Category: Blue things

  • Tutorial: magnetic pin dish

    Tutorial: magnetic pin dish

    I saw this great idea on Amy Smart’s blog, Diary of a Quilter. So today before I left for church I made this one minute craft. So easy and it works! Just use some craft cement and glue some magnets to the underside of a pretty dish. I didn’t have the extra-strong neodymium magnetic buttons…

  • New blue flower

    New blue flower

    Not much quilting is getting done right now, but I am enjoying do a multitude of other little tasks. One of those is assembling this flower for my garden. I’m not much of a gardener at all. Basically, my garden consists of “volunteers” (any plant that plants itself, takes care of itself, and requires no…

  • Blue picnic tables

    Blue picnic tables

    I’m working on checking things off my “to do” list. One of them was to put wood putty in the cracks on our two picnic tables, and then to put on a couple more coats of blue paint. So, instead of quilting, that’s some of what I’ve been up to the last few days. Today…

  • I Finally Got A Business Card!

    I Finally Got A Business Card!

    After years of procrastinating, I finally got business cards made up. I decided to do a self portrait using the technique that I teach in my “Making Faces” DVD. Of course, I had to make it in blue! Next time someone asks me for my card, I’ll be able to smile, open my new blue…

  • I Like Blue

    I Like Blue

    I like blue. It’s true. The nice thing about focusing on just one color is that it automatically elimates the need to buy 90% of what is at the store. See? It simplifies my life! If you look in my fabric cabinet in the last entry, you’ll see a large percentage is blue, followed by…