[image: halfway mark]
Reached the halfway mark, although my house has never been so clean, have
never been taken so many nice photos, my Flickr never so or...
We have both beel full of cold for the past couple of weeks but I have
managed to get some work done in the studio.
I finished off the two parasol blocks ...
As you may have gathered I have been "resting" lately. Unfortunately the "rest" is not over yet.However I have been reading and doing a little playing. I h...
I'm so glad you will join me for this project as it goes along this week!
Andy is also the funniest kid in the family. A typical Andy move...
For his gradua...
I had an exciting e-mail this morning ot tell me that the first edition of
the Hand Embroidery Network magazine NEEDLE is now on line. I have only had
tim...
Temperatures are dropping and that can mean only one thing: the return of
the "Amish Miracle Heater". The device got worked-over pretty well in the
press l...
No…make that a double-double drawing! Several years ago, Susan Brubaker
Knapp (website here) and I met online through the QuiltArt list and became
interne...
(Above: In Box LVIII, detail. Click on image to enlarge.)
I found another article about Blues Chapel. This one appears in the Denton
Record Chronicle. The...
The server my new blog lives on was to undergo an upgrade last night.
Unfortunately, the server is still down, and my new site is inaccessible at
the mom...
to know that you can be perfectly fine one minute and within the hour be
sicker than a dog. I honestly can not say I am sick, I just feel yucky. For
certai...
With Trees being an important icon for many folks this time of year, we have
come up with a couple of variations to add to your creative collection.
Vari...
...For Inspire Me Thursday's handmade holidays theme... ...On The Second Day
Of Christmas... Or should I say, the second day of my in-studio vacation
(see ...
but not exactly what I expected. I'm spending today in the gallery, and now
that I've got the exhibit how I want it, complete with labels, I'm working
on....
This is Maureen's step-by-step round robin block. Lovely warm, rich colors.
I did the fourth step, adding the 'items'.
I added 7, so called, items. The tatt...
I'm in XMas mood. the weekend was perfect for that: 3 days at home, the
weather from not that bad to completely insane.
I had seen this tutorial in Quilting...
On our walk yesterday I was interested in the shapes on the trunk of this
Moreton Bay fig that is planted along the Bike track in Victor, then the new
s...
Last Sunday was the 4th Annual Bikes on the Bay in Capitola. It was a small
but awesome vintage motorcycle show in the parking lot of the Capitola Mall.
I ...
It’s strange how events sometimes happen. There is a peaceful, secluded spot
not too far from where we live that Ian and Guzzisue have been intending to
vi...
The challenge for this month was “What do you call yourself and why?” and I
sort of cheated by using the label ‘Contemporary Quilter’. I say cheated
becaus...
Not having planned on blogging for a while, I had such a great day on
Saturday, visiting the largest ever exhibition of Henry Moore sculptures at
Kew Gard...
Only 23 Days Unit Christmas (in case you didn't know!) Thanksgiving is over
and now it's time to move on. As we do every Thanksgiving, the Recca family
ge...
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My own personal Santa has been busy wrapping gifts to be sent out for the
kids.[image: 002] This little tree is an antique that my grandmo...
The flower was a gift from a dear friend and now I am thinking to use it for
this piece that I made on the embellisher
what do you think shall I do so ???...
The end of the school year is nearly upon us. We have a full two weeks holiday before Christmas Day. That gives me a full two weeks to find my Christmas mojo...
The postman brought me a lovely surprise first thing in the morning. A
postcard from Carol T. I had completely forgotten she owed me one from a
swap on Al...
I am back from Sydney - a good 2 days at the Texstyle conference. I stayed
in Surry hIlls and on Sunday after it was all finished I spent a few hours
wan...
These are some pieces that I made about a month ago, but have been so behind
in blogging....
These were done a little differently than my process before. I...
It has been an extremly busy autumn over here and I have hardly been able to
get any stitching done at all. Here is a piece I started in September when I ...
Do you want to know how to go from this...
To this?
Then check out the latest edition of
Workshop on the Web
Not only lots of fabulous articles from some ...
I believe mermaids are related to dolphins and whales. They do not have
scales, but thick skin. If you look closely, this mermaid is working hard to
get o...
Here are the goodies I was talking about. Calendars, notebooks and mugs. The
calendars have a different quilt for each month. I tried to get in lots of
m...
