Posted in Bags, Everyday Art, Process on July 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m in the middle of making 8 new totes. It takes a long time. Why do I do it?
Hmm…although many things I o because I enjoy the process, the majority of the steps involved in making these bags is sheer tedium:
First I dye several large pieces of cotton duck (very similar to canvas). This is [...]
Posted in Presents on July 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
It’s up, and looks like he likes it. Yay!
Posted in Art Quilts, Presents, Process on July 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
So, my step-sister Pam had a baby recently, a real cutie named Max. Talking to her on the phone shortly after he was born, she could tell I was hinting around at what I should make him and she asked for something to put on his wall. I know she likes the kind of stuff [...]
Posted in Commissions, Dyeing, Presents on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I threw a baby shower for good friends at the beginning of June.
I had a lot of fun making presents for them, but as they were surprises, it was quite stressful. I always get worried that they recipient won’t like what I’m making, but have to say they like it because I made it…does this [...]
Posted in Process, Tools, Tutorial, studio on July 23, 2008 | 22 Comments »
So, the upside of my little business is that I have made enough money to completely cover all my material expenses, plus I’ve been able to purchase a new camera (a Nikon D40) and a new Sewing Machine – a Juki TL-98Q. Yay! But now I needed a table that could fit both machines at [...]
Posted in Art Quilts, Candied Fabrics, Process on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I live in a city of ~70,000 in Southern California – Redlands. One of the neat things about it is that it feels like a small town, but it’s not! There are several “Art Fairs” each year where one can very inexpensively set up a table for a day or two, and hopefully sell some! [...]
Posted in Process, Tools on July 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
So, here is my studio today. When you enter the door, the 1st thing you see is shelves of folded fabric – YUM! Luckily, these shelves were built in to this space, all I had to do was fold the fabric to fit correctly – now that was fun
Anyway, as you continue on [...]
Posted in Process, Tools, studio on July 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, my DH is buidling me a new sewing machine table. I thought I’d recap my older ones and then provide a tutorial of sorts on how he built the new one. This post I’ll give a tour of the studio I had set up in a bedroom back when we lived in a 1930’s [...]
Posted in Art Quilts, tagged series on July 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
After finishing the large “Lollipop Flower” quilt, I realized I wanted to keep working with it. I also had a large wall in my dining room that I wanted to fill. So, I came up with the idea of filling the space with several small pieces, instead of one large one. Thus, I could take [...]
Posted in Art Quilts, tagged lollipop flower, series on July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So, I had found my motif, now it was time to make a much larger quilt on it. Last Fall I was experimenting with limiting my color palette, and also coming up with ways to assemble larger pieces so that I quilt them a bit at a time and there for don’t have to manuever [...]
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