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 knows I’m ‘coco’ for Cocopops…er…colour! Colours I liked were sold out and it was advised…
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 today from www.atlasobscura.com and as someone who has done theatre costume work and loves historic…
It’s that time of year…to review your life, what you are doing and how you are doing it. I’ve been updating some web sites that I’ve built (check out the list at my other business http://twohatssimplesites.com/clients.html site) and some still need a lot of updating….including mine! Anyway – Wow! I got an email this morning…
Well, the only thing this has to do with knitting is that I am working with a Cotton Jersey knit fabric. With an honorarium book token I went off to Chapters to pick up a book on dyeing I had seen….but I came home with a sewing book: ‘Alabama Studio Sewing + Design’ A Guide to…
Friday was a half day as Edith Scott would be showing up to set up at around 2pm, so I went down into Charlottetown. I have been here once before but didn’t get to mooch about on my own….something I love to do anyplace new. I found a huge cruise ship in the harbour just…
Well, I got lost in Bangor but I then ‘dyed’ and went to heaven! This sign was outside a building for children’s art and activities….it is so fun, the classes must be super!…there’s a violin on the other side! Anyway, I digress. While hunting for Stephen King’s house in Bangor I followed the directions of the…
Last Wednesday I packed up the car with pool noodles, my box of felting stuff ( roving of a miriad colours, fancy yarns, scissors, coloured felt bits, etc) and some old towels and a mop and headed out the Odessa Fairgrounds…..for our Felted Vest Workshop. The Room I had dyed four pieces of prefelt different…
I found this posted on by one of my Facebook friends and found it fascinating. I’ve love John Cleese over the years in his many incarnations and this talk about Creativity is thought provoking and also cleared up a little about the way I think! Enjoy!