In this blog I try to be honest and tell you the whole story, but I haven't
said too much about my *profligate* past. I have done a few things in my
you...
Sorry for the long absence from blogging - I was working on this piece and
didn't want to post until it was nearly finished. It is just sitting on top
of ...
Visiting Asheville has been a blast. The cold weather has meant that I can be outside and there's plenty do do here. We drove here Wednesday afternoon/evenin...
For a change of pace, this is a purse I just finished. One of the first jobs
I had in fiber was making people's needlepoint into a useable object. There
wa...
First, a quilt top. This will go to Project Linus, and is another scrappy
quilt. I was amazed to see how far my modest pile of geese went. Only the
sashi...
I whipped up a cover for my baby hot water bottle with some leftover Noro
yarn. The little devil is in there for life, there is no means of escape.
I'm tem...
I have been felting again and it is such fun when it all goes right, this
was supposed to be a shrug but it shrunk too much so I will see if my Ma
would w...
Å få en toåring til å sitte i ro for noen bilder er litt av ei utfordring.
Særlig når man helst vil ha bildene uten blits, og maur i rompa-modellen må
sitt...
Hi all just a quick note to let you know that the blog move is now complete
so please come and visit my new blog at Pin Tangle. I will be closing off
comme...
Well, that was a bit of a longer break than I intended! Who knew having
builders in your house could suck out the creative spirit in a girl to such
an exte...
The next scarf is on it's way. The beading on this is tiny and I've had to
put an extra light on (more for threading the very fine needle than anything
els...
Here is a blog post from Colorado, where I am currently visiting. I am here
to show my art at the beautiful Framed Image. The artist's reception is
this ...
Sometimes a garden's greatest solace lies in the place it holds in our
memory. At other times, the value of a garden resides not in our thoughts
about the ...
I promise this is not a recycled photo of the quilt I made for the Four
Seasons Christmas swap - this is actually the second top (the blocks for
which we...
We have a friend who raises horses and loves to teach kids to ride. She was
getting a horse tail cut for a friend of mine to use in an art project so
To...
I'm in a pre-market panic now... So many things I want to get made and only
a very limited number of hours left. Tonight I'm working on a bunch of zip
purs...
Eating toast and sipping on hot tea, trying to connect to my day...
I have been busy over the last few weeks tiding up the loose end and
completing a few ar...
* K* is for *K*alogria beach, also called Zorba's beach.
In 1917 Nikos *K*azantzakis came to the village Stoupa which is situated 38
km southeast of *K*alam...
"End of the Season" has been hanging in my art room for a few months now and
I had really begun to like it again. It was a piece that I completed for the
T...
It's been a while and I'd like to plead pressure of work but, actually, I've
been out and about doing pre-Christmas things. We spent a night in Windsor
on ...
These "rooms" from last week were on the bisque-fired shelf near the door
when I arrived at ceramics class - one of today's jobs would be to glaze
them -
H...
I am moving my art blog over to Wordpress - I prefer the format there as I
can accommodate the different media on separate pages whilst staying within
the ...
Note to self, never, ever publish your New Year's resolutions ... bad juju.
Hi folks, I'm still alive - still recovering from the transplant, I've had a
fe...
Just to let you know I have changed my settings for comments and they should
now come up in full page view. I was reading on someone's blog that there
have...
It would appear I *may* have succumbed to the dreaded pig flu. For much of
the past week, myself and my Minx have spent our days sofa bound, coughing,
achi...
I had hopes of sorting through my hand dyed fabrics and putting them into 1
kg lots of mixed colours and selling them ( 1 kg of fabric is about 3.5
metre...
A few weeks ago, my blog friend Tia invited me to join an art swap. It works
like a chain letter where I send a piece of art to the person who invited
Tia ...
I have decided to make a new blog...............You can link HERE!
That way this one will still be seen by people who only come to visit
occasionally and p...
Here is the new one in the new style, its 80 x 71" I like it and might do a
few more, we will see.
I need to dye a few more colors for my next big piece,...
This poor blog has really been left by the wayside in the midst of the
pregnancy and move back to Australia. I do hope to come back to this blog at
some po...
Our club has been working on a display for the library where we meet as a
thank you for allowing us to use one of their rooms for our meetings. All
the do...
Kjenner du kakelukten slå i mot når du åpner "luken" i dag? Jeg kan ikke
bare skrive om motorsykkelturer og norsk natur så jeg har vært i
Pepperkakebyen og...
