My mother-in-law, who is the greatest, volunteered me to give a talk on painting fabric to her quilting group. In October. Yes, I’ve known about this for months and she did move the date back for me but, well, life gets busy. I’ve decided it’s about time to get started on it – the fabric [...]

I have an awesome new stove! A KitchenAid 5 Burner 36″ Gas Stove! The middle burner is a blowtorch at 18,000 BTU! My almost new, came with the house, JennAir range is now functioning beautifully as a counter. I’m able to use it now more than ever. The glass top still won’t come clean no [...]

Quite a change! Roger cut a new seat for it (the old one was cracked) and I put a plump cushion underneath the silk twill. So it’s not just an art chair but a useful one! I could see this for an occasional dining room chair. Just to look at against the wall most of [...]

I’m donating an art chair to the Chairish the Future! Gala and Auction. Saturday, February 27, 2010 7 o’clock in the evening The Foundry at Puritan Mill 916 Lowery Boulevard • Atlanta, GA 30310 Tickets $100 It’s for the Furniture Bank of Atlanta. A wonderful cause that I never thought about before they asked me. [...]

I finally made Edwin’s Christmas stocking this year! It turned out very well. It’s ribbon embroidery on linen for on the top portion with velvet for the stocking. My design is a fantasy Christmas branch with poinsettias, mistletoe, holly with berries and pine needles. I fully realize the only way these appear in real life [...]

The smell of a Christmas tree… there’s nothing better! Unless, you combine it with roses. Then it’s perfect!

I’m into pillows right now… Edwin’s painting one for his room!

I love floor pillows – I don’t think you can have enough, especially with a child. I have a stack strategically placed in front of the brick hearth in my living room and they’re constantly being moved around. I find them everywhere. So I decided to make 2 more. Possibly more later. The ones I [...]

So my kitchen backsplash is coming around very nicely, but slowly. It’s not really the time it takes to paint it so much as the lack of time I’m spending painting it. I really like it so far, which is important since I’ll be staring at it for the rest of my life. (Roger is [...]