My Art
She swims with the horses: a quilt
Swimming Solo is my newest baby, which I'm quite fond of! Here's how it all happened... The process began when I sorted out the recycled pieces of cloth that were given new life from my dyeing adventure last week. I had to pick a few of my favorite swatches for use in...
The elephant in my teapot
Migdalia's Grand Opening Paris, Kentucky: self-proclaimed home of "horses, history & hospitality." This weekend, my husband and I attended the opening celebration for Migdalia's Restaurant, where we brought a few works of my art for their gallery exhibit. I was...
Birth of a plastic ball gown
They don't say "the clothes make the man" for nothin'. What we wear speaks volumes about our class, occupation, status, who we are, or more accurately, what we want people to think we are. The long-term changes that have occurred in the standards of popular fashion...
How many yards of tape are in a woven sun hat?
The midnight magic monkeys were at work last night--and they brought me this! My beautiful hat is finished! Yessiree, this was definitely not a one-day project, but it was worth the wait. Out of curiosity, I kept track of how many yards of "twine" I made and used in...
tape + drowsy ambition = woven hat
I found some more crafty books yesterday at the library that I hadn't checked out before, and started flipping through a few. I've been thinking that I would eventually like to make a rug or two for the hardwood areas in our home, and so I picked up a beginner's book...