I completed another felted and machine embroidered coaster/trivet set. This
one has flowers as it's theme. I thread sketched these with a multicolor
vari...
Just to let you know I have officially packed my bags up and moved. The
lovely Vicky has made my new place feel like home putting pretty pictures
and wallp...
*Creative Surfaces*
*‘Simply Salt’
*
‘Simply Salt’ is the first in a series of ‘Creative Surfaces’ workshops from
Fibre in-Form allowing you to pick and...
It’s a new month already and time for a new topic for Quilt Studio Workshop.
This month let’s talk about storage and organization. How do you store your
...
We went back to the Book Festival again this year - we were organised too -
took lunch, water and remembered our rain jackets (we needed them!). We were
ex...
A very quick post today. I know lots of people are interested in trying
Friendly Plastic Pellets, but they are anxious about plunging in and
spending a who...
by guest blogger (and superfantastic person!) Lydia Netzer click here to
see the post in its original context Thank you to the following
homeschool-friend...
I've been meaning to post a link to this for some time -- MoreCloth.com is a
very cool site with a color portal that allows you to find fabrics on Etsy
or ...
Squares cut out to quilt with.
I asked my dear daughter what she would like for christmas and the reply was
"Something to make my room look nice"
Now this i...
Slight change of plan for the work today - instead of joining the bodice to its lining I have decided I need some more home made cord. So I have wound these...
San Francisco is reknown as the home of pink pride - a strong and vibrant
gay community. On our first day in San Francisco, the Laundry King and I
walked f...
This week we got our Internet connection ,finally. There were some hiccups
after the first day but they seem to have settled down (for now,at least).I
spen...
One of the things I'm doing in my new work is exploring the process of
abstraction. I am often disappointed by my literal interpretation of an
image and ha...
...i spent the day surrounding this bunch of little squares (324 5/8" squares to be exact) with more cloth. because i am also thinking about squares as frame...
Over the weekend I worked on two new projects. One is done, the first one
shown. Both of these pieces are themes which I seem to do over and over. I
guess ...
Last month I received some very happy news from one of my girlfriends. Her
first baby, Milo, was born and this week I’m going to see him. Yay! So,
followin...
You have 2 days to get along to this exhibition before it closes. The last
day is Wednesday Dec 2nd.click here to find out more .
These are some of my le...
As I mentioned I am part way through a five week evening class on Paper and
Mixed Media Surfaces. The tutor is Louise Baldwin whose work I have admired
f...
This summer we moved to the country and according to the song there should
be ‘Millions of peaches, peaches for me..’ Maybe you have to be outside the
M25 ...
August TIF Block
Originally uploaded by lasassone
I have finally gotten my stitching groove back I think! I got waylaid back
on the August block with it's...
Beanie, bootees and mittens
Originally uploaded by Maureen1
Knitted for charity, premie to newborn size. I used op shop yarn here and
have a large bag of t...
Made this bag for someone who didn't pay up, so is up for grabs... £25 has
adjustable straps. eave a comment if you want it and I will arrange paypal
etc. ...
There is a great givaway on The Stamp Man blog, these gorgeous stamps, go
and put your name down, you never know you could be lucky.
Arrived home from sh...
Last week we spent a few days with my Mum, and enjoyed visiting her new
local supermarket. It is not one of the national chains, but a small
London-based...
My life is going to change considerably over the next few weeks. I am about
to start a full time job and having not worked full time for - oh about 20
year...
I've joined the 2008 bead journal project. I have September's project almost
finished. We are on our own as to size along with how much beading we want ...
I seem to have found my voice again-this post is a bit picture heavy too,
for which my apologies. I have finally finished the fourth lichen piece,
stretchi...
Here is the front and back of the quard I just made for my Aunt Lucy in
Albuquerque. It was her 83rd birthday so I made this to send from my Mom and
me....
We left Vancouver in sunshine ...with layers of clouds.The trip was mostly
cloud with some peaks showing. As we neared Edmonton, the land flattened
out. Th...
I was recently contacted by someone who requested some custom dyed cotton.
She was smitten by some fabric she saw on my Etsy site, and needed yards
more f...
Both the year as well as the alphabet are getting to the end. Today it is
time for the V. I decided to go for velvet which I embossed, but I must
admit tha...
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I was not quite sure just what I would think of this book when I f...