Tomorrow Tuesday

Oh I do hope to see some of you in Houston.
Tomorrow I will show you a little tutorial that I use a lot.
Till then.......

Teaching at quilt festival

My proposals to teach in Houston at this years quilt festival have been accepted. Yeah!
I hope some of you can visit me there.
I can stay with my daughters and I just love that.
I have many new ideas to share, so I will keep you all up on the latest.
Photo taken last year in Italy.

Ciao!

I am not Italian but was there last year and have visited Italy for many, many years. I am actually Scandinavian born in NZ.
Bella bella.
I can't show you more of the book , sorry, but here is the back of it.
The book is for a magazine so more later on that.

Italy is done

Cover of an Italian journal completed.
Each page is quilted.

My give away winner

here she is in early morning light at my desk.
Congratulations Marcie.

French for Valentines

I had some antique linen poche bags from France, so I embroidered P for Paris and F for France, upon them.
Included is a red ticking heart, inside each one.
A little treasure for someone special on Feb. 14th.
Will be in my shop.
I do love embroidering letters, see older post re Paris banner with an initial on each panel.

Back in the Islands

My tins are back from publication now!
I called them dented and dramatic, made from vintage tins I altered with paint, beads and French poster prints.
The are for the kitchen to hold spices and packets of thingys.

Next weekend

I will choose the winner of the give away.
Keep comments flying!
Drawing on 29th.
The postcards are available in my Etsy shop.

New Year Give away

Here is a special give-away for the month.
I want to start the New Year in proper fashion.
I made the little bag to hold a wooden cross I decorated simply.
The saint card I found in Italy last year.
Doing a book on that trip right now.

I will draw name from my battered old cap again.

Detail of envelope.

Just in case you want a clear view.
See video below.

I create some envelope art

Made this video while I was making some mail art.
Thought you may enjoy the process I use, nothing fancy, quick and pretty.
I make these for packaging gifts.
They are little art works that would be interesting framed.

corner of studio

Couple of pictures of a corner where I have props for some of my photos.
I do live in my Studio.
I call it my Early Attic.

Rag dolls?

Another visit to my past with some of the dolls I used to make.
These from my daughter, she has kept them all these years.
Want to point out the lace I used for the petticoats and over-skirts.
Don't tell Mum, but it's part of her old lace curtain.
I still have a bit of it.
I do love to make rag dolls and maybe we can start a revival.

This is ticking

Also called pillow ticking, French ticking and even mattress ticking.
Either red, brown or blue in the "olden days". Now I think it is in other colors.
I grew up with it on our bed pillows, along with scrim on the walls.
Really old farm life in what would be called today, a cabin.

Getting ready for Valentines' day

I made lots of my ticking birds and hearts to construct a banner for the wall or a doorway.
I had some really old ticking that a daughter gave me, so making lots of new items until it has gone.
See my Etsy shop.

Dress from Provence

Little art dress I made from scrim , old lace and some ticking.
Wooden hanger is decorated with stamped french words.

Just some postcards

A longtime friend, Pat Winter, is starting a new Crazy Quilting magazine and I will be one of the first contributors.
I will let you know when it is ready to order.
I know she will create a great project.
Meantime I have been making quilted postcards and will show you more as I complete them.
They can actually be mailed, but must be hand canceled.
How about some for Valentine's day!

Petit Trianon

Yes it has sold, so quickly I hope it is enjoyed in Canada.
I really enjoyed stitching it. Here are some more pictures.
Swans printed on fabric and embroidered and painted.

Quilted journal

Finished at last, the quilted journal, a memory of Petit Trianon.
I focused on the gardens and envisioned Marie strolling there with her children in happy times.
It is on my Etsy.

Journey journal

Well, gone to a good home I hope!
Here are some of the pages to peruse, thanks for the nice words.

new journal for the journey

Made this book to capture thoughts this New Year.
It has a lot of semi blank pages as well as fabric leaves.
I will be listing it soon on my Etsy.

French wall art

I made the art using old French ephemera and pieces of little french dresses.
Hanger is made by me too, and is decorated with old hat flowers.
Swans?. More of my favorite birds.

Constructing Dream books

I have made the video of the method I use to create an easy Journal.
Not too many pages to complicate one's creative thoughts.
If you watch this until the end, I show you another book using these techniques.
As always I do love to get feedback, it inspires me to make more projects.