Short and Sweet…Jacket Done!
Well, not so short. I made up a jacket using my cache of Kantha Quilts. I love them and had a hard time deciding how a simple jacket should look. With five quilts, all double sided, I had a lot Read More …
Author: CarolynMB
Colourful People….Really!
Here we are in the depths of a Canadian Winter and I am fortunate to have been able to travel to the Caribbean for a warm getaway. Not something I have been able to do often I revel in the Read More …
Sew Exciting
With an email from Marcy Tilton’s blog/website I got all fired up about Kantha quilts. I didn’t think the price was too unreasonable and I thought I’d like some to make a cool jacket. Anyone who knows me and my work Read More …
Stupid Questions or Learning?
We’re well into 2019 and a new show season but we artisans and craftspeople are reviewing our 2018 shows. It’ll be tax time soon so we have to crunch and record the numbers, decide which shows to continue with and Read More …
Feeling Felt
I recently spent a wonderful week in a workshop with Eva Camacho Sanchez on silk surface techniques and Nuno felting. The first two days were working with silk, paper, fabric paint and dye. We had a lot of colouring, folding, stamping Read More …
When I Work…When I sleep.
I ended the heading of this post with an exclamation mark…why…well, it’s because I’m tired of explaining my day to a number of folk. When I discuss my work/sleep/downtime hours to other colleagues, say, in a quiet time at an art Read More …
Dressing Mannequins.
Wow…I haven’t written a post since before Christmas! I have so many things I love to share but have been sick, lazy or snowed in…then doing my taxes…to actually log in and post. Here is something that came over my email Read More …
Sponge Bar Repair Sponges.
Bar to be repaired…new strip. I recently hosted a private one on one workshop in my studio with a newbie knitter student who wanted to learn to make dishcloths for her business…quicker than hand knitting. First, we started out with an Read More …
In a New York ‘Mood’.
I may have mentioned this before but I’m a huge fan of the TV program Project Runway. Two weekends ago my sister Judi Goldie and I took a trip to New York (on Amtrak not a Greyhound a la Billy Joel) Read More …
Summer’s Still Here…
…but I’m in Fall mode. I can’t believe I haven’t written anything since April! After my wonderful trip to California we went to St. Martin to our favorite place…for what might be the last time! We’ve been keeping our Read More …