I’ve been wanting to create some more mixed media stitcheries and there’s no time like the present, right? I started this as a doodle and intended to make it a solid satin stitch abstract thing. But then I was going through the mail and this groovy octopus was in the Trader Joe’s flier. It was instant love. So I…
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I asked the Facebook Hive a couple weeks ago if anyone is doing a daily or a weekly or a monthly art project for 2018. I find I always have the ambition to take on the world in January and it’s easy for me to over commit but I still can’t help myself. I’m always longing for the structure of…
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It’s a new year and you know what that means, right? It’s time to face the eternal struggle of finding just the right planner/journal/schedule keeper. I feel as if I’ve tried them all. Expensive ones, compact purse ones, electronic ones. All of them drove me crazy pretty much straight out of the gate. Even the ones that are meant for…
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Howdy my fellow paint flinging stitching quilting fabric nerds. It’s a cold day here in Michigan. Not all of the leaves are off the trees yet but with our temperatures going into the teens at night? The trees should be naked in no time. This time of year always makes me feel reflective. Regardless of the fact that I yap…
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I started writing this post several times and it got soooooooo long it would take you years to read it. (Okay, that’s an exaggeration but it was getting absurdly long.) So I made a video instead. Much more fun for me and hopefully more fun for you too. 🙂 I’ve self-exiled myself from my studio because the heat in…
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