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 [...]

Roger and I escaped to the bookstore one of these freezing cold days. After all, that’s how we met – our mutual love for books and warmth! We take turns watching the little guy run wild over the Thomas the Train table. I brought a stack of the newest sewing books back to sit down [...]

All dressed up! Roger had to stay home with Edwin, so I’m off on my own. I made the handbag, gorgeous, huh?! Here’s my chair! Quite a lot of clever art chairs! This table set had been made into a marble maze. It attracted all the kids! Fantastic band! More art chairs up for auction! [...]

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. [...]

Isn’t he cute? This fleece hat and scarf takes about half an hour to do, or an hour if you do a matching set for daddy too. Fleece is incredibly easy to sew since it doesn’t fray. You just put one piece of fabric on top of the other and sew. Materials 1 Yard each [...]

My mother in law is a truly wonderful person so I wanted to make her a special Christmas present. She teaches classes on cathedral window quilting so I decided to create a bag with her grandchildren’s hands in cathedral window squares. I am not a quilting expert – this is the first quilt squares I [...]

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 [...]

So I had a great idea – kids like pockets and bags. Instead of a book or something with a zipper, Velcro, laces, etc for manipulation exercises, why not a bag Edwin can carry around and use?