Monday Mending – Favourite Tools

Monday Mending – Favourite Tools

Monday Mending Ritual Since the beginning of summer, I have been making it a practice to do at least some mending every Monday.  I have not quite set the habit yet but I am getting there and am determined to increase my time on this task. My pile of mending keeps...
Sunday Smiles and Joy

Sunday Smiles and Joy

A break from the news of the week There is much in the news that is heartwrenching and stressful.  Here are a few stories to bring you some positive energy or inspiration. Participatory Embroidery Artist Liz Kueneke brings large embroidered maps of local areas...
75 ways to share your stories

75 ways to share your stories

How will you share YOUR Stories? Once you start capturing your memories, experiences and creations, you will probably identify some that you want to explore further. As you develop your ideas, you will want to make some choices about how you will deliver the finished...
Friday Finishes (and fixes)

Friday Finishes (and fixes)

This week in the Studio (more accurately known as my office / sewing room / fabric closet) I didn’t get much time stitching this week as much of creative time was spent on writing and design work, also rewarding but not those are stories for another post; today...
Friday Finishes

Friday Finishes

Fun, Finishing… and moving the bar My personal goals this quarter include spending more time making art AND telling the stories of work in progress, both as part of the creative process and to have some accountability.  So I revising this Friday tradition in the...
Experiments with edible flowers

Experiments with edible flowers

Cooking with Lilacs Picking and Sharing: Timing is everything I have been experimenting with floral preserves for the last couple of seasons but this is the first time I have tried anything learned lilacs. I recently learned of their versatility as food flowers after...