Inspiration

I was in the mood to create something “pretty” yesterday.  I looked through my box of “I’ll-get-around-to-using-this-someday” stuff and this is the result.  A ring bearer’s pillow.  It is about nine inches square.  I took apart a silk rose and rearranged the petals, adding some tulle petals.  The center is a vintage crystal button.  I found […]

My tulips are about 6 inches tall now.  We had a semi-warm day today, so they shot up a little more.  It won’t be long until I have a blaze of pink and white in my garden.  This is one of the varieties that I planted this year.  Maybe I have been stuck inside too long

I am busy designing a quilt pattern based on the Ohio Star block. This block is easy to sew (as long as I am precise) and is a great basic shape to edit. All the shapes begin as a square, so there are lots of possible variations. This is the first block. I love the

Cabin fever is setting in. I was looking for a photo of vintage fabric to put on the web site I am trying to build and ran across a link for vintage dress patterns. This one is from the late 1920’s. That was such a sophisticated era for fashion. I wasted far too much time

Oh, oh, oh. Colds have laid low the kids and the husband. Still recovering from all the activity last week. I did spend some time doing some embroidery that I am really dissatisfied with. Nothing worse than having some time to do something creative and then feeling like the time spent wasn’t worth it. Oh,