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A Christmas Jumpstart
While visiting my parents in Oregon for my dad’s 70th birthday, I found some snap jewelry findings and some bone skulls to make jewelry for my nieces and daughter for Christmas. One of my nieces likes skulls, as you can … Continue reading
Upcycled Leather Laptop Case
I have to take my laptop out of the house next week and wanted to have a cushioned bag to put it in. I have been mulling ideas for a year since I got the laptop and just couldn’t … Continue reading
Snow Dyeing
I was so busy in December that I didn’t have time to do any snow dyeing. I was not going to let that happen again in January! So I scooped up the little bit of snow we had one day … Continue reading
Mary Ann Van Soest’s Studio Tour
I had a lovely day at Mary Ann Van Soest’s Quilt Studio. She has a large space in the home she and her husband built on their large, beautiful property in northern rural Indiana. She was such a gracious host! … Continue reading
Photo Labels Printed on Fabric
The Quilters Guild of Indianapolis asked me to do a demo of my photo quilt labels a few months back and as it turned out, I was awaiting the next issue of Quilting Arts Magazine with a label published in … Continue reading
Iron Powder
I use iron powder to control rusting where I want it. I use it with thermofax printing, masking, stenciling, resist printing, etc. The Quilting Arts article did not have the specific iron that I use, so I wanted to give … Continue reading
Villa Pisani
I hope you will indulge me in a little memory lane. My personal and professional blogs were wiped out a couple of years ago and almost all of the content was lost. I just found that I had copied the … Continue reading
Rusty Gold
I have been working on surface design with rust for a few years, but have stepped up my interest over the last year. I was wanting to come up with ways to mimic specific patterns and hit a road block. … Continue reading
Quilting Arts Magazine
I adore Quilting Arts Magazine and from the day that I found them, several years ago I found my home for art quilting. I cancelled all other subscriptions. I love the beautiful quilt art in the magazine and that they … Continue reading
Leaded Glass Window
A lifelong friend asked to commission a stained glass window for her historic home addition to fill the window in her bathroom that would no longer be an outside window. I was touched by her faith in my abilities, but … Continue reading