make a crocheted necklace 5 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
After a busy week of deadlines, topped off with replacing a laptop after mine died (the night before one of those big deadlines), I had a nice relaxing morning yesterday, crocheting these sweet ...
cocktails on the beach quilt 31 Jul 2013 | 05:22 pm
Fresh from the dryer. This quilt was a long time coming. Inspired by the peak season weekly cocktail meet ups on little Useppa Island, where we spend our Spring Break vacations. Actually, I've only a...
make an inspiration wall 29 Jul 2013 | 06:59 pm
Having some sort of pretty, inspirational area in my workspace has always been important to me. I tend to work rather chaotically, with huge messes, and I've come to accept that (I'll never work neatl...
fabric glorious fabric 25 Jul 2013 | 05:15 pm
I don't usually buy a lot of new fabric lines. Mostly I buy my fabric via clothes, curtains, etc from the thrift store. But once in a while I get inspired to buy some new prints. There are some really...
rope basket 23 Jul 2013 | 05:30 pm
When Erin posted the rope basket she sewed, I loved it! But I had some questions. Was it as easy as she claimed? Does sewing the rope tough for the machine? Yes and no, she assured me, and I had soon ...
make something with your kids 22 Jul 2013 | 05:30 pm
There were summer days when making crafty projects with my kids saved my sanity when they were younger. In honor of summer and missing my kids this week (they are both away at camp and having a ball),...