Month: August 2011

  • Quiet get away

    Quiet get away

    We just got back from a quiet little get away in the RV my dad blessed us with several years ago. It’s so nice to just pack it up and drive to the nearest state park. We nestle in and watch lots of movies. Each day we come up for air long enough to go…

  • More from Bernina Main Street

    More from Bernina Main Street

    I’m thrilled that a couple more people from yesterday’s class sent me pictures of their portraits after they got home, so I wanted to share them with you. The first one is Brenda’s. Because there were two portraits, she couldn’t finish it in class, but she went home and continued working on it. Didn’t it…

  • Bernina Main Street Workshop

    Bernina Main Street Workshop

    We had another great “Making Faces” workshop today, organized by Lisa of Bernina Main Street. There was lots of cheerful chatting and laughter, so I think everyone had fun. We had a very large class — 23 in all! I was SO thankful for DD#2. She’s a natural people-person, friendly, helpful, plus she has an…

  • What’s wrong with this picture?

    What’s wrong with this picture?

    There’s something really wrong here… These are the fabrics for my quilt guild’s 2011 challenge. Where’s the blue??? Actually, I like participating in quilt challenges because it forces me to move outside my comfort zone. For this challenge we each received a fat quarter of gold Kona cotton and a fat eighth of gold lamé.…

  • Westerville Quilt Guild

    Westerville Quilt Guild

    Last night my sweet hubby chauffeured me to Columbus so I could speak at the Westerville Quilt Guild. We had a fun mini road trip, a nice dinner, and then a great time meeting this bunch of friendly quilters. Earlier in the day, I bundled up all of my quilts that are currently living at…

  • Curtains?

    Curtains?

    My nose is buried in preparations for a “Making Faces” workshop I’ll be teaching next Saturday in Dayton, but still I dutifully prewashed the fabric I bought at Ikea on Wednesday. After it was washed and dried, I tossed in on the couch that sits in front of our living room window. Light bulb moment!…

  • Making use of available space

    Making use of available space

    Three friends and I went on an Ikea adventure today. Our limitation was we had to be in and out in less than two hours. Not as easy as it sounds! I was looking for the Bygel containers to hook over the edge of the mini wall on my work table, but they were no…

  • Cosmic Jewels quilt top is complete!

    Cosmic Jewels quilt top is complete!

    I finished piecing together the blocks for the Cosmic Jewels quilt. (Its new name is “Sapphire Star.”) I did end up changing that one fabric that was bothering me along the right hand side. I decided to leave everything else as originally designed. Next I’ll start digging around for some batting to use up. Since…

  • Give away: winner of Cosmic Jewels pattern

    Give away: winner of Cosmic Jewels pattern

    I pinned my work in progress to my “design wall” which is actually just a piece of styrofoam covered with black fabric. I mostly use it when I take photos of my quilts, so it is not permanently mounted anywhere. That way I can move it around to wherever the light is best. Anyway, Saturday…

  • Playful portraits

    Playful portraits

    I’ve been toying with the idea of developing a new workshop for making playful portraits. I wanted work more improvisationally and using lots of bright, fun fabrics. I also wanted it to be minimal effort and require minimal supplies. On this little 10″ square portrait I didn’t even use fusible webbing. Instead, I just started…