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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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