No, this has nothing to do with being a fibre artist in a craft show but having interesting friends. Our friends showed us a house in transition and this is one of the bathrooms, the decor is red… right down to the toe nails on the claw footed tub!!!
Well, cruisng the library for something else I found a wonderful book in the business section: ‘Shops and Shopping 1800 – 1914’. Yes, it really is a book about what it says. I’ve just dipped into it so far but I’ve decided that I have to find a copy for my own library in my…
OK, so I take lots of orders at shows…it’s my living and it’s work. Also, I find it hard to say no to customers new and old. They are especially clients who return, we know each other better, I know what their style is, they know how I work and it’s fun designing, even if…
Well, it finally got done, my workshop for Cochenille’s Garment Designer application for patternmaking for knitters and sewers. In attendance were three wonderful women (pictured, above, in my studio) Sonja, Marthe and Cathy. It was ‘Ladies… start your laptops’ and away we went. This was a workshop for newbies who had purchased the software but…
Second day at the OOAK, seems like everyone I know or have knit for came by the booth, it was wonderful. To go from spending waaaaaay too much time all alone (well… me and General Hospital) in my studio for weeks leading up to the shows to having all these wonderful people stop by is…
Road Trip!!!! Three women, one red car and a machine knitting seminar, the Bonnie Triola seminar, to get to. We arrived to late to find a bottle of wine to relax after the long road trip so I dug out some chai tea bags and we hit the hay. A busy first day, getting registered,…
Well, a very nice lady in town is moving to Hawaii and apparently won’t be doing any pressing when she gets there. I picked up this wonderful little ‘tool’ which I now cannot imagine being without!! It’s a mesh sheet which you use as a pressing cloth. Now, all my old pressing cloths were in…