Category: Other projects

  • Bethany Bits

    Bethany Bits

    More procrastination. I’ve been ignoring deadlines, both real and self-imposed. Instead, I’ve been following rabbit trails. While looking for some gelatin prints that I did in college, I came across a stack of fabric from some of my printmaking classes. Some of it was leftovers of the fabrics that were printed to make my 2006…

  • Busy and productive, but not necessarily quilting

    Busy and productive, but not necessarily quilting

    Ever heard the phrase, “Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be broken”? I’ve always thought it was coined by Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa. Well, no matter who first said it, I’ve been putting it into practice these last two weeks. Pretty much every day since my last post…

  • Iridescent blue sandals

    Iridescent blue sandals

    I’m so tired of my boring brown Birkenstocks. I bought them in 2007, so I was ready for something new, but these are still in pretty good condition and I wasn’t too fond of the blue ones that are currently available. (Yes, of course they need to be blue!) I remember reading somewhere that Shiva…

  • Watercolor class 4

    Watercolor class 4

    Yesterday I had my fourth watercolor class. I was running late about 15 minutes late. I sketched out a quick portrait of DD#1 as soon as I got there, and ended up doing this in about an hour and a half. Watercolor definitely doesn’t behave like other paints I’ve used! They just don’t stay put.…

  • Favorite tools: I love my library

    Favorite tools: I love my library

    This is what I’ve been doing yesterday and today. The books stacked up while I was feverishly working on “Windblown.” I realized I desperately needed to glean and weed when I went to the library yesterday to pick up more books and the self-serve check out computer said I had already reached my limit for…

  • Cover art for “Fallen Stars”

    Cover art for “Fallen Stars”

    I spent most of this week helping my sweet hubby finish up the final details on a book he’s been writing. The book is loosely based on a Bible verse that says, “Do you not know that you will judge angels?” It is a fantasy adventure story about angels and how a third of them…

  • Super Bowl crafts

    Super Bowl crafts

    We always get together with a big group of friends to watch the Super Bowl. Some of us aren’t so interested in football, so we bring crafts to work on between commercials. I started this “Alpha Buddies” baby quilt last August. A couple weeks ago, I figured I had better finish up the quilt pretty…

  • Round two of snow dyeing

    Round two of snow dyeing

    Here’s Round Two of my snow dyeing experiments. I’m glad I did it. I confirmed that I will probably never love dyeing. It’s a lot of work for something so unpredictable. I had one tub of fabrics that I poured brown over and then added additional colors on top of that. For some reason, none…

  • Snow dye results

    Snow dye results

    I washed out my snow dye experiments from yesterday. I think I really like certain passages in some of them, but can’t say I’m overwhelmed with excitement. I know I am a novice at dyeing and I’m sure that greatly contributes. I had two larger pieces of fabric that I was hoping to dye a…

  • Snow dyeing and gradations

    Snow dyeing and gradations

    I actually did something today! The snow was about 6″ deep, so I thought I should jump in with both feet and do some snow dyeing. Everybody else is doing it, right? I haven’t done any real dyeing since about 1998. (DD#2 and I did some simple dye jobs for her wedding, but that hardly…