SUMMER SEEMS TO HAVE ARRIVED!

20 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Like the rest of the country, spring took awhile to arrive, but as is often the case, we seem to be moving right into summer.  FINE BY ME!!

"The husband" has been down with a bad back for several weeks, and mine is pitiful too, especially when it comes to gardening that requires bending over.  I can stand and spray the hose....but crouching over to plant/weed/etc. is a killer.  



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Category: Mountain Living

AS LONG AS I’M FELTING

18 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Perhaps this post should be called 'how not to'??  I thought....well....as long as I'm wet felting....I might as well do some experimenting.  You see, our Fiber Junkies's May meeting will focus on sun printing.  And of course I'm thinking beyond just using 100% cotton for this task.

 So, I dug out a bag of Pellon's Legacy 100% wool batting.  This product is so readily available, so



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Category: How to's, Wool/ Felt projects

CONTINUED….FELTING

17 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
My current nuno felted project continues to evolve. In case you missed the beginning....click here for part one and here for part 2.

 Okay....now that you are all caught up.....you'll notice that I've cut my piece into 3 sections.  Each will be bead embellished as individual pieces of work.  Hopefully I will come up with a totally new approach/design for each when the time comes.



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Category: Wool/ Felt projects

NUNO FELTING – 2ND ROUND

15 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Last month, our small group, the Fiber Junkies, spent a day Nuno felting.

 Here we are....three members made scarves, Kate (2nd row) and myself (front row) worked on a larger scale.  My intention was to make a piece to cut into smaller sections which I'd embellish....  (Like what else is new?)

After examining the section I brought home, I



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Category: Wool/ Felt projects

WHY MORE THAN A 4 PATCH IS BEYOND ME!

14 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
Seriously, I've been feeling dumber than a rock these last few days.  Our son asked if I would make a cover to protect his pinball machine....shades of his father who also owned a pinball machine which 'decorated' several of the homes we lived in.  Well.....this project sure isn't easy or fun.

Look at this thing......all angles varying widths, heights....geesh....  AND it lives in San Francisco so the



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Category: This and that

SUCCESSFUL STUDENT!

13 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
As an instructor, it's always so heartwarming to hear back from someone who took your class and went on to embrace the methods taught!

And embrace so successfully she did.  This piece was constructed on wool....bead appliqued using what looks like hand dyed silks. I LOVE how she incorporated an agate slice into her design.  Learning to attach this type of stone was the subject of a workshop I taught at Hampton Roads



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Category: Embellished quilts

CELEBRATIONS

12 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL YOU MOM'S OUT THERE......


 As we spend the day paying tribute to Mom's.....I also want to mention another celebration that took place yesterday.

One of



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Category: family, friends

STARTS AND STOPS

11 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
It was so relaxing to have my needle in hand again.....yet I felt unnecessarily pushed to make quick progress.  NOT a good idea! 

 After treating the designs as if they were tree trunks by adding some hand embroidered branches, I ended up ripping them all out.  In fact, I was so annoyed at myself for not doing a better job with my 'mental designing' that I did the un-stitching in haste....and never documented



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Category: Bead embellished work, Wool/ Felt projects

YEAH…BACK IN THE STUDIO

10 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
After a week of quality family time.....my fingers are itchin' for some stitchin'.

...So, out came some hand-dyed and felted wool.
...Then, inspired by a shibori article by Holly McLean in Quilting Arts in April/May 2013, I wondered if this dyeing/painting method could translate to



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Category: Embellished quilts, Wool/ Felt projects

PART B – SAN FRANCISCO

09 May 2013 | Other RSS posts by
....Here's a final look at the Bay Kids Museum......oh...everything there was enticing for both kid and parent!







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Category: family
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