Spinning the Shave ‘Em to Save ‘Em Passport I didn’t plan on becoming a spinner, but the purchase of a spinning-wheel-shaped object in …
Mental Processes (153)
Shopping at the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, 2020
I had signed up for two classes at the Carolina Fiber Fest in March 2020, and it was canceled at 4:00 pm the day before it was supposed to …
Make Room for Flowers
I need more studio space. Who doesn't? Problem is, I have a fair amount of studio space but it's full of stuff that I'm not using right now. …
Painting Lace, Test 2
I had to abandon plans to paint roses on my satin wedding dress when the satin turned out to be rayon, not silk. Silk (protein fibers) …
Review: Stephanie Laird’s Artistic Elements: Book 3 Fun Tricks for Your Photography (Book 3 of 3)
Same review as I wrote for Volume 2: Buy the set. If you have never done creative work in Photoshop Elements, you may get plenty of …
Review: Jinny Beyer’s Color Confidence For Quilters (Paperback)
For anyone who works with "other people's" colors (that is, NOT painters and people who make their own colors). The book can help move …
Evaluating Raw Material
I'm forever finding cool stuff at the swap shed, or the thrift shop. I have a house full of cool stuff that wants to be art. I'm learning …
I can’t throw that away
I'm painting a new toy box for the dogs. I went into the sewing room to see if the paint was dry, and happened to look in the trash can. I …
Figure Eight Wrap, Part 1
Thinking about a new knitting project One of my Christmas presents this year was four hanks of lace weight silk and alpaca blend yarn in …
Designing a Pussy Hat
Even though I won't be able to attend the Women's March on Washington, I wanted to knit my own Pussy Hat to wear over the next four …