It’s kind of like making dessert. Assembling a palette of colors that I’m going to use in a quilt is like making a really yummy dessert. It takes a bit of time and concentration but as I’m working on it I’m really enjoying the process of putting it together and can’t wait to see the [...]
I found a $3 sweater at Goodwill. With a little felting in the washing machine and a few seams, it became a messenger bag in no time flat. If you’re interested in making something similar, here’s what I learned. Felting The secret is hot water and friction. I threw my gardening sneakers in the washing [...]
inspiring prison embroidery making bowls for doll houses transforming the lowly plastic bag to an art form
Really if I were smart, I’d give up on the quilts and start marketing fort cozies. After watching our daughter and her friends struggle to attach blankets to tables and chairs to make forts in our dining room, we decided they something bigger than a blanket. So we took the equivalent of three four-yard pieces [...]
I’ve never bought into the over-hyped, over-priced vision of Valentine’s Day that the gift and restaurant industry is always trying to push on me, but I will never forget the heartache of having a boy dump me on Valentine’s Day when I was 16! So years later, as a single, grown-up woman who always seemed [...]
