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Monthly Archives: February 2010
Moon & Stars
Moon & Stars is an old, old project. I started it after my mom gave me a FQ pack of the moon and stars fabrics in the middle. I wanted to show them off, so I made this kind of … Continue reading
Bye Bye House & Garden!
House & Garden, finished May 16, 2009 A friend and former colleague, Sheila, emailed me in her capacity as secretary for the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California Foundation and asked me if I might have a piece to … Continue reading
Creative Prompt #56: Pair
Pair of pants pair of glasses matched set married pair two turtle doves verb pairs twisted pair Au pair See the Creative Prompt page if you have questions about this project. Post the direct URL (link) where your drawing, doodle, … Continue reading
Double Wedding Ring
No, this is not another insane project of mine. The Pineapple is my insane project and I am not starting another until that piece is done. A few weeks ago my mom and I went to the DeYoung to see … Continue reading
Sketching #50
When I took art classes in college I always enjoyed contour drawing. Contour drawing is where you look at the object you are drawing and NOT at your paper. I got quite good at it and decided that I would … Continue reading
Help Ricky Tims Find Bohemian Rhapsody
Update: Bohemian Rhapsody is found, apparently thanks to the outcry and connections of quiltmakers! Nice work, everyone! I am not a member of the Quilt Show and I know only peripherally about Ricky Tims and Alex Anderson (don’t dislike them, … Continue reading
Knitted Scarf Complete!
When we went to the North Coast, I also brought along this scarf, which I discussed before. I only had a few rows to knit before I was ready to bind it off. I knitted a few rows and started … Continue reading
More Tarts
I finally buckled down this past weekend and got some of my ‘rote’ sewing out of the way. Rote sewing is stuff like making backs, putting on bindings, etc. I usually consider it to be stuff that I have to … Continue reading
Beach Town Finished!
Yes, boys and girls, I finally finished Beach Town. You can read about starting it in the post about the Pamela Allen class from last year. I liked looking at the piece in that post (one of the things I … Continue reading
Creative Prompt Response #54
This word wasn’t planned at all and I was contemplating how I would fit a whisk into one of my drawings when I saw this display! Lucky me!
Creative Prompt #55: See
See’s candy Did you see it? Seeing eye dog What do you see? See Saw Seen and not heard Monkey See Monkey Do “I can see clearly now the rain has gone…” Holy See See through The world as I … Continue reading
North Coast Quilt Shops
We spent the weekend on the North Coast. I wasn’t excited about going, but, for various reasons, agreed and was glad I did. The North Coast is beautiful and I found as the car left the City behind and my … Continue reading
History of the Janome Company
I was referred to this site from somewhere and found the brief history of the company that makes my machine to be really interesting. I especially like the “Eye of the Snake” part. I also know, now, why I was … Continue reading
Modern Quilt Guild
I found this guild via FB. I liked the site, because it pointed me right away to a local group. The local group has a Ning with photos, discussions. I joined right away and found that people are trying to … Continue reading
Minor Detail
I am thinking of using this combination of fabrics for my next pencil roll. I will center the main part of the back around those two feathers and the teal and chocolate will be the inside and the pocket piece. … Continue reading
