Category: Blue things

  • “New” blue shoes

    “New” blue shoes

    I guess all the creativity has been sucked out of me (temporarily, of course). This week, the most that I could muster was to paint my old, worn shoes a pretty shade of blue. I’ve been wanting to do it for a while. When they were new, they were a reasonable light blue, but recently…

  • New blue things

    New blue things

    To get myself in the tea party spirit, I treated myself to a new blue-and-white tea mug. Since I’m going to be inundated by burgundy and lavender for the next six months, I thought I should prepare myself first by getting one more blue thing. It’s been nice sipping hot tea in my cold studio…

  • Sapphire Star – complete!

    Sapphire Star – complete!

    Sapphire Star is now complete! I decided that waiting another six months to finish just wasn’t going to work for me. I wanted it done! But, last night we had movie night at our church. What’s a girl to do? I quickly trimmed the quilt, cut some binding, and sewed it on by machine. All…

  • Exile and giveaway

    Exile and giveaway

    Exile. How sweet the word! Sweet hubby and I decided to exile ourselves this week. Away we flew in Dad’s RV, away to a nearby, not-to-be-disclosed location, away from phones, away from email, away from the rest of the world. We got to our destination, plugged in, and hunkered down. Yes, there was snow on…

  • Improvised marking

    Improvised marking

    Today was Craft Day at our little church. It’s a really nice time where the ladies can all gather together for food and fellowship. We each bring whatever craft we like and sit and work and chat. Ahhh…relax! I grabbed the Sapphire Star quilt I’ve been hand quilting. It’s been sitting for several months and…

  • Life happens

    Life happens

    Last week was one of those “life happens” week. It would be untrue to say that I quilt full-time. No, there are many other responsibilities that crowd in and take precedence. Those things may very well be enjoyable to me, and I certainly wouldn’t want to eliminate them, but they still keep me out of…

  • Product Review:  Baggallini

    Product Review: Baggallini

    I don’t think I’ve mentioned how much I’m loving my iPad birthday present. My sweet hubby did good! The only question was how to carry it when I travel. I generally don’t carry a purse. If I can’t fit it in the pocket of my jeans, either I don’t need it or I ask sweet…

  • I’ve been keeping a secret

    I’ve been keeping a secret

    I’ve been keeping a secret. And it’s blue 🙂 Today is my birthday! A big one… Usually we just go out to a nice steak dinner, but this year was different, probably because it is the big one. This year my sweet hubby gave me an iPad 2 for my birthday, and the secret is…

  • 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…