Bow Tie Day!

but, alack, alas, he didn't have one. So mommy whipped one up last night. in two hours! Was able to find a downloadable pattern from Burda, and even found the "hardware" (sliders) for the back in my mom's button stash (my inheritance). woo hoo!

lookie what you can do in Photoshop

from a "boring" picture of a river


and a sunset.
now I have to figure out how to make "quilt blocks" out of them and have them printed up!

Grumpy Potato

What is he so upset about? being mashed and eaten? hmmm....

Cyber Fyber

This is a very belated post about a swap with Susan Lenz of Cyber Fyber fame. The orginal swaps she sent seem to have gotten lost in the mail. (It was well after our mail box got blown up, so it wasn't that!) She very graciously sent two freshly made ones from her retreat in Maine in the fall.

The first one is post card size, and you can't see all of the beautiful shiny threads in the scan, but it is a wonderful snapshot of fall in New England.



This one is an ATC, has a very fuzzy texture that reflects the look of the actual piece of bark that is attached. Sue, thank you for taking the time to make these, they're fantastic!

The next two were part of an international swap. This one is from Cheryl in OK. It looks like she felted the background and then added machine embroidery to it. My favorite colors! Thank you Cheryl!

Is it fireworks or a beautiful summer bloom? Either way I am delighted with Sue Singer of CA's ATC. Thank you, Thank you!

So, now I have a collection... How to display them??

Come, Spring

Done for a swap in the Thread Society Yahoo group.

two projects finished... a tea cozy (it's a gift, I don't have a teapot to fit it, i am hoping it fits one she has!). the pattern is from the AntiCraft. Will anyone dare to share her tea now?


And a quilt!!! It was started at a retreat in February, from book called Shadow Quilts. The piece sizes were rather futzy sizes (like 5 7/8")(ha!) so not many points or matching corners, etc, but the quilting disguised a lot of that and I am actually going to hang it in our living room. I was so frustrated with things not matching that i paper pieced a smaller version of it, with greater success, but now i am quite happy with the original.

time canvas

timecanvas
Originally uploaded by FabriCadabra

this is my way of giving life to people whose photos have become separated from their family. I have always loved looking at old photos and tried to imagine what their life was like. this woman looks so confident... I'm sure she went on to do wonderful things!