I admit it, I love thrift store shopping. I don’t know why this admission is a bit embarrassing. It’s true, I enjoy it. It’s a treasure hunt, you never know what you’ll find. That’s part of it’s appeal. When you discover something unexpected, that you just love, it feels like you won the prize. These littleContinue reading “Confessions of A Thrift Store Addict”
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Decorating Tips From The Pros-#1
Mixing Different Periods & Styles “My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something that’s old, and you really do want to mix those styles, then you have to add something that’s obviously modern with it. You can’t put a kind of a mediocre thing in the middle.”Continue reading “Decorating Tips From The Pros-#1”
Decorate Smart Not ‘Spensive’
A few ideas to give a tired room a fresh up. It can be done for a lot less than you might think. My friend wanted to give some umpth to her living room. She wanted to freshen it up without spending a lot.
Some Nifty Great Stuff I Use In Making Art Quilts
Here are some things I really like, you might too. I like my camera If you look at the photos above, you can see photos taken with some difficult lighting situations,. Here’s how my camera handled them.But not only did it take a picture, but it took some rather rather cool photos becauseContinue reading “Some Nifty Great Stuff I Use In Making Art Quilts”
Spring’s a Coming
Spring, spring , spring
is here. With the prospect of all the lovely flowers to come, another thing comes to mind, art quilts with wonderful flowers and the sights of spring, summer and even into fall. .
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My Art Quilts Need a New Home. Do you realize
I’m going to put my big girl pants on! I can fix this mess all by myself!
My art quilts need a new home. My blog theme has imploded and I need to find another.Wordpress has so many new shiney themes that they let you preview to see how they fit, like trying on clothes at a dept.store. Does this fit? How does it look on me?
EXCUSE ME FOR THE MESS, WE’RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Some major mafunctions oñ my site theme have made it necessary to make a few changes around here. We’re { by saying we’re, I really mean me, a scàrey thought for sure) changing themes i’m going to arrempr a revamp as well. Aft all, it will already be a mess for a while anyway, right?Continue reading “EXCUSE ME FOR THE MESS, WE’RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION”
How to manage my 24
There are only 24 hours in any given day, no more, no less.
Funny thing, everyone has those same 24 hours. So how do they manage? Answer? Scheduling. Planning ahead for the allotment of time they wish to devote to each activity.
So the question I have for myself is “What am I going to do with my 24?”
What’s This? Am I Going Traditional?
Here’s a baby quilt, with a tea party theme. It could make a cute table topper too.
The hand turned applique tea pots and cups are in small blue prints. They rest on a center square of yellow fabric that has tiny blue tea cups over it. It is darling fabric. I did a bit of fun quilting, feathers around the borders and wisps of steam coming from the tea cups.
The white outer border fabric has lightly colored pastel teapots
Bee Whisper, “Will You Bee my minion?” “I do”
Update, Whew. I’ve Been Keeping Busy
I’ve been working fast and furious to finish several projects. I thought you might like to see a few of the finished fiber art quilts.
