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 [...]

For some reason I have become completely addicted to making handbags. I started making Edwin’s bag then fell a little further in it with Mary’s Christmas bag. The final push over the edge was my painted chair for Chairish the Future. I loved painting the gorgeous silk twill. I used to paint and sell a [...]

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! [...]

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 [...]

Yes, I live in Atlanta and have never visited Gail K Fabrics before. Really, never. I can’t believe I’ve never been. All clothing fabric. Nothing for quilters in sight. No upholstery. Just garment fabrics. Up to the ceiling and so many aisles you get lost. Gorgeous. I’m not even mentioning the walls of findings and [...]

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?

